Omg finally someone posts the relevant classes. Thank you, so simple yet so informative! Would love to hear more about your PhD, will be subscribing. Thanks for this brilliant video.
I always tought the PhD program at EECS was fully funded. Thank you for making this video, it really helps a lot. I'll keep your comments in mind when applying again to my PhD ( I already apply once to MIT and were rejected, so I agree with the selection being kind of random)
Interesting topic, thanks for sharing. It's not an easy road being in a PhD programme. After my experiences doing research as a master's student I became disenchanted with the idea of being a researcher.
I think it’s the struggle between pleasing sponsors and finding interesting research, the pressure sometimes makes it easy to choose projects that might be well funded but aren’t what you want to explore, it’s hard to get funding for things that you can’t promise significant value. there’s a paper called “Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics” that my advisor showed me that talks about this and how to try and win but one suggestion is to just quit lol
@@fancyfueko i also had no idea about the thesis defense process. i just thought that you were assigned professors that had to do with your research, without you having to do anything. it seems as if even when you get into graduate school, networking is important.
What do you do if you've been out of school for a while and don't have any prior undergraduate research experience? Programs generally want letters of recommendation from past professors or at least someone who can vouch for your research potential. This is the dilemma I have. Originally, I thought maybe I could get away with just having high test scores but clearly that won't do.
that’s a hard question. you could reach out to old professors (who might not agree) but they would likely write a boilerplate style recommendation referencing your grade on file. i think the best bet is to have people from your recent/current workplace write you the recommendations. i had one of mine from an industry supervisor, as i was struggling to find 3 and there’s really no way around the recommendations. also if you also know people in the field from your personal life (e.g. a family friend who is a researcher that you may not have worked with but knows you personally) that could also be a good second choice.
@@fancyfueko Dang. I can easily get recommendations from employers and/or people I've worked with but ones from researchers are a problem. Do master's programs have less stringent recommendation requirements? Because I was thinking maybe I could get experience researching in a master's program somewhere and then apply for the M.I.T. Ph.D. program once I'm done. I'm like you were, I don't want to have to go to M.I.T. but they seem to be one of the only few with researchers in areas I'm interested in.
@AfricanThinker86 I think the masters programs typically require the same number of recommendations but the focus is much less on research, so that can definitely be a bridge to the PhD if you don’t have research experience. however if you want to go straight to the phd, if you have some publications or other past research experience, having just one recommendation from that i think would be enough, given that the rest of your industry recs are positive
Hi there! I would love to hear more about why you took the graduate school route instead of starting work in the industry straight after undergrad? I really like your voice btw Keep it up!
Hi! Is a research paper required to get into a PhD program like MIT, or will an MS degree, 5+ conference papers, and 1 review paper be sufficient for admission to a PhD program in the USA?
I and many of my peers had 0 papers during admissions (I know people admitted directly from undergrad) so 5 conference papers is definitely more than enough, but remember it’s the whole application being considered, so your other metrics like GPA should also be stellar, given that you have 6+ papers I would bet they are!
Your makeup 🔥 Also had a question. It would be of great help if you could kindly tell me if there is any kind of research going in the RF engineering field? I looked at the department website and this wasn't listed on the research areas. Later I found out about the Lincoln lab which has RF facility and there are some research going on. So I wanted to know if phd research can be conducted there?
there’s is a lab group called RLE at MIT that would include that type of research, although I don’t know if they specifically label it RF. many professors collaborate with lincoln lab, so if they have RF there’s likely someone working in that space on campus! edit: these links might be helpful: www.rle.mit.edu/research/major-themes/ www.rle.mit.edu/research/research-groups/
Congratulations!! Even though it is coming late. I currently applied for my PhD at MIT for fall 2023 and I am scared of my admission decision. I just want to know if you had an interview during the admission process ? Thank you.
