Am I a good fit for MIT?

Coloradomama
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:34:20 +0000

@jaguarKing I can see from other posts that your interests are machine learning and statistics. Those do align with MIT’s strengths, but remember that MIT has a very large EECS department and many applicants are interested in that major, so it can be very difficult for admissions, as MIT wants a diverse class, as far as majors. MIT admits students to the school as a whole and you can change majors at any time in the process though and even up to year two at MIT, its possible to change majors and still get done in 4 years, if you work hard.

For strong machine learning programs:
Add GaTech, Purdue, U of Maryland, UC Berkeley, and UIUC to your college list.

These public schools are all very highly ranked, and the programs are similar to MIT’s especially UIUC looks
to be very similar, as does Berkeley. The main difference is, MIT is smaller and MIT requires five semesters of SCIENCE classes to get a BS in EECS. ( you have to take a semester of biology, a semester of chemistry and a year of physics to get an EECS degree from MIT. ) Other schools do not require so many science classes to get your
bachelors degree in math or CS.

Think about that aspect of your education, do you want a well rounded science education? Then MIT may fit.

This post makes it seem that you are not sure about MIT. Strong robotics students are often rejected by MIT,
as they need to fill departments like architecture, urban planning, economics, biology, and political science too.

Try to visit the MIT campus if you can, to learn more, or look at the MIT student blogs.