I have met students from both those teams, and they were all bright. But really! There is not that much difference between undergraduate engineering degrees in the US (at least in good institutions), since high school standards determine the entry point, and professional societies determine the graduation standards.įor a very bright student, extracurricular activities that go beyond the formal coursework become important (like the UMN Solar Vehicle Project and the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team). A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION From 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. And it is true that MIT has considerable prestige. Now Times Higher Education ranks MIT as #4 in the world for engineering, and UMN only at #95. We’re talking about a boy for whom the IQ scale is useless. ‘You might as well consider taking him out of the Brod and putting him in an ordinary high school. “ ‘What about the University of Minnesota?’ she asked … Greer sighed. The boy’s parents would prefer that he studies at the University of Minnesota (UMN):

The book, according to The Washington Post Review, calls out the inhumane treatment of children and the loss of a moral compass for those who inflict it.

I want to focus this post on the child-prodigy main character, who is at a school for the gifted and is intending to study engineering at MIT and English at Emerson College in Boston. Stephen King has criticized the Trump administration for inhumane acts for the greater good, a similar theme expressed in The Institute. Goodreads rates it 4.2, while I give it a less generous 3. His highly acclaimed novel THE INSTITUTE was a runaway bestseller in hardback, and won the Goodreads Choice Awards for best horror novel. This isn’t actually a book review, although I will say that The Institute by Stephen King is a very readable horror story in the style of Firestarter – though not as good as King’s earlier work.

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