Should S apply to MIT?

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To reiterate, if we could guarantee that everybody who completes their PhD at a top program will receive the job that they want - whether in academia or industry - then there would be no issue. Such a system obviously doesn’t exist. Plenty of such people will not be offered desirable jobs. Many people who want academic careers will indeed only be offered only non-tenure-track adjunct lecturerships. It therefore behooves everyone to carefully consider what alternative careers they can access via their university’s brand and network.

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<p>How about the idea that a MIT grad might be more flexible/ able to transform/ scale into other career, if he cannot find the type of job he wants, because of superior problem solving skills? I recall hearing about an MIT undergraduate who did his PhD in EE at some other school, but could not land a job that he wanted. So, he changed fields, went to medical school earned his MD and works as a doctor implanting biomedical devices.</p>