<p>Not once, ever, in any of the three universities I have been affiliated with, have I met a graduate from MIT in any department of ecology or evolutionary biology (my own field). Believe me, I think MIT is truly one of the worlds great universities (and I recognize it's strengths in the social sciences). However, for an undecided student who is not sure about whether they want to go to graduate school or medical school, or even which subset of biology they want to enter--the tech schools are limited. And having taught introductory biology many times, I can assure you that the students at MIT and CalTech are certainly not getting the principles of ecology and evolution...</p>
<p>...That being said, would I turn down MIT for Michigan State because it has an EEOB program? Not in a million years. However, as a student having a strong interest in biology, but not sure which direction to take, I would probably turn down MIT for other schools with more integrative departments (e.g. Berkeley, Cornell, Chicago, Stanford, Harvard etc.).</p>
<p>just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Cheers,
CUgrad</p>