What does it take to get into MIT?

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<p>If you want a career in medicine, doing patient care, then MIT may not be the right fit for you. MIT is a great fit for research.
There is a profile of a brilliant, brilliant kid in this weekend's Seattle Times. He is not interested in medicine, because as he put it, medical school is the study of what is known, and he is interested in what is not known. </p>

<p>MIT kids are interested in the unknown. If that describes you, then go for it. If you are looking for a lucrative and prestigious career, then just go get a premed degree somewhere where you will get a high GPA so you can get into med school.</p>

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<p>mombot--I wouldn't say those are the only two choices available to the OP.</p>

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<p>Actually MIT does extremely well preparing students for med school, particularly at the top institutions like HMS. All the premed requirements are largely taken care of with the GIRs. Getting good grades is not easy, but as long as you are not in engineering GPA is generally not an issue. MIT students also do very well on the MCATs. </p>

<p>My D plans to go to med school and is starting this fall at MIT. Her advisor will be a professor at HMS and director of a large neuroimaging lab.</p>

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<p>exactly wat i told my dad: medicine needs u to know wat is already found out and recorded. I want to find out and record. So i want cutting edge research fields</p>

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<p>i made this design for community improvement and on my way to submitting it to the district collector and i designed a lab for my dad (Testing and commissioning equipment:he is an electrical engineer) and he said he would give me a certificate applauding the work i have done. So are these positive points to get into MIT. Besides i would like to know just how many APs are necessary (minimum)</p>

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<p>i am not a pro in smashing and putting back things together. but i like to infact love to make new stuff like new methods (community improvement and lab designing) are they of any value??</p>

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<p>CW
I've known others at MIT/Caltech who switched from med as career path to wanting grad school in a science.</p>

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<p>Well someone also has to do medical research which may or may not benefit from also having an MD. That's exploring the unknown.</p>

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<p>Mombot: I am not aware of any undergrad (besides nursing school) that teaches patient care. </p>

<p>MIT is a great place for preparing for medical school. I did research at MIT and medical school but only see patients now because I find it much more interesting.</p>

<p>However, research oriented medical schools (Harvard, Yale, etc.) want students interested in research because that's what they do. They also like academic diversity. My medical school class had Harvard english majors, MIT engineers and the usual mix of science oriented people from all over.</p>

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<p>If I were getting a cyber knee,
I'd rather have a doc who went to MIT.</p>

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<p>Purplexed:
your accidental poetry inspired me...</p>

<p>If I were getting a cyber knee,
I'd rather have a doc who went to MIT.
If I needed a robot shoulder,
my MIT doc wouldn't let me moulder.</p>

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<p>Accidental, no.
Bad, yes.
But hey, bad is the new good.</p>

<p>If I were getting a phone to surf, sing and blab,
I'd rather it use designs from the Media Lab.</p>

<p>Must. Stop. Now. Chores await.</p>

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<p>Russ--perhaps you read my post quickly, and did not catch that I said "IF" you want a CAREER in medicine...I could have said "with an emphasis on patient care" and that would be clearer.</p>

<p>I agree that MIT would provide fabulous preparation for medical school, but I do not think the best choice for a student interested in patient care, as opposed to research, would be MIT.</p>