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Undergrad at MIT here, thanks for signing! Our community has been fairly troubled by this to say the least, and your outpour of support is incredibly helpful.
by moinnadeem 10y ago
Undergrad at MIT here, thanks for signing! Our community has been fairly troubled by this to say the least, and your outpour of support is incredibly helpful.
- tropo 10y agoThis is an easy position for you to take, since you have already gained admission to MIT and you know these people. Consider a US citizen who would like to get admitted to MIT. Trump's action will what, double the chances of getting in? Consider the parents of that kid, already paying taxes that provide for the research grants that MIT lives off of.
- tomjakubowski 10y agoDouble their chances? I seriously doubt that many MIT students are from Trump's list of countries, or that the "chilling effect" on other foreign applicants will be that great. This policy is still an injustice, of course. And maybe I'm wrong about the chilling effect; we'll find out, unless the courts step in and thoroughly block or cripple this short-sighted executive order.
- mildbow 10y agoYou need to be better at math if you want to go to MIT.
- ocschwar 10y agoAnd if your gambit for getting in is this kind of cynical move, MIT will spit you right back out in short order.
- Cacti 10y agoMIT undergrad is only 10% international students...