Are MIT graduates rich?

The median family income of a student from M.I.T. is $137,400, and 61% come from the top 20 percent. About 3.4% of students at M.I.T. came from a poor family but became a rich adult.
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Are MIT graduates successful?

According to surveys of alumni who graduated more than 10 years prior, 75% have pursued a graduate or professional degree since graduating from MIT.
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Is MIT a rich school?

According to The New York Times, the median family income of a student at MIT is $137,400, 61% of students come from the highest-earning 20% of American households, and 5.7% come from the highest-earning 1% of American households.
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Do you need to be rich to study in MIT?

for the 2020–2021 academic year. And for most students with family incomes under $140,000 a year (and typical assets), we ensure that scholarship funding will allow them to attend MIT tuition-free.
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Are MIT students genius?

Yes, there are geniuses at MIT, even for MIT standards.
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Do rich kids go to MIT?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The median family income of a student from M.I.T. is $137,400, and 61% come from the top 20 percent. About 3.4% of students at M.I.T. came from a poor family but became a rich adult.
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What do billionaires study in college?

Many of the world's billionaires get both a bachelor's and MBA before achieving their success. The common major is engineering or business administration. Becoming a billionaire takes hard work and dedication.
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Do all Harvard graduates get rich?

Harvard College's Class of 2025 is unsurprisingly, disproportionately wealthy, just like every class before it. According to The Crimson's annual freshman survey, over a quarter of Harvard freshmen come from families that are wealthier than 94 percent of Americans.
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Why is MIT so prestigious?

MIT is a world-renowned institute of higher learning that is known for its rigorous curriculum, excellent research, and outstanding faculty. When you're hunting for a job, any employer that sees that MIT diploma is going to be impressed before you even open your mouth.
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How many MIT graduates work at Google?

According to data from LinkedIn, there are 824 graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who work at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), which has 53,000 employees worldwide. IBM (NYSE: IBM) is the second-biggest employer of MIT graduates (452), followed by Oracle (362) and Apple (337).
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What kind of jobs do MIT graduates get?

Career Paths & Graduate Outcomes
  • Product or program management.
  • Engineering management.
  • Product development.
  • Business advisory/strategy.
  • Operations.
  • Project management.
  • Data/analytics.
  • General management.
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Is MIT as good as ivy?

Conclusion. The only reason Duke, MIT, and Stanford aren't Ivy League colleges is that they didn't excel at sports when the Ivy League was created. These 3 colleges easily rank among the top 15 best schools in the U.S., and offer similar career prospects and education standards to Ivy League schools.
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Is MIT or Stanford better?

Rankings. As you can see, Stanford and MIT are within the top ten schools for each of the four rankings. US News and Niche have MIT ranked above Stanford, while Forbes and Times Higher Education ranked Stanford higher than MIT.
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Is MIT as prestigious as Harvard?

The Times Higher Education recently released its 2016 World Reputation Rankings, which featured a total of eight U.S. universities in its top 10. Harvard took the first place slot, while MIT came in second, beating out Stanford, Cambridge, and Oxford.
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Is it harder to get into MIT or Harvard?

As you know, both Harvard and MIT are extremely hard to get into, with Harvard having a slightly lower acceptance rate; however, MIT has slightly higher test score averages, which means you will need to do even better on the SAT or ACT, especially on the Math section, to get in.
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Is it easier to get into MIT as a girl?

Far more men than women apply to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology every year. The imbalance produces a perennial gender gap: MIT's admission rate for women is significantly higher.
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What kind of students get into MIT?

MIT students are high-achievers. To be accepted, you need to be one, too. You should have a strong plan for studying for the SAT or ACT so that you achieve the best score possible. If you're still in your freshman, sophomore, or junior year of high school, plan to take some advanced classes to up your GPA.
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Is MIT all nerds?

Yes, there are nerds at MIT. MIT has all types of people and probably more nerds than it deserves. I won't tell cute anecdotes about why the nerds aren't so bad. But "normal" people go to MIT too and it is possible to hang out with anyone you want while you are there, no matter how you define normal.
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Are people at MIT nerds?

MIT students are said to be nerdy, mostly male, socially inept, computer-obsessed, and smart. MIT as a school is said to be very hard, prestigious, and innovative with an ugly campus and a very strong community.
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Are MIT kids smart?

MIT students are incredibly hard-working, intelligent, and motivated, yes. They aren't all in the engineering / science fields, though; many are in other courses.
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