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Yeah, and they might know its nothing like actually getting a real graduate degree from MIT. MIT has a ~10% acceptance rate from a self selected group of elite

• vessenes 11y ago
  I have some experience with admissions at elite universities, and I can say that they generally weight candidates who have proven they can get "A" grades at their university or an equivalent much more favorably than unknown candidates. In fact, with most even Ivy League Universities, if you don't get in, but can move into town, and arrange to take a hard class or two, and ace them, you would find your next application would be much more favorably received. MIT is laying out a different path for these graduate students; essentially: "Let's not have to take you at your word for how successful you can be...Show me you can pass this degree program upfront by doing half of it." I don't think it's in MIT's interests to dilute their brand by issuing shitty substandard degrees; instead, it seems much more likely that they are looking for ways to on-board many more quality students and keep their recruitment / admissions cost-to-successful-graduate ratio as low as possible. Hence the "We have 40 grads a year, industry wants thousands" quote.