<p>MIT is not the only school the OP asked about. Nor is it even remotely the only school discussed in this thread since Post #5. There’s almost half a dozen later posts regarding other schools and other issues - 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12.</p>
<p>Funding is always an issue in graduate programs, and I brought it up to suggest one potential pitfall to this path.</p>
<p>Sorry to have interrupted your monologue about MIT policy. I realize we’re all supposed to bow down and go “OMGWOW” at this “certain institution,” but I couldn’t care less.</p>