Is learning Python "extraordinary"?

Tim Peters tim.one at home.com
Sat Dec 29 23:11:22 EST 2001


[Jesse F. W]
> 	I am a high school senior, and like many others, I am applying
> to college.  I am applying to MIT (as well as many other schools).
> MIT describes what they are looking for as students who do or have
> done "extraordinary things".  My question is this, Is teaching myself
> Python (with the aid of the Python tutorials and some help from the
> various lists) an "extraordinary thing"?

It shows intellectual curiosity and self-motivation, two things any
admissions board smiles on.  However, for MIT, you should make clear that
your studies have convinced you Python is merely a bad implementation of
Scheme <wink>.

oops-i-guess-sucking-up-isn't-extraordinary-after-all-ly y'rs  - tim





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