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Basic Information
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Number of Students/Ratio: 4,068 undergrads, 56% men/44% women
- Focus for SET: Similar Focus/Prestige
- Year founded: 1861
- Acadmic Calendar: "4-1-4" - 2 semesters with a four-week "Independent Activities Period" in between.
- Campus Type (urban, suburban, or rural): urban
- Linked to College Town (Y/N): Y (Boston)
- Endowment: $9.98 Billion
- Tuition plus room/board: $34,984 tuition and fees, $10,400 room and board
- Percent in Greek System: 40+%
- Admittance rate: 12.5%
- Acceptance rate: 68.8% yield
- Graduation rate (4 year, 5 year, 6 year):
Housing Information
- Options for Housing: Institute Housing, Greek System, ILG’s
- Number of Students in Each:
- Themed Housing, e.g. Ethnic Houses (Y/N): Y
- School-owned Off-campus Housing (Y/N): Y
- Housing Allocation Methods:
Quality of Academics
- Does a quick check show existance of any administrative/organizational structure to promote high-quality teaching (Y/N): Y
- If so, briefly describe: Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) is roughly the equivalent of ARC
Administrative Structure
- Link to Org Charts for Student Affairs, Student Gov't, etc... when available
Student/Campus Center
- Decision-making process for allocating rooms: Freshman required to live in
- Freshman only housing first year
- Area (in ft^2):
- Student Groups Provided Space:
Persons of Interest
Students
- President: Noah Jessop (Njessop@mit.edu)
- Vice President: Mike Bennie (mbennie@mit.edu)
- Association of Student Activities (ASCIT): Jen Lobo (asa-exec@mit.edu)
- Dormitory Council (Housing Department): Harvey Jones (dormcon-exec@mit.edu)
- Interfraternity Council (Greek IHC): Isaac Tetzloff (ifc-exec@mit.edu)
- Committee on Academic Performance (ARC) - (cap-help@mit.edu)
- Any people we know:
Administrators
- President: Susan Hockfield
- Provost: L. Rafael Reif
- Dean for Residential Life: Karen Nilsson (shewitt@mit.edu)
- Dean for Student Life: Larry Benedict (vdavenpo@mit.edu)
- Dean for Student Support: Barbara Baker (vpoitier@mit.edu)
- Head of Academic Accountability (Vice-Provost of Education here):
Follow-Up Information For Later
- Popular majors:
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 4172
- -1073 First Year
- -1803 Engineering
- -128 HSS
- -200 Management
- -868 Pure Science
- Happiness Rating (-3 to 3):
- "I would recommend my school to a close friend with similar interests" ratings (strongly agree, agree, no opinion, disagree, strongly disagree):
- If Y to "school-owned off-campus housing?",