Graduate Admission into MIT

collegealum314
Thu, 29 May 2008 10:31:54 +0000

" A PhD is about doing research…classes, no matter how cool, are a side note, a way to make sure you have the necessary background to do research."

Well, this is only true if the OP is not going into mathematics or theoretical physics. Extremely strong performance in classes in one’s major are expected in these fields.