MIT or Stanford for EE

pebbles
Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:15:43 +0000

if research is important to you, there’s no place better than MIT. Sure you can cite numbers and figures and admissions brochures here and there but they’re really nothing conclusive or relevant to a typical student’s experience. The most important point of consideration is the simple ease of attaining a research position. Any kid motivated enough to go a-knockin’ door to door at big research universities WILL get a position somewhere doing something, but what about the average kid, who’s a little shy, and needs a little push? Well, that’s where the small differences between research universities become big. At MIT, I don’t think I know anyone who hasn’t gotten involved in research some way or other (and that includes freshmen), a simple email, a face-to-face chat, and suddenly you’re doing big-time research. There’s even the positive peer pressure to do research… “c’mon… all the cool kids are doing it.”