I went to MIT for grad school. At the prospective student orientation, the admissions committee stood up in front of us and said (paraphrasing since this was a

I went to MIT for grad school. At the prospective student orientation, the admissions committee stood up in front of us and said (paraphrasing since this was a decade ago) >after careful deliberation we have concluded everyone standing in the room has what it takes to graduate, and that we consider it our duty as a department to ensure that everyone who is admitted does graduate. We are committed to provide you whatever resources--be it academic, financial, emotional, etc--you need to graduate, and we want you to focus on doing the best possible possible research. Needless to say I picked them over Stanford, where it was a battle royale to see what 2/3 of the class would graduate. Got out in 4 years for my masters/PhD and loved every minute of it.