504-MIT的天才们好相处吗？

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the East Coast mecca (麦加、众人向往的地方) of engineering, science, and mathematics, “is the ultimate place for information overload, endless possibilities, and expanding your horizons.”

麻省理工学院(MIT)是东海岸工程、科学和数学的圣地，“是信息过载、无限可能和扩展你的视野的终极场所。”

The “amazing collection of creative minds” includes enough Nobel laureates to fill a jury box as well as brilliant students who are given substantial control of their educations;

“令人惊叹的创造性思维集合”包括足以填补陪审团席位的诺贝尔奖得主，以及对自己的教育拥有实质性控制权的优秀学生;

Students need to be able to manage a workload that “definitely pushes you beyond your comfort level.

学生们需要有能力管理“绝对超出你的舒适水平”的工作量。

A chemical engineering major elaborates: “MIT is different from many schools in that its goal is not to teach you specific facts in each subject. MIT teaches you how to think, not about opinions but about problem solving. Facts and memorization are useless unless you know how to approach a tough problem.”

一名化学工程专业的学生解释道:“麻省理工学院与许多学校的不同之处在于，它的目标不是在每一门学科中教你具体的事实。麻省理工学院教你如何思考，不是思考观点，而是思考如何解决问题。除非你知道如何解决难题，否则事实和记忆都是无用的。”

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Admission Overview

Applicants: 33,240

Acceptance Rate: 4%

Interesting Facts

Yes, there are geniuses at MIT, even for MIT standards. I met plenty of them throughout my four years. But you know what? I couldn’t even tell for most of them – I had plenty of friends where I didn’t learn about their special and unique talents until after having known them for 2-3 years (examples: I didn’t learn until junior or senior year that some of my friends consisted of: California State Nintendo Champion… a child TV show star… went to Africa to help vision-impaired children… worked on the Human Genome (基因组) project… owned his own design company… etc… etc… etc…). But when people get here, everyone pretty much leaves a lot of that at the door (unless it comes up specifically). They’re all students just like anyone, eager to meet new people… and it was incredibly exciting to have friends like them.