The Indian Thread (TiT) # 15

International Students
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<p>Wot you said. :smiley: I had 800 both times (clearly proving that an inclination towards typing ‘wot’ is not in itself a sign of Really Bad English, wot? ;)), and some of the passages were pretty crazy. </p>

<p>On my November make-up SAT, one passage was about Alan Turing and solipsism (I had a fangirl moment when I read that! :smiley: :D), and another was Newton on Optics. (Yes, really. Seventeenth-century English and all.) Vocabulary lists could not have helped much for either.</p>

<p>Apropos of nothing very much: “Ford, you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it.”</p>

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<p>:D:D But I need my towel! :)</p>

<p>What did I get, frankly I’ve forgotten, some drudge on Jamaican music and a bit about how English words derived from French sound feminine. Oh and something on feminism. (Which was weird :))</p>

<p>To everyone else, I’m not particularly wet right now, it’s just that I really, really feel the need for a towel. :)</p>

<p>I’m a bit lesser actually. Only one CR 800 (But as I took it once, does that make up?)</p>

<p>To anybody reading TiT for the first time: Breathe, breathe… (Yes, we are insane, certifiably, wot?)</p>

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<p>We are all hoopy froods who know where our towels are. :D</p>

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<p>Who are at the moment driven over the edge by Chemistry and Vectors respectively…</p>

<p>P.S. I hate proofs, I always have. If the thing’s true, and we know it’s true, why do we have to prove it’s true. That and writing all steps. :D</p>

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<p>Yes, we are Perfectly Normal Beasts, aren’t we? (Literary references seem to be self-propagating on TiT, tis a viscious cycle that I here prophesy)</p>

<p>And for no particular reason: Beware the Ides of March (+2)</p>

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<p>I love proofs, although I don’t like writing every single step (at least, not the painfully obvious ones. Bit contradictory, really). Vector proofs are love, though. ;)</p>

<p>(This is why I’m cut out to be a math major, I guess.)</p>

<p>Indeed, literary references are fruitful and multiply on this thread. (;)) 'Tis the will of Almighty Bob!</p>

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<p>What little Java I know:</p>

<p>String S = newString(“Ides of March”);
S++ //I know this is wrong, but bear with me…
S++</p>

<p>System.out.println(S);</p>

<p>Output: MIT </p>

<p>Now that’s a program! (All CS Majors take heed)</p>

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<p>@Noldo, have you read about Math 55? Oh and congrats on 500!</p>

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<p>That’s the first thing I learnt for Comp Sci A (though my output was blah)</p>

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<p>Snerk. That’s not very bad Java, though. :smiley: </p>

<p>I swear, I’m going to go insane on MIT decision-day. Either from joy or from grief, at any rate – either way, I’ll be bonkers. (Well. More bonkers.)</p>

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<p>when is the decision day?</p>

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<p>I take it you’ve not read Julius Caesar (tsk, tsk :))</p>

<p>Ides of March = the 15th
+2 = 17</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516216[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516216&lt;/a&gt; in any case.</p>

<p>It quite defies description.</p>

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<p>nah, I have stopped reading good books after becoming a junior (no time)</p>

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<p>Well I must return to my books, Math awaits. It’s not so much the curriculum really. It’s just that I really, really, want to get a 100…</p>

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<p>aerospace in india is kinda no-existant it just sucks, so that is why I am leaving for US. I am not going to US just because everyone else is tryin to. I just love the practical aproach they have!! </p>

<p>As far as IIT is concerned they SUCK!!! You study for 2 years 24hrs, and then you are not sure that you will get the dept of your choice!!! selection rate? 1% or maybe less…</p>

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<p>Did anyone here read the LIttle Prince? If you have can you tell me the significance of the baobab trees?</p>

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<p>never mind… (found the answer)</p>

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<p>I’m not trying to keep up with conversations here.</p>

<p>Yay for knowing where our towels are :).</p>

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<p>142 posts yesterday…</p>

<p>I’m off for Math (Wish me Luck! :D)</p>