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Originally Posted by Antichron
(I've heard that if you win an NSF, you can go to MIT whether or not they accepted you.)
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Is this because of the money or because of the "prestige" of winning? It seems like it wouldn't be the funding alone, because then why not admit anyone who could demonstrate the ability to pay? If the prestige, does it mean that they think, "well, maybe we made a mistake on this guy when we rejected him"?