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<p>Well, in the specific case of EECS, I think getting into grad school at MIT is * substantially easier * for MIT undergrads than for undergrads at at any other school. That’s entirely because of the existence of the EECS MEng program which, while not a walk in the park to get into, is almost certainly substantially easier to get into than the SM EECS program is to get into for an outside candidate, not least because the MEng program has no fixed slots, and hence you are not really ‘competing’ for a spot. If you have the technical GPA, you will be admitted, no fuss, no muss. {And note for other readers, the MEng program is available only to MIT undergrads, not undergrads for other schools - hence, the MEng program is, in some ways, a ‘backdoor’ for MIT undergrads to get into MIT grad school}.</p>
<p>"You need to have a solid technical GPA of at least 4.25 to be admitted at the end of your junior year; and you must have at least a 4.0 overall in the term you apply. Students who fall between a 3.9 or so and a 4.2 will be put ‘on hold’ for another term of grades and reviewed again the following January. "</p>
<p>"Admission is 99% by technical GPA, because it is not like the normal competitive admissions process, where there are a fixed or limited number of slots. In theory, if every junior who applied had at least a 4.3 GPA, every single one would be admitted in June. "</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/mengadm.html[/url]”>http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/mengadm.html</a></p>