Hope you are fine..actually I have a question .if we repeat a subject at university it is mentioned on our transcript(same for improve or failure ) can you tell me it effects our admission at mit or they overall watches cgpa,gre and your work
it shouldn’t really matter honestly as long as the old grade doesn’t affect your GPA… it’s pretty rare for people to scrutinize your transcript unless you like clearly stated that you excel in one subject and don’t in others (some people include statements like that in their essays to explain poor GPAs, but honestly a good GPA of 3.5+ is pretty common amongst applicants)
What MIT committee do prefer for selecting PHD candidate most ( research internship/ paper publication/ Recommendation/ GPA's / other) pls mention your exp. & one more question by interacting with professor of particular department may increase your chance of getting in?
1. i think that recommendations and research experiences are the most important. I had no publications when I applied to MIT, but I had letters of recommendation from some great professors and even an Engineering Dean at Stanford, so that definitely helped. My GPA was ok (3.4 undergrad and 3.7 masters) but my research statement was written specifically about a field that MIT had a unique lab in, so that definitely helped as well. but no matter what publications are going to help you, as long as they are relevant to your work. 2. Yes, this is the most important thing in my opinion. if a professor wants you in their group, you will more than likely get into the school (as long as your numbers are okay) because professors drive the research. if tu want to increase your chances of admission greatly, getting a recommendation from a professor in the department can be a game changer. This is just harder to do unless you have done a research experience or summer program with them.
Hi, thank you this video. It was detailed. Do you have specific information or any resources tailored to getting into a Masters programme just as this one is for a PhD?
it’s not really preferred. I didn’t want to be “that person” who changed labs and it lowkey still feels like a stain on my resume but I had to be honest with myself, because continuing on a research path that i had zero passion for wasn’t sustainable. However I had a strange situation (my first advisor didn’t have funding for me so i was just trying to find anyone to work with in my first semester and didn’t really choose correctly and based on my true research interests the first time) and i’m really lucky to have found an advisor who lets me direct the research but still is a supportive and knowledgeable mentor. so while situations like mine occur (more often than you’d think) it’s still best to be confident in the lab you choose from the beginning
hmmm since the master’s degree doesn’t have to be repeated, i would assume not, although i’ve never heard of anyone asking! even though the eecs grad office is really accommodating for students needs i think they would want you to take the classes at MIT.
i finished my masters degree the same year I applied for the PhD, but if you are a PhD student at MIT in this department without a masters degree, you are required to do a masters thesis. usually people will know if they are dropping out with just a masters before they write the masters thesis that can happen bc of research issues or just personal issues, but usually if the research is strong you have a higher chance of completing the phd once you complete the masters requirement
@@fancyfueko Could you please let me know the average yearly expense of tuition fees as well as hostel fees that we have to pay ? and how much amount and which areas will be covered by funding (if at all) ?
i dont pay! i get paid a salary and my tuition is covered. this is what most grad students experience because of fellowship/TA/RA funding, so all you will worry about is finding housing that you can afford. for example MIT EECS pays about 3800 a month to grad students, and you can find on campus housing for 1000-1800 a month and off campus for cheaper or more expensive depending on quality. but i would be careful because I didn’t have funding one year, and had to find a TAship and fellowship to pay, but once i switched to a different advisor, i no longer worry about funding because this advisor is fully funding me.
Hi there, I am going to be doing my masters in MSc Applied Machine learning (which also contains A.I stuff) at Imperial College London. I hope to apply to the M.I.T PhD program for 2024, will I have to do extra stuff to be considered for their programme (EEE department)? Since I am not a U.S student.
the application is basically the same except for international students there is a language requirement, you either need to take the TOEFL or IELTS exams, and they typically have a score requirement, but other than that everything is the same!
@@fancyfueko Although I do pretty much have a native English speaking proficiency because I was raised here but I will check their websites to make sure.
it’s possible that you wouldn’t need it because you are a native english speaker, that might be a part of the application! so then the application would be the same!
thank you 😊 I believe so, at MIT there’s the Koch Institute which I believe has a center dedicated to cancer research. It seems interdisciplinary but I think people in the biology/biological engineering departments mainly do work there!
ohh yeah you can work for any lab, my lab is in aero astro actually even though i’m in EECS. the caveat is that you have to have 2 professors from EECS on your committee so you’d have to find 2 more EECS profs instead of 1 which could be hard for interdisciplinary research
i’m sorry i don’t take personal questions anymore because i just get so many and they are often the same question but specific to each persons own situation and it ends up requiring a deeper review. but if it’s something i really haven’t touched on in my videos or in comments and you feel comfortable anonymizing/generalizing your questions and asking publicly i can answer so that everyone can benefit!
are yall interested in more videos about grad school/the phd? let me know your ideas! 😊
yes!
