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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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MIT at a Glance

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Location:
Cambridge, MA
Setting:
Mid-sized city
Control:
Private Non-Profit
In-State Tuition:
$37,782
Out-of-State Tuition:
$37,782
Room & Board:
$11,234
Full-Time Undergrads:
4,201
Part-Time Undergrads:
31
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School Website:
web.mit.edu/student
Admissions Website:
web.mit.edu/admissions
Financial Aid Website:
web.mit.edu/sfs
Application Deadline:
January 1
Acceptance Rate:
10 %
Admission Difficulty:
Very Hard
Average SAT Scores:
2080–2330
Average ACT Scores:
32–35

Best Things

  • Outstanding professors
  • Student-faculty research opportunities
  • Career and academic network prospects
  • The incredible student body
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Worst Things

  • GIRs
  • Intense workload
  • Level of difficulty
  • Realizing that you might not be the smartest anymore
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Most Popular Majors

  • Engineering
  • Business
  • Business Management
  • Business Administration and Management
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Tags: Traditional Colleges and Universities, Tuition: $30K-40K, Student Body: 1000-5000, Massachusetts, Mid-sized city, Bachelor's (4-year), Master's, Doctoral

Overall ExperienceWhat's This?

MIT students have a love/hate relationship with the school. They love the people and the atmosphere and hate the boatloads of work. Correction: Some people like the work and learning things, but most people hate being ignored by certain “research-oriented” professors. Most students who come to MIT had some tough decisions to make about schools before making a final decision, like “Should I go to Harvard or MIT?” and “Should I go to this in-state school with a full scholarship and a free computer or go to MIT and pay for almost everything?” Overall, every student, at some point, will think that they made the wrong decision, but it’s the fact that these people made the decision to attend MIT that sets them apart from the rest. Whether they knew what MIT was like or not, students here were willing to take the chance. As a result, the people at MIT are the most creative, helpful, brilliant, and unique in the world. MIT admissions doesn’t admit people accidentally—no matter how dumb you may feel when you fail your first exam. Everyone at MIT is incredibly down-to-earth, and everyone has the potential to do great things, even if everyone is deprived of sleep. It’s okay—you’ll find that some of the best work happens between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.

MIT will teach you how to survive on your own in the real world, and it will teach you more about yourself, too. Don’t expect to be babied—MIT is one of the most challenging schools in the country, but it is also one of the most rewarding. It is an opportunity that few are given, so don’t waste your time. While you are here, you will grow up and become an adult. You will form some life-long relationships, and if you survive, you will thrive anywhere.

MIT Student Reviews

Overall Experience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

fruitcakes

Chemical Engineering '14

4.2
A-

It's MIT

It's unlike most top tier schools. Less stuck-up people and more fun and chill ones to hang out with. We work hard, but party just as hard. At first, it may be hard to find that balance, but you will quickly enough.

Dec 28, 2010

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Overall Experience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Anonymous

MIT Student

Only come to MIT if you know...

Only come to MIT if you know that’s where you want to go. MIT prides itself on a rigorous curriculum. Know that when you come here, you’ll be doing a lot more studying than you did in high school. Know that there may not always be time to go to a party because you have a problem set due soon, and you need to spend a lot of time working on it. Just know that by coming to MIT, you are sacrificing some of your social life to put in a hard four years of work. Then, when you graduate, you can look back and truly appreciate what MIT did for you.

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MIT Student

It’s been an incredible...

It’s been an incredible experience: challenging academics, wonderful people, and actually some fun occasionally. There are a few days each term where you say to yourself, ‘If I had gone to state school, I would be partying instead of studying right now.’ But despite the stress, I can’t picture myself anywhere else. This is where I belong.

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