I am a recent MIT B.S. graduate, AMA.

newmitgrad
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:00:12 +0000

What were your professors like? I can’t just ask if calculus II is harder at MIT than at the community college, because it depends on the instructor. What makes MIT stand out? Small class sizes and lots of interaction with the instructor? Do you feel, like you gained special knowledge from going to MIT, or was it just standard curricula taught by instructors with impressive backgrounds?



They varied, but they were mostly very interested in teaching so I rarely had any bad ones. Once you get into the major, at least for mine and what I’ve heard about some others, they are outstanding.

Understand my bias, but I don’t think I could have gotten my education anywhere but MIT. I graduated in Biological Engineering, which is a relatively new major, but the inter-disciplinary nature of the work and the fact that it’s such an unconventional major were huge bonuses for me. It’s an education I feel I can use to go into anything from pure bio to chemE to med school to CS or even mechanical engineering.

They do challenge you a lot to learn on your own and to seek help when needed. You get out of it what you put into it.