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Tomorrow, I'll be able to contact the MIT interviewer guy for the most important hour of my life. If I don't get in...

I swear to Mathematics I'm going to murder someone. I mean, that one hour I schedule will literally be the most important hour of my life. It could very well make or break whether or not I get admitted.

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promethius

You should read up on a little history first. Most of the greatest people in science did not come out of prestigious schools. They were freel thinkers and went against traditional thought. So go pass your exams and get into a program in a university that you can regurgitate what you have been fed.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Sure, but in today's day and age, where you went to school means everything in academia. Also... just... the quality. And being surrounded by smart people instead of these bumbling morons at my high school that I'd encounter anywhere else. *.*

promethius

but you may be shocked when you get there that you are the stupid one. It is like a big fish moving out of a little pond and into a big wide ocean. You can get eaten up by the fact you ain't as smart as you think you are.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Sure. That's why I want to go there. I probably won't be the "stupid one" but I'll be the "average one." I'm tired of my superlative. It's getting boring. There's no challenge. Sure, other people do better than me grade-wise, but intellectually, typically people rank me as the most intellectual person they know personally. It's boring. Means I have no one to talk to--no one to learn from. In that sort of environment... I'm surrounded by intellectuals. I WILL FINALLY FIT IN, don't you see? *_*

promethius

i wish you all the best in your studies. It is actually not that I wish you luck, but put your nose to the grindstone and learn what you can. The real trick is all in the applications.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Sometimes I wonder if I should be a marketer, since I can pitch my ideas pretty convincingly. My AP Lang essays got 9s all throughout third quarter last year. I'm sure I can word my applications just right in order to convince them. With MIT, the interviews actually matter greatly. In fact, you have a four times greater chance of being accepted if you opt for the interview than if you don't. o.O