<p>Should the short answer about which department at MIT appeals to you be about why you want to pursue the field or why pursuing that field at MIT specifically interests you?</p>
<p>mainly why you want to pursue the field then maybe a sentence about why MIT</p>
<p>from what i've read</p>
<p>Talk about what you want to do at MIT. Chances are, if you want to go into field <x>, <x> does exists in many universities outside of MIT. Hell, if you really wanted to learn <x>, you could probably pick up textbooks and do it like that. What exactly, at MIT, will you take advantage of in order to succeed in <x>?</x></x></x></x></p>