Yas girl !!!! ❤
Would love to watch more videos about PhD at EECS MIT or a day in life of MIT PhD student:)
Omg finally someone posts the relevant classes. Thank you, so simple yet so informative! Would love to hear more about your PhD, will be subscribing. Thanks for this brilliant video.
thanks so much! let me know if you have any specific topics you’d be interested in!
@@fancyfueko
I want to know about Is that worth it putting 5 years in it ?
I always tought the PhD program at EECS was fully funded. Thank you for making this video, it really helps a lot.
I'll keep your comments in mind when applying again to my PhD ( I already apply once to MIT and were rejected, so I agree with the selection being kind of random)
Interesting topic, thanks for sharing. It's not an easy road being in a PhD programme. After my experiences doing research as a master's student I became disenchanted with the idea of being a researcher.
im feeling a similar way lol
Can I ask why?
I think it’s the struggle between pleasing sponsors and finding interesting research, the pressure sometimes makes it easy to choose projects that might be well funded but aren’t what you want to explore, it’s hard to get funding for things that you can’t promise significant value. there’s a paper called “Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics” that my advisor showed me that talks about this and how to try and win but one suggestion is to just quit lol
This is great. You seem great - thanks for these insights - and good vibrations towards your journey!
thank you! 😊
This is exactly what I needed!! Thank you❤️
inspiring and motivating. no matter what. all the Hard work. and everything.
dude thank you so much for this! this info was so specific. i had no idea about the funding thing at all!
i wish more ppl talked about it bc it can really be stressful if you don’t know! thanks for watching!
@@fancyfueko i also had no idea about the thesis defense process. i just thought that you were assigned professors that had to do with your research, without you having to do anything. it seems as if even when you get into graduate school, networking is important.
@DaFireElf yeah exactly… i think some schools help more with the intros but networking really is necessary bc of how competitive the labs are
thanks for posting the info, that I am searching for the past 1 hour........ subscribed.
What do you do if you've been out of school for a while and don't have any prior undergraduate research experience? Programs generally want letters of recommendation from past professors or at least someone who can vouch for your research potential. This is the dilemma I have. Originally, I thought maybe I could get away with just having high test scores but clearly that won't do.
that’s a hard question. you could reach out to old professors (who might not agree) but they would likely write a boilerplate style recommendation referencing your grade on file. i think the best bet is to have people from your recent/current workplace write you the recommendations. i had one of mine from an industry supervisor, as i was struggling to find 3 and there’s really no way around the recommendations. also if you also know people in the field from your personal life (e.g. a family friend who is a researcher that you may not have worked with but knows you personally) that could also be a good second choice.
@@fancyfueko Dang. I can easily get recommendations from employers and/or people I've worked with but ones from researchers are a problem. Do master's programs have less stringent recommendation requirements? Because I was thinking maybe I could get experience researching in a master's program somewhere and then apply for the M.I.T. Ph.D. program once I'm done. I'm like you were, I don't want to have to go to M.I.T. but they seem to be one of the only few with researchers in areas I'm interested in.
@AfricanThinker86 I think the masters programs typically require the same number of recommendations but the focus is much less on research, so that can definitely be a bridge to the PhD if you don’t have research experience. however if you want to go straight to the phd, if you have some publications or other past research experience, having just one recommendation from that i think would be enough, given that the rest of your industry recs are positive
@@fancyfueko That's good to know. Thanks for the advice.
This is really useful! Thank you for the detailed video ^^
thanks for watching 😊
@@fancyfueko 🥰
Hello! Could you create a video discussing the funding source, its challenges, and how you handle your finances as a PhD student in MIT? 😊
Hi there!
