<p>Is it better to go to another college for mechanical engineering undergrad instead of MIT, and then try to get into the MIT for grad?</p>
<p>What percent of mechanical engineering undergrads from MIT are accepted for MIT grad school each year?</p>
<p>How "smart" do I have to be in order to get into MIT grad as a mit undergrad for mechanical engineering? I know this sounds stupid, but like, I'm not good at math competitions and ppl say math comps are supposed to show how "smart" you are.</p>
<p>Years ago a student of mine asked me essentially this question about Harvard, but it applies equally to MIT, of course. I told her, “I know people have a lot to say on this matter, but my opinion is, if you really want to go to Harvard, you should go every single time they admit you, because you can’t be sure it’ll ever happen again.”</p>
<p>She went to Harvard.</p>
<p>yeah, i mean i dont’ want to lose the chance of going to mit.</p>
<p>Are you making the assumption that MIT undergrad will be so hard that your GPA may not be competitive for MIT grad as if you had gone to a lessor rated school?
If this is the question, I think you’d be mistaken.</p>
<p>blueiguana, could you explain what you mean?</p>
<p>Sorry, I just returned your PM. I was in the parents forum in heated debate over football :)</p>
<p>I did kind of botch my response…
In English:</p>
<p>Others will disagree perhaps, however, top engineering schools are going to be hard. That’s a fact.
If you have the chance to go to MIT undergrad do NOT give that up with the perception that by going to a slightly lessor ranked school you will possibly have a higher GPA and therefore be a more competitive applicant for MIT grad school.</p>
<p>I think that was more cohesive.</p>
<p>“What percent of mechanical engineering undergrads from MIT are accepted for MIT grad school each year?”
From what I’ve heard, virtually all MIT undergrad were admitted to MIT grad school last year. (95%+)
“How “smart” do I have to be in order to get into MIT grad as a mit undergrad for mechanical engineering? I know this sounds stupid, but like, I’m not good at math competitions and ppl say math comps are supposed to show how “smart” you are.”
I think this is more of a myth. Many ppl from MIT hadnt even competed in math comps (25%+) However, there are ppl who are really successful (IMO medalists). Why dont you go to an MIT thread to find out? Ideally, making MIT undergrad is the best situation. However, your chance of making MIT grad school isn’t diminished if ur rejected for undergrad. It merely depends on what u do over the course of ur undergraduate years. In fact, MIT admitted a substantial number of grad students from lesser rated schools.</p>
<p>there is nothing like mit doesn’t want its own undergrads for grad right?</p>
<p>Some grad departments at MIT is sensitive about admitting its own undergrad. Some prefer not. Really, grad admission is department specific. U can check it out on the MIT thread; it has plenty of good info.</p>
<p>Admission to its own grad school is a sensitive matter. One advantage is that it’s a lot easier to evaluate the students who are from the school. But in the end you have to compete with hundreds, if not, thousands of applicants, based on the credentials. Is there bias in admission? Yes, certainly, to a very small degree. I say MIT is very fair.</p>
<p>I’m just going to throw this out there, but despite what you may think here on CC, MIT is not the only good school for engineering.</p>
<p>Yes of course. There are plenty of good, and perhaps better schools for engineering, depending on the major, and by the way, the importance of quality of undergrad is rather negligible to your education, since you rarely involve in high level research at undergrad level (>grad level) (most ranking is based on research). The most important thing here is to pick a school that fits you and provides a good undergraduate education, and also plenty of options that would prep for grad school (if thats where ur going).</p>
<p>Graduate school is less about where you go and more about what you want to study. If you want to study something Cal Tech is strong in and MIT barely touches… Cal Tech will be a much better choice. MIT would never be a bad choice for grad school, but if you want to specialize in something it might not even be close to being #1.</p>
<p>Im surprised nobody has said this - Go to college, do your best, and worry about grad school later. Four years from now you might not want to go to grad school right away.</p>
<p>I didn’t say that, but I’ll second it.</p>
<p>In many cases, graduate school is a waste of time.</p>
<p>Grad admissions is a totally different beast. GRE’s, REU’s and rec letters, plus transcript with grad level courses…it’s a whole new ballgame. I wouldn’t compare undergrad vs. grad admissions.</p>
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I think we should rephrase it: Go to school, and worry about graduate school in the mean time(some other times), but focus on your current study. </p>
<p>If he gets in MIT, then I say go to MIT if he wants to be there.
However, I do agree with your opinion worry about that later because the question he proposes has been answered so many time I think :)</p>
<p>The ultimate answer: go to a good school where you absolutely like. In the mean time, find out your interest.</p>