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Post by ironhammer on Apr 5, 2019 22:07:40 GMT -5
Well you did say most of the girls there aren't doing a engineering or science degree. So, forgive me if this sounds insulting, but maybe they were looking for...easier courses, whatever that may be. I'm not sure, are you getting confused? At MIT most of the female students are in engineering or science, just like most of the male students. I am not confused one bit. I was talking about the girls on the volleyball team. Wolfgang seem to suggest the majority of 2018 roster majors in engineering or science might be the exception rather than the norm.
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 5, 2019 22:11:09 GMT -5
I said that of the 2018 vb team members, all but two are engineering or sciences. Okay, maybe I wasn’t speaking English. You said "to be believed", which implied that in past years most girls did not major in engineering or the sciences.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 5, 2019 22:21:36 GMT -5
I said that of the 2018 vb team members, all but two are engineering or sciences. Okay, maybe I wasn’t speaking English. You said "to be believed", which implied that in past years most girls did not major in engineering or the sciences. That was not my intended meaning. I was talking about vb roster info in general throughout the nation and how info re. Academic majors aren’t reliable because kids were changing majors all the time. But I will forgive you for this misinterpretation because maybe I didn’t write it as clearly as I thought I did. And I’m in a forgiving mood. I absolve you of all sins.
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Post by ned3vball on Apr 6, 2019 3:23:04 GMT -5
Yup. I was teasing earlier with the stereotype of engineers and scientist as socially awkward and non-sporty types wearing thick glasses. I in fact admire engineers a lot. They built and maintain stuff all around us. My father was one. He was a civil engineer, building bridges and highways. And mechanical engineers builds the engine in my car. Aerospace engineers builds the airliners we fly on. Electrical engineers helps with the electrical grid and software etc. Naval architect build ships we sail on. I just didn't necessarily associate them with being the athletic type, an unfair assessment on my part. Speaking of MIT, they do have a rigorous, demanding and heavy homework load, right? Where do these kids find the time to play and practice volleyball? Oh I got it, and mine was tongue-in-cheek. Building on your sort of rhetorical question, I wondered the same, especially reading on this board in more than one place that DIII's play way more matches than the typical DI's play. I am sure the rigorous curriculum demands an outlet, but wow. I do admire their ability to "do it all." My Daughter subs on an adult team and knows a few former MIT players. MIT is very organized. The coach is allocated a 2 hour window each practice day. They don't have to show up before that or stay after. No, being a half hour early is on time kind of stuff.
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 6, 2019 5:24:37 GMT -5
You said "to be believed", which implied that in past years most girls did not major in engineering or the sciences. That was not my intended meaning. I was talking about vb roster info in general throughout the nation and how info re. Academic majors aren’t reliable because kids were changing majors all the time. But I will forgive you for this misinterpretation because maybe I didn’t write it as clearly as I thought I did. And I’m in a forgiving mood. I absolve you of all sins. You sound like a priest at the neighborhood Church.
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Post by bigfan on Jun 10, 2019 21:33:45 GMT -5
Where Are They Now? - Briana Stephenson ‘07, Women’s Volleyball Briana Stephenson ‘07 was Course 18 (Mathematics) and a four-year varsity athlete on the women’s volleyball team at MIT, and is currently wrapping up her postdoc in Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While her education and subsequent career path has brought her back to Cambridge (this time as an Assistant Professor at Harvard), the lessons she learned as a student-athlete at MIT were with her all the way. Hear more from Briana and what she has in store for the future in our latest conversation with one of our amazing alums! www.mitathletics.com/information/Where_Are_They_Now/Briana_Stephenson
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 10, 2019 21:59:52 GMT -5
Biostatistics is an interesting field of public health.
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Post by bigfan on Sept 8, 2019 15:49:52 GMT -5
Women’s Volleyball Goes 1-1 on Day 2 of Spike It Up Classic - The Lead: The MIT women's volleyball team closed out the Spike It Up Classic on Saturday by defeating the University of La Verne, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-23, but fell to host and nationally-ranked No. 10 Colorado College, 25-23, 25-22, 19-25, 25-19. www.mitathletics.com/sports/w-volley/2019-20/releases/20190907ypt5rn
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