[255] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: MIT admissions system [was: Re: extropians]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._)
Fri Apr 27 19:32:56 2001
Message-Id: <200104272332.TAA07717@MECHWARRIOR.MIT.EDU>
To: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
cc: mit-talk@MIT.EDU, spa-discuss@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:20:57 EDT."
<200104272320.TAA14162@Press-Your-Luck.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:32:34 EDT
From: "Jimmy_B,MajMoola,MechWarrior,etc._Chien-ta Wu" <jimmbswu@MIT.EDU>
I learned of this system in my sophomore year. It was so long ago that I do not
even remember in what setting this topic was brought up, much less who told me
that. Like I said, my details might be wrong, because it is 2nd hand
information for me.
Now, certainly, Marilee can claim that MIT does not have affirmative action for
women, if what I described is completely true. She can even claim that MIT does
not have affirmative action at all. Remember, in the popular connotation
"affirmative action" means "quota", and MIT's system does not really have
"quota", so she is not literally lying.
So that was that,
B, the Defender of Status Quo
ps: I, too, hate bureaucratese sometimes.
>
> Jimmy, where is your friend getting their information? I was once
> told -- I thought by Marilee Jones herself -- that MIT had affirmative
> recruitment, but not affirmative admission for women. (Among other
> differences between our accounts).
>
> Perhaps these policies have changed over time?
>
> -B.
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