Last year the school magazine The Tech published a study by a physics professor which showed that MIT's standards for applicants in mathematics, chemistry, and languages have clearly declined.
去年十二月 MIT 校刊「The Tech」，發表了一份物理系教授所作的調查報告，指出麻省理工學院對於申請者在數學、化學及語文方面的成績，有降低標準的明顯趨勢。