Something I want to say

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>At a very young age I had a hard time at school. I was bullied at school as I was one of the only Asian kid out there. I struggled with the language of that country and as a results the elementary school teachers told my parents I was pretty much ■■■■■■■■. </p>

<p>In the second grade I told my parents I don’t want to attend this school anymore. So i persuaded them to place me over to another school. My parents asked the school board if they were allowed to do this. They shouldn’t have asked this. The school board told them it was forbidden to do so. </p>

<p>In the third grade I was sick of that school and moved out to another. Here (my second elementary school), teachers still looked down to me and it took to the sixth grade till this stopped. This week I looked back to my elementary school transcript at my attic and I saw they gave me low or average grades till sixth grade. (School gave tests since sixth grade) This made me mad right now because I remember I always finished first, second or third with all school work, also in linguistics. </p>

<p>Since the fourth grade I had the dream to attend Harvard (I did not apply now). This was the only top uni I knew at that moment and I really liked the phonetics of Harvard. I did not dare to say this dream out loud. </p>

<p>During the last years of elementary schools and the first years of high school I had the dream to attend Cambridge university (United Kingdom) or Oxford. Now I wasn’t dumb anymore but I was acknowledged. When I asked my older sister if I deserve it to attend Cambridge or Oxford, because I worried about the costs, my sister said: “Just everyone who has the brains to attend Cambridge deserves it! Money shouldn’t matter”. </p>

<p>The last year of high school I felt in love with MIT. I liked everything, the diversity, spirit, atmosphere and the quality of the (online) lectures. My parents are able to pay it, so I immediately knew I should apply. </p>

<p>This is my story. I think I am rejected. I just want to state that EVERYONE who has either the brains or a good personality deserves a spot for a top unis such as MIT, ivy leagues, stanford, duke, berkeley, ann arbor etc. YOU DO DESERVE IT! Due to fewer spots than applicants you are rejected, if you are going to read the sad news tomorrow. I think it’s wrong to say MIT isn’t the right place for you or you aren’t the match. Sure you will do great somewhere else, but you deserve it. Good luck and please don’t be sad that you deserved it and you were rejected, because I have written this. You can still achieve other dreams.</p>

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<p>this is really an encouraging post. thank you for it.
i also said to myself - if you are rejected you will continue to fight and try really hard no matter what. the fact that you applied to a such a serious university tells something about you. firstly, that you have an ambition, secondly that you have the guts. i went through a pretty similar situation, as a Serb raised in Croatia after the civil war between Croatia and Serbia in 1991 -1995, that wasn’t easy. there are still people here who think all serbs should be killed pretty much like jews in 1940s, but who cares? THEY are idiots and not me. just like your teachers and “friends” from school. just fight.</p>

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<p>You should have posted this as your personal statement. In Part 9 of Section 2 in the app. Additional information.</p>

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<p>I did. Less detailed though. But this is what I want to say here too.</p>

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<p>Thanks, blackhair1, for the inspirational message :slight_smile:
It is never unfair to those who live every moments in their life :)</p>

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<p>"Das Leben ist zu kurz um es nicht zu genie</p>

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<p>Pfffft, quit thinking you’re rejected. It’s not over until it’s like over!</p>

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<p>That’s an interesting quote.</p>

<p>My quote was - “Man’s Reach Is Beyond His Imagination”.</p>

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<p>believe. trust.</p>

<p>because u deserve it.</p>

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<p>hehe i had a bit of a similar story in middle school but i didnt write it… dunno why i just thought it didnt feel right :frowning: … hope you get through though (and me too hehe)</p>

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<p>I think many of you have similar stories. This made us stronger persons :).</p>

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<p>My story was kinda different from you guys, I guess. At a whole, it was a story about a naive boy who even hadn’t known of studying out of his own country, until the final year…</p>

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<p>^ I hadn’t known of studying out of my own country until Fall 2009. That’s why I didn’t apply to MIT :(.</p>

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<p>^MSGM16: I did apply last year, though, and reasonably got rejected. It seems that this year is gonna be similar too. Anyway, good luck to you :)</p>

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<p>And I got “reasonably” rejected from Caltech yesterday. I hope my other school will admit me!</p>

<p>GL!</p>