The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (StudentsReview)

How this student rated the school

Research Quality	A	Research Availability	A
Research Funding	A	Graduate Politics	B+
Errand Runners	A	Degree Completion	B
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	B	Sufficient Pay	C
Competitiveness	B+	Education Quality	A
Faculty Accessibility	A-	Useful Research	A
Extracurriculars	B+	Success-Understanding	B+
Surrounding City	A-	Social Life/Environment	B
"Individual" treatment	B+	Friendliness	B
Safety	A-	Campus Beauty	B-
Campus Maintenance	B	University Resource/spending	B+

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Arrogant Describes the faculty as: Friendly, Helpful, Arrogant, Self Absorbed

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Lowest Rating Sufficient Pay	C

Highest Rating Research Quality	A

He rated most things higher than other students did.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
It's been challenging and engaging, but unnecessarily frustrating at times, too. I would not have enjoyed being an undergraduate here. A word of warning—the MIT brand name is not always as useful as people would like to suggest. Perhaps it will get you a job, but mentioning where you go to school can, and has, ended otherwise friendly conversations. People are intimidated by the name. They shouldn't be. It's part of the (fictional) mystique.

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Yeah, I had a similar experience. People can be more intimidated (or in love with) the brand than necessary. It can be a bit deleterious to conversations and social relationships…

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