I would love to hear more about why you took the graduate school route instead of starting work in the industry straight after undergrad?
I really like your voice btw
Keep it up!
love that topic, will definitely address that soon! and thank you 🙂
@@fancyfueko Great! Thank you 🌟💗
Great video! Hope you're doing well 😊
thank you 😊
Great informational content.
I love your make up
Hi! Is a research paper required to get into a PhD program like MIT, or will an MS degree, 5+ conference papers, and 1 review paper be sufficient for admission to a PhD program in the USA?
I and many of my peers had 0 papers during admissions (I know people admitted directly from undergrad) so 5 conference papers is definitely more than enough, but remember it’s the whole application being considered, so your other metrics like GPA should also be stellar, given that you have 6+ papers I would bet they are!
Your makeup 🔥
Also had a question. It would be of great help if you could kindly tell me if there is any kind of research going in the RF engineering field? I looked at the department website and this wasn't listed on the research areas. Later I found out about the Lincoln lab which has RF facility and there are some research going on. So I wanted to know if phd research can be conducted there?
there’s is a lab group called RLE at MIT that would include that type of research, although I don’t know if they specifically label it RF. many professors collaborate with lincoln lab, so if they have RF there’s likely someone working in that space on campus!
edit: these links might be helpful:
www.rle.mit.edu/research/major-themes/
www.rle.mit.edu/research/research-groups/
Congratulations!!
Even though it is coming late.
I currently applied for my PhD at MIT for fall 2023 and I am scared of my admission decision.
I just want to know if you had an interview during the admission process ?
Thank you.
Nope, I didn’t have an interview. Good luck!
@@fancyfueko thank you, hope to see you this fall!!
Hope you are fine..actually I have a question .if we repeat a subject at university it is mentioned on our transcript(same for improve or failure ) can you tell me it effects our admission at mit or they overall watches cgpa,gre and your work
it shouldn’t really matter honestly as long as the old grade doesn’t affect your GPA… it’s pretty rare for people to scrutinize your transcript unless you like clearly stated that you excel in one subject and don’t in others (some people include statements like that in their essays to explain poor GPAs, but honestly a good GPA of 3.5+ is pretty common amongst applicants)
What MIT committee do prefer for selecting PHD candidate most ( research internship/ paper publication/ Recommendation/ GPA's / other) pls mention your exp.
& one more question by interacting with professor of particular department may increase your chance of getting in?
1. i think that recommendations and research experiences are the most important. I had no publications when I applied to MIT, but I had letters of recommendation from some great professors and even an Engineering Dean at Stanford, so that definitely helped. My GPA was ok (3.4 undergrad and 3.7 masters) but my research statement was written specifically about a field that MIT had a unique lab in, so that definitely helped as well. but no matter what publications are going to help you, as long as they are relevant to your work.
2. Yes, this is the most important thing in my opinion. if a professor wants you in their group, you will more than likely get into the school (as long as your numbers are okay) because professors drive the research. if tu want to increase your chances of admission greatly, getting a recommendation from a professor in the department can be a game changer. This is just harder to do unless you have done a research experience or summer program with them.
Hi, thank you this video. It was detailed. Do you have specific information or any resources tailored to getting into a Masters programme just as this one is for a PhD?
i can make a video discussing the masters degree soon 🙂
@@fancyfueko Alright, that would be helpful. Thank you :)
can i take more than 4 classes at MIT grad EECS because I'm BS Physics ?
definitely, it’s not uncommon to take classes that can help with your research but may not be on the TQE grid
@@fancyfueko I mean can I take more than 4 courses from the grad eecs courses itself and can i take it from different areas.
i think so, i don’t believe there are any restrictions as long as you meet the baseline requirements
@@fancyfueko If I may know, how many classes did you take from the tqe grid? So its free to take classes more than 4 from tqe grid?
