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<p>Not necessarily. This may vary between disciplines and departments but I’m quite sure at least some MIT programs admit non-MIT undergrads for SM-level study.</p>
<p>My statement was for ECE - there are exceptions but most of science and engineering follows a similar course.</p>
<p>You guys realize this thread is 3 months old, right?</p>
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<p>seems like you do not understand what is grad school about yet.</p>
<p>I have the feeling you want to go one of those 3 schools simply to boost your starting salary and at same time to show off to your friends. Anyways, if you are serious, two suggestions: 1: get research experience , 2: forget about Stanford.</p>
<p>OP:
Our S did get a fully funded MS-CS (Toronto-'08, Digital Graphics), thesis based. He came from Carnegie Mellon with dual major in mechanical and human-computer interaction. He too wanted more academic work, fully funded, masters program only. He applied to similar universities on your same criteria. He was offered to continue towards a pHd and would have considered it if he couldn’t find a position. It was a near thing, but he found something with only a promise for future pay. He could have found a job fairly easily on a BS without too much trouble, in '06 but '09 is a different story. </p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>