Personal contact between student and teacher was a critical component of my education at MIT. The ability for a teacher to get to know you as a person is also critical for subsequent networking pertaining to subjects such as job opportunities or...
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4/25/13
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For many MIT-bound high school students, the last year of high school is a waste of time. In addition, many students come in with AP credit for a semester's or year's worth of calculus, physics, biology, and/or chemistry. Perhaps MIT could accept...
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4/24/13
(1 vote)
Reduce tuition to a sustainable fraction of median income to make an MIT education attainable to students without forcing them or their families to take on enormous debt.
I read that tuition for this academic year is $43k, more than 80% of US...
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4/21/13
(1 vote)
We have video conferencing and one to one but lack the personal touch of eye contact.
One study of parents and children found that eye-contact between parent and child occured only 8 seconds per day!
For students and teacher to really '...
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4/20/13
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Hold a competitive process to recruit students from around the world who have displayed clear leadership in energy to attend MIT for a semester or year. Their addition would strengthen the MIT energy community and expand the impact MIT has on solving...
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4/19/13
(3 votes)
First, some background. I got my degrees, SB, SM and PHD, all from MIT 1964-72. My freshmen advisor turned into my PHD advisor. I am grateful to MIT for getting me out of Kansas and helping me get where I am today. I love the place and care for it...
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4/18/13
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To offer power engineering courses, which existed in the past, in order train future electrical engineers in designing more efficient electrical power grid; as well as improving the efficiency of present power grid and enhancing their stability (...
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4/17/13
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Immesive classes are similar to the e-lab and D-lab offered at sloan, where the class would consist of spending time with a local company working on a project, under the supervision of an MIT alum
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4/17/13
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Include a 6-12 months stint after sophomore year to help solidify choices for major.
The 6-12 months internships would be under the supervision of MIT alums
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4/16/13
(2 votes)
We came. We conquered the 4 years of MIT. We picked up the soft skills in our late-night pset groups, checkoffs, CI-M's, recitations, and extracurriculars like sports, Dancetroupe, and midnight excursions to the domes. But with the many courses...
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