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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to MIT in the last 5 years.

Unless you win an Intel contest (and even some of those people don't get in) then with below a 3.8 and [b]no special status (ie not white male or Asian) you won't get in[/b].

I was a science major. You do realize that once you get past the memorization that science is ALL writing (grants, papers, etc.). To succeed you must be able to communicate your thoughts clearly.[/quote]
In the interest of communicating clearly, can you please explain the triple negative in your post? Do white males and Asians really get special preference at MIT?[/quote]+1.  Interestingly, while he criticizes the OP about the importance of writing, punctuation seems to have evaded [b]him[/b] during his studies at MIT.[/quote]

Sexist much?[/quote]Trifling much?[/quote]

+1. The original post was perfectly clear to me. White females and non-Asians (non-Asians who are not white males) have better odds of getting in. But you guys already knew that before you started carping about her grammar, right?[/quote]The challenging poster was quick to point out the inadequacies of the OP but seemed to have a problem communicating clearly.  Some of which could have been cleared up with punctuation.  While it seems trivial, it's hypocritical to point out OP's inadequacies without owning up to the author's own written deficiencies ESPECIALLY when everyone has made it a point to make OP understand that being able to express oneself in writing is extremely important.  And that does include punctuation.

People in glass houses, well, you know.  [/quote]

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