Questions on MIT's Business School

Vivi
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:24:56 +0000

I heard that Course XV majors have the stereotype of being the ones who weren’t competent enough to do Course XIV or an engineering major. Is this stereotype actually present, and does it have any truth behind it?

Certainly some course 15’s transferred over because they couldn’t handle the rigour of engineering (yes, the stereotype is ever-present), but it’s also useful to point out that many choose that major as a supplement to their engineering/science, or are genuinely interested in it. Although, I can’t say I’ve met anyone who applied specifically to MIT just so they could single-major in management…