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Originally Posted by cmroseberry
Finally, try to check MIT out to see if it is really the right environment for you. I don't know about MIT, but some departments with big reputations really don't give a crap about undergrads (or perhaps even grad students). As long as they got people clamoring to get in, they would just as soon flunk you as look at you.
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I think that is a little pessimistic. It wasn't MIT, but my grad school program (Environmental Sciences and Engineering) has 3,000 applicants each year and only accepts 12 students, and they treated us very well. It is to any school's advantage to graduate as many of their students as possible. I know several MIT grads (both undergrad and graduate degrees) and I got the impression they all loved it there.