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It seems that we are asking users to self-identify according to categories which are set by us and meaningful to us. All the users want to do is get to a page via a link that they clicked on. This page is a barrier, both visually and functionally, as it stops the user's progress through the MIT experience dead in its tracks. It needs to be an interchange, like on a highway, with clear road signs. Rather than asking users to provide information according to our needs, why don't we try to see the matter from the users' perspective and anticipate what would be meaningful to them? Then we can use labels and text in a way that leads them in the direction of doing the correct thing without forcing them to stop and ponder.