Getting into grad school at MIT (Aero/Astro)?

LazyBum201
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:32:37 +0000

I have the commencement program for MIT’s 2008 graduation and for Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics), there were 58 who got a master’s of science and of those, 14 had MIT degrees (or that’s my guess as they had “S.B” after their names rather than B.S.; does any other school still give the degree as an S.B.?). So I’m guessing MIT undergraduates are favored in admissions for Course 16, but not by as much as some labs (I know one where ~70% of the students had their bachelor’s from MIT).

In math and the sciences (bio, chem, physics), it seems few people get a master’s (perhaps only those who the school decided shouldn’t be allowed to go on for the doctorate) as there were only two in bio (neither from MIT) and three in physics (one from MIT) and four in chemistry (none from MIT). For the doctorates, though, some from each area came from MIT (4 out of 11 in bio, 2 our of 29 in physics, and 3 out of 29 in chem), but I don’t know really if they were favored or not as I am not sure what percent of the applications came from IT undergraduates (but for bio, at least, I would guess they are being favored). For anyone reading who is interested in the math program at MIT, 4 of the 15 people who earned a doctorate in math had undergraduate degrees from MIT (again, that’s if the S.B./A.B. is just at MIT; if it’s at other schools, then ignore this entire post!).