<p>Well of course you are earning your degree, not them. But if it was just up to the student, they could learn all the material from OpenCourseWare, show proficiency, and it could all be done for a lot cheaper than 55+K for four years. So I don’t think it unreasonable to expect more than a little bit of faculty interaction during that time.</p>
<p>Also from the course 6 website: [MIT</a> EECS - EECS Information for Academic Advisors page 1](<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/advisor-info.html]MIT”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/advisor-info.html)</p>
<p>“Although some students and faculty interact outside the classroom, it is not uncommon for an undergraduate to go through MIT without knowing any faculty member well enough to discuss with them topics such as personal motivations and goals, thics, lifestyles, tec., in addition to academic plans.”</p>