Would Gurdon have been accepted to MIT?

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Nobel Prize winning stem cell pioneer Sir John Gurdon recounts how his school master at Eton told him the idea of him becoming a scientist was “a waste of his time” and "a completely ridiculous idea:</p>

<p>[Video:</a> Nobel Prize winner Sir John Gurdon told becoming a scientist was ‘completely ridiculous idea’ - Telegraph](<a href=“http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9594108/Nobel-Prize-winner-Sir-John-Gurdon-told-becoming-a-scientist-was-completely-ridiculous-idea.html]Video:”>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9594108/Nobel-Prize-winner-Sir-John-Gurdon-told-becoming-a-scientist-was-completely-ridiculous-idea.html)</p>

<p>I was wondering if a counselor or Principal wrote this in a letter of recommendation, what would be the chances of such a student getting into MIT?</p>

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<p>I doubt we’d put much stock in a letter which didn’t put much stock in science and technology ;)</p>