<p>I am so surprised that MIT is seen as a GEEK school only and not as a more holistic future driven environment. I am not sure why but the creative spirit is more alive at MIT than any other place I have visited. If your son or daughter likes Art, Science, Math, Finance and the most interesting spin on humanities and communication MIT is the place to check out. I am just surprised so many misread this school and seem afraid the school is too limiting (engineers only)
The Sloan school is an excellent resource too!</p>
<p>How are the art courses at MIT? Are they mostly situated in the architecture department?</p>
<p>Check Wikipedia, Youtube or Google for MIT and MediaLab. You'll see artistic, creative, cross-disciplinary inventions, art and music, many of which later become things like Ipods or Microsoft interactive "tables." I mean furniture, not charts.
Apparently the MediaLab is now more open for undergraduate research.
Heck with it: I make my kid go to work and pay for my education at MIT....
College is wasted on the young....</p>
<p><a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/-%5B/url%5D">http://techtv.mit.edu/-</a> this says it all. The UROP is available to freshman. Students are paid to participate in world class research Freshman year. Absolutely amazing!!!</p>
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How are the art courses at MIT? Are they mostly situated in the architecture department?
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Yes, all of the (visual) art classes are. They have a good reputation with students, and are pretty popular for use in fulfilling the humanities requirement.</p>
<p>More serious artists take classes through the Student</a> Art Association; MIT also has cross-registration for classes at the Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.</p>
<p>Yep MIT has it all - cross registration- great location- very good program.</p>
<p>There are also art courses during the January session (IAP). My son has taken some specialty-technique darkroom printing art courses during IAP and has really enjoyed them.</p>
<p>Wonderful place. Too bad they mislead so many students into thinking they have a chance of going there.</p>
<p>Good point. I'm afraid we parents of rising seniors need a good dose of skepticism as all the "A" schools cast a wide net. Thanks for reminding me.</p>
<p>Safeties are in order, as well as just a few reaches for gambling purposes. Even shooting for four "A" schools means a couple hundred dollars in application fees, plus the time on the applications. Plus the disappointment of youngsters. All those folks in the top 90-98 percent of the pool don't need to be labeled as failures. Fine state schools love them.</p>
<p>Balance.....something Hermione and Harry are always working on.</p>
<p>YUP. BTDT. Got the rejection letter.</p>
<p>BTDT? Is that something that should be in the abbreviation thread?</p>
<p>Boy Trouble Double Trouble?
Biased Thinking Dull Thinking?
Blue Threads, Duke Threads?
Bring Thought, Do Things?
Boring Technology, Disastrous Technology?
Brilliant Technology, Delicious Technology?</p>
<p>I'm at a loss....</p>
<p>^ Been there, done that.</p>
<p>^ Ah, je suis dense. Or just old.</p>