How important are the MIT essays?

MITPhysicsAlum
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:56:29 +0000

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Btw, no to $50/hr.

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I said that’s what it costs, not what they earn. You not only have salaries, you have fringe benefits, office space, computers, electricity, telephones, incremental staff for the additional payroll and HR burden and so on. MIT is putting serious money into reading these essays. Of course they take them seriously.