@ridwanmulyana2199 i only took 4, but i think you can take more if you want, but some people just want to get the classes out of the way
how does one change labs? Is that generally allowed and not a big deal? kind of changing jobs with job interviews?
it’s not really preferred. I didn’t want to be “that person” who changed labs and it lowkey still feels like a stain on my resume but I had to be honest with myself, because continuing on a research path that i had zero passion for wasn’t sustainable. However I had a strange situation (my first advisor didn’t have funding for me so i was just trying to find anyone to work with in my first semester and didn’t really choose correctly and based on my true research interests the first time) and i’m really lucky to have found an advisor who lets me direct the research but still is a supportive and knowledgeable mentor. so while situations like mine occur (more often than you’d think) it’s still best to be confident in the lab you choose from the beginning
Are you able to transfer master’s units you completed in another institution to fulfill the TQE?
hmmm since the master’s degree doesn’t have to be repeated, i would assume not, although i’ve never heard of anyone asking! even though the eecs grad office is really accommodating for students needs i think they would want you to take the classes at MIT.
Is the TQE and RQE required for students who are admitted with a masters from a different school?
yup, I had a masters already, and still have to complete those requirements
Hey, I was wondering if you'd get masters degree while you apply for PhD at MIT ? and if so, are there any chances of dropping out after masters ?
i finished my masters degree the same year I applied for the PhD, but if you are a PhD student at MIT in this department without a masters degree, you are required to do a masters thesis. usually people will know if they are dropping out with just a masters before they write the masters thesis that can happen bc of research issues or just personal issues, but usually if the research is strong you have a higher chance of completing the phd once you complete the masters requirement
@@fancyfueko Does the same apply for international students as well ?
that’s a good question. i believe so, but i’ve never met someone in this situation.
@@fancyfueko Could you please let me know the average yearly expense of tuition fees as well as hostel fees that we have to pay ? and how much amount and which areas will be covered by funding (if at all) ?
i dont pay! i get paid a salary and my tuition is covered. this is what most grad students experience because of fellowship/TA/RA funding, so all you will worry about is finding housing that you can afford. for example MIT EECS pays about 3800 a month to grad students, and you can find on campus housing for 1000-1800 a month and off campus for cheaper or more expensive depending on quality. but i would be careful because I didn’t have funding one year, and had to find a TAship and fellowship to pay, but once i switched to a different advisor, i no longer worry about funding because this advisor is fully funding me.
Wtf?? Do you mean you are expected to pay your own "tuition" for your 6th+ year?
if you don’t have funding, yup. paying for your last few years is not an uncommon situation unfortunately
Hi there, I am going to be doing my masters in MSc Applied Machine learning (which also contains A.I stuff) at Imperial College London. I hope to apply to the M.I.T PhD program for 2024, will I have to do extra stuff to be considered for their programme (EEE department)? Since I am not a U.S student.
the application is basically the same except for international students there is a language requirement, you either need to take the TOEFL or IELTS exams, and they typically have a score requirement, but other than that everything is the same!
@@fancyfueko Although I do pretty much have a native English speaking proficiency because I was raised here but I will check their websites to make sure.
it’s possible that you wouldn’t need it because you are a native english speaker, that might be a part of the application! so then the application would be the same!
You look beautiful your skin though. I have a question is there any lab for lung cancer research as i have my research on it.
thank you 😊 I believe so, at MIT there’s the Koch Institute which I believe has a center dedicated to cancer research. It seems interdisciplinary but I think people in the biology/biological engineering departments mainly do work there!
@@fancyfueko thanks for the reply, just wanted to ask if Eecs students can work for that lab too.
ohh yeah you can work for any lab, my lab is in aero astro actually even though i’m in EECS. the caveat is that you have to have 2 professors from EECS on your committee so you’d have to find 2 more EECS profs instead of 1 which could be hard for interdisciplinary research
what is EECS?
electrical engineering and computer science! at MIT it’s one department instead of two as in many other schools
Hi, I hope you are well! Could I talk to you by email? I would like some information about the MIT
i’m sorry i don’t take personal questions anymore because i just get so many and they are often the same question but specific to each persons own situation and it ends up requiring a deeper review. but if it’s something i really haven’t touched on in my videos or in comments and you feel comfortable anonymizing/generalizing your questions and asking publicly i can answer so that everyone can benefit!