<p>This is probably a shallowish thread to start, but I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me about average acceptance rates for MIT students to med school and generally grad school. Are MIT applicants' GPAs generally lower? If so, does this really hurt them when it comes to med school admissions? I apologize for not having very focused questions, but I'd love any input on this.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, getting in to Grad school is generally not much of an issue for an MIT undergrad that does their work through their undergrad years. However, getting into a big-ticket, highly acclaimed grad program would be no different than (my opinion) getting into MIT's undergrad program coming from a school like Stuy, Exeter, or any of those prestigious prep schools.</p>
<p>You'd have to make yourself stand out from the crowd to get the attention of the grad admissions dept. These are all just speculation, I'll be heading to MIT next fall as a frosh.</p>
<p>Also, from what I've heard a lot of med schools are more focused on your stats (GPA, test scores, etc), rather than what you've done/accomplished, which might make it a little more difficult to get accepted to a top-flight med school after MIT. If you work hard enough, I'm sure an 'A' GPA would be definitely doable, but if you're like most students your GPA will suffer a bit from the intense workload (maybe especially the first couple semesters as you get acclimated).</p>
<p>I suppose, if you apply yourself now and work towards your goals, you'll definitely be able to apply for and get in to the programs you want to do.</p>
<p>-Jared</p>
<p>You can find a lot of med-school related stats at the Careers</a> Office website. The long and short of it is that MIT students have lower med school acceptance rates than grade-inflated peer schools, but undergrad applicants still have an 82% acceptance rate (national average is about 50%).</p>
<p>The secret about grad school is that it is not that hard to get into. Grad schools, particularly in the sciences, care more about your research experience than your GPA, particularly if you went to a place like MIT. As a senior applying to grad programs with a 3.5 and 2.5 years of research under my belt, I'm in better shape than applicants from state schools with a 4.0 and minimal research experience. Since my research supervisor is a Big Deal in biology, he also knows people at the grad programs to which I'm applying and has promised to talk to people about my application. That kind of stuff, as you might imagine, is clutch. ;)</p>
<p>Mollie--I'm sure tons of people have told you this, but you are just an amazing human being and tons of help. I have no idea how you have time for all this altruism <em>with</em> the work you do, but talking to you (and my EC) has really made me feel better about this. Thanks! <em>hugs</em></p>
<p>I like helping. :)</p>
<p>There are lots of confusing things about getting into/starting out at MIT, and I think it's good to have somebody to help you along until you figure it all out. The cool thing about MIT is that most or all of the upperclassmen do this unofficial mentoring just because they like to -- I just happen to do it online as well as in person.</p>
<p>haha. I was basically forced into 8.012 by the physics majoring upperclassmen on my hall. can't thank them enough.</p>
<p>According to the Wall Street Journal Ranking the top 5 feeder schools to Law , Medical and Business schools are - 1. Harvard 2. Yale 3. Princeton 4. Stanford 5. Williams.</p>
<p>MIT is no 8</p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>Hmm, but I would suspect that we send far fewer graduates to law and business schools than those top five, simply because we're a science and engineering-heavy school (and hence fewer people here even apply). So take those rankings with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>The ranking, i suppose is based on the percentage of applicant from each of the schools who were accepted to the top law , business and med programs. Not the total number of students who got into med , law and business schools from particular undergrad institutions. </p>
<p>So, the ranking mught be more accurate than we think it is. Then again, every ranking has its flaws and they potray only part of the picture.</p>