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

collegealum314
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:03:36 +0000

I knew a guy who got into MIT’s grad school chemistry program with a 3.3 GPA from U. of Illinois, but my feeling is that aerospace engineering takes grades more seriously than the chemistry program (especially the synthetic chemistry program.) Grades are more important the more a field relies on theory. Mollie’s husband got in with a 4.0/5.0, but he was an MIT undergrad who got recs from MIT professors.

You might have a chance if you work in the MIT prof’s lab for the summer and then get a rec from him.