Indeed, see my comment on how the MIT admissions office looks for evidence the applicant can do projects. If you graduate from MIT without gaining such an abil

Indeed, see my comment on how the MIT admissions office looks for evidence the applicant can do projects. If you graduate from MIT without gaining such an ability if you didn't start with it, well, you've wasted your time there unless, say, you're a pure math type (even the theoretical physics types have to do Junior Lab, which I gather is a requirement of the science equivalent of ABET).