<p>whats up with "research" ?
i see 4 threads on this topic on the first page itself........</p>
<p>I dunno. There is nothing extremely special about research. It's like athletics, one more way to show a passion.</p>
<p>cuz it's MIT, u'd probably see a lot more kids into research than at other institutions</p>
<p>Indeed, a lot of the MIT kids do very impressive things. One of my friends (class of 2009, he actually posts here sometimes) had a NASA internship before his junior year.</p>
<p>Cuz siemens westinghouse results are about to come out, and seniors are wondering how much results could help them.</p>