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MIT Axes the 500-Word Application Essay
netbuzz writes "No longer will those applying to MIT have to write the storied 'long' essay — long as in 500 words. 'We wanted to remove that larger-than-life quality to that one essay and take away a bit of the high-stakes nature of that one piece,' says the dean of admissions. Not everyone agrees with the bow to brevity, including a current MIT student who penned a scathing critique in The Tech and offers up her own essay as an example of what the form can provide to both MIT and the applicant." [125 words, including these.]
How hard is it to get into a US university program as an international student, say for Computer science or Astronomy master/PhD?
(aside the paying-a-lot part, and English test)
NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
Sorry, that should have been parent, not grand-parent. Now it's grand-parent.
Were that I say, pancakes?