<p>There is faculty interaction available, if you want it and are willing to get it for yourself. It’s going to cost you a lot more than $55k a year to hire someone with a PhD to babysit your kid full-time and make sure they take advantage of all the opportunities that MIT has to offer.</p>
<p>I don’t really know what you’re expecting to hear. This is typical of a research university. Maybe smaller liberal arts colleges have more hand-holding.</p>