Room 3-108, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
If you’re a science genius, come to MIT to find out how little you really know. No other school makes such a massive assault on the ego. Technology is a given, but MIT also prides itself on leading programs in economics. political science, and architecture, with unmatched undergraduate research opportunities. Those who don’t study 24/7 can let off steam via the surprisingly extensive athletic offerings or by enjoying MIT’s prime location near downtown Boston.
Founded in 1861, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology continues to attract the brightest minds from near and far. MIT teachers and students have discovered many of the technological innovations that we take for granted, from electromagnets and radar to the decoding of the human genome. The school is a magnet for minds like Tim Berners-Lee, the Brit who invented the World Wide Web, to Noam Chomsky, the linguist and antiwar activist. Graduates have formed more than 25.000 companies that, among other things, employ a quarter of the workforce of Silicon Valley. While Harvard stuck to the English model of Oxbridge classical education, with its emphasis on Latin and Greek, MIT looked to the German system of learning based on research and hands-on experimentation.
Website : web.mit.edu
Location : City Center
Private
Total Enrollment : 11.107
Undergraduate : 4.456
Male/ Female : 54/46
SAT Ranges : ERW 720-770 M 770-880
ACT Ranges : 33-35
Financial Aid : 91%
Pell Grant : 16%
Expense : Pr $$$
Student Loans : 29%
Average Debt : $
Applicants : 20.247
Accepted : 7%
Enrolled : 76%
Grad in 6 years : 94%
Returning Freshmen : 99%
Strong Programs :
Electrical Engineering
Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Biology
Physics
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Economics
Architecture