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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you seen the vitriol on this board? Specifically with MIT people on here have said I didn't deserve to go there, wouldn't get in today, etc. [b]That hate and jealously I experienced in real life as well.[/b] From people decades ahead of me in their careers that had nothing to feel insecure about. I learned early on to find supporters and stay far away from the people that wished me harm.[/quote]

HYP grad, I could have written the above because I have experienced the same. The hate and jealousy your school provokes in other people and the things they say and/or how they act because of it is the biggest downside to me. People gloat when you make a mistake or experience failure which happens to everyone.

That’s why it makes perfect sense to me why people say they go to school in Boston, CT, NJ rather than saying HYP. People think it’s because of false humility but, actually, it’s because no one wants to deal with people’s toxic feelings and biases. [/quote]

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