[279] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Affirmative action
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Tibbetts)
Sat Apr 28 12:19:33 2001
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:19:04 -0400
From: Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>
To: Matt Craighead <craighea@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
Message-ID: <20010428121903.A29362@multics.mit.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <3AEAEBE6.FA2D8CFB@mit.edu>; from craighea@MIT.EDU on Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 12:12:22PM -0400
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 12:12:22PM -0400, Matt Craighead wrote:
> I've never been convinced that this is really true. MIT has
> consistently underwhelmed me in its difficulty of coursework.
>
> Maybe if MIT tried harder to admit the best students, rather than those
> who belong to "disadvantaged" groups, this erroneous perception would go
> away. :)
I'm a straight white male from an upper middle class New England
family, who attended a decent public school in a 90+ percent white
suburb of Boston. I'm pretty sure being "disadvantaged" had nothing to
do with being admitted. I'm currently taking 5 real classes and MIT is
plenty challenging for me, at least when activities outside of classes
are taken into account.
Not that I want to get into a pissing contest about academic ability,
but if MIT is this easy for you, where's my fucking cold fusion? I
think a lack of challenge indicates a failure on your part to seek out
challenging opportunities.
tibbetts
