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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Negatives: *The campus is very utilitarian. They do not put much work into making the campus look nice. *People are too busy to have real friends at the institute. You will end up picking your homework over your friends or friends over your homework and you lose either way. *People here are crushed *People will lie to you and say that they don't work that much when really they are working all the time- so mindgames *people on perscription drugs to help them concentrate *You constantly feel stressed out *If you aren't the type to study in your room there aren't that many great places to study unless you go out to Boston *dull campus life. *socially inept stressed people lead to a bad combination *Homeworks are created to learn new concepts you have not been adequately taught so you WILL have the experience of not knowing how to do a pset for sure. In this case you betterhave a tutor, know someone who has taken the class or get the answers out of the TA *Classes assume a very good grasp of math before you even get there *lack of socially conscious ppl Positives *You will leave here thinking critically about everything *You will learn how to manage your life and learn study skills *You will learn how to put your studies first and everything else on the backburner- so you will learn to focus *reputation *confidence in your abilities to figure things out Surrounding City: A+, Campus Aesthetics: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 05 2009 5th Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=60012&uid=585'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Aerospace Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Whatever you expect, MIT will go beyond. This includes: workload, complexity of material, competitiveness of peers, bureaucratic nonsense, terrible financial aid, etc. I got a full ride to RPI and didn't take it because of MIT's prestige. And now, I'm swimming in loans after 1 year. Surrounding City: A+, Campus Maintenance: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 08 2006 1st Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=22679&uid=585'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I thought MIT would be different - the students embracing science, generally intelligent, willing to hold conversations about random things. Not so. People seem rather limited to their major, unwilling to try new things, and generally crushed by the institution. Those willing to rebel spend all their time rebelling, and not much learning. I'm trying to transfer out. Surrounding City: A+, Campus Aesthetics: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 26 2006 1st Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=22160&uid=585'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Electrical Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I've learned much more after college than I did during college. The MIT undergrad experience is unfriendly, theoretical, and confidence-damaging. But it depends heavily on your department. Preparedness: B-, Reputation: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Feb 22 2005 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=15048&uid=585'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 24    Next

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