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

molliebatmit
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:07:00 +0000

PiperXP:

but more schools are good at sciences, hence MIT undergraduates aren’t favored in, say, the biology graduate program, IIRC.

Oh, but they are – I think every MIT undergrad who applied to the course 7 PhD program my year got in. We were encouraged to go elsewhere unless we had a good reason to stay, but we didn’t have any problems being admitted in the first place.



samolyet144:

Thanks a lot mollbiebatmit. If it isn’t too much trouble for you, would you mind asking you husband if he knows anything about Prof. RJ. Hansman and ICAT (International center for air trasnportation).

He does know Hansman pretty well – he took his senior capstone class under him, and Hansman is a consultant for the company he’s working at now. I will PM you my husband’s email address – he’s happy to answer questions and give any specific details you’d like to hear.

I do, FWIW, agree that it’s pretty tough to get into the MIT aero/astro grad program if you’re not an MIT undergrad. US News used to list the acceptance rate, which IIRC was around 50%, but that figure is distorted by the fact that a huge number of the MIT aero/astro seniors apply each year and almost all of them are accepted.