<p>megan12: Thanks for appreciating the value of information. Knowledge is power. How you use it is up to you. </p>
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<p>I would just like to clarify that not everyone at MIT studying 24 hours. There are some who like to do that but such students will do that at any campus. </p>
<p>The motto of MIT is ‘Mens et Manus’ or ‘Mind and Hand’ which in turn shows it’s believe in learning for the sake of learning and it’s application to the practical life. MIT environment is not at all competitive. Working in small groups is encouraged. MIT Student community is very supportive.</p>
<p>It is true that on an average MIT students have to spend more time studying by virtue of the curriculumn and with in the MIT community there are major that require more effort than other majors and with in majors there are courses that require more efforts than other courses.</p>
<p>The increase load at MIT comes from it’s stress on original problems as part of PSET (Problem Set). A great deal of effort is spent on doing the PSET which is part of the after class work due every week. I’ve seen the problems and they are really challenging.</p>
<p>So my recommendation is that for a genius child, like your DS as comes out from your posts, MIT will be great fit. So do take a tour, MIT has an overnight visit program for the students and if possible you can send DS for that.</p>