MIT undergrad graduates not allowed to apply to MIT for grad school?

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Let’s face it. MIT has some of the very best undergrad science and engineering students anywhere. The school would be stupid not to admit them for grad school. On top of that, the students are already familiar with the research being done. In departments depending on large outside grant funding, it is a huge advantage to have an already trained pool of talent.

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<p>This is logical in a sense, but the question is, does the school actually follow this line of thought. I’m pretty sure I heard about Harvard’s math department discouraging its own undergrads from returning, and Harvard definitely has some of the most talented undergraduates. At my own school, it tends to be that a few top undergraduates are let in, depending on who’s on the admissions committee. Sometimes, they’re worse than others about admitting their own undergrads.</p>