<p>hello. i am an undergraduate who wants to attend mit as graduate school. i have some questions.
how many science credits did you (who entered mit as a graduate school) take each semester?
what was your science gpa (and whole)?
when did you start research?
Thank you.</p>
<p>I suppose it all depends on which MIT graduate-school you're talking about. MIT has many graduate programs that serve different people. For example, I know some MIT Sloan MBA students that have taken few science courses, and in one case, no science courses, nor have they done any research. MIT also has strong graduate programs in linguistics/philosophy and political science where I would suspect that some of the graduate students have taken few science courses.</p>
<p>If you could actually name which graduate programs you are interested in, you could get a better answer.</p>
<p>Oh, I'm sorry about that. My major is physics.
Thank you.</p>
<p>if you go to MIT for undergrad, is it harder to get in for grad?</p>
<p>Not in most departments -- in departments like EECS, it's substantially easier to get into MIT for grad school if you were an MIT undergrad.</p>
<p>Some departments (biology and chemE are the only ones I know) don't accept MIT undergrads because they believe it's better for people to get out and make connections at other schools than to "inbreed".</p>
<p>if you're a chem major undergrad, do they allow "inbreeding" for grad?</p>
<p>To be honest, I haven't heard anything one way or another. It's more something you find out through upperclassmen whispers when you're a sophomore or a junior.</p>
<p>But it's really not a big deal if you're in a department that discourages inbreeding -- with your MIT education you just go to another top-ranked school in your area... ie, I'm a biology major and I like Boston, so I'm going to apply to biology PhD programs at that little school up the river. Not a huge issue.</p>
<p>Molliebatmit, but what happens if you don't get into that school up the river? Then you have to leave Cambridge. What that means is that other people get 2 bites at the apple, but you only get 1.</p>
<p>Yeah -- and Harvard being the top school in my discipline, I do have to approach grad school admissions assuming I'm not going to get in.</p>
<p>I do think it sucks, but I don't think it's a reason not to come to MIT for undergrad -- a) it's unlikely that a prospective biology major will be (appropriately) set on MIT grad school in biology at age 18, b) there are other great programs out there, and c) the department has a point in making sure that budding academics make a larger number of professional connections, rather than only knowing people at MIT.</p>
<p>What I really meant to say was something along these lines: It's not an option to get into MIT grad school in biology/chemE if you went here, but at least MIT undergrads have plenty of other viable options -- I'm very confident that I'll be accepted to at least one top program, whereas someone in my position from a less-respected school probably couldn't say the same.</p>