第7章 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Mind and ha
麻省理工学院：手脑并用，创新世界
英文导读
Back to its origin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology， commonly referred to as MIT， is a private research university located in Cambridge， Massachusetts， United States， across the Charles River from downtown Boston， founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States.MIT is independent， coeducational， and privately endowed. Today MIT is a world-class educational institution. Teaching and research， with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle， continue to be its primary purpose. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science， technology， and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
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System： MIT has f ive schools and one college， containing a total of 34 academic departments， divisions， and degree-granting programs， as well as numerous interdisciplinary centers， laboratories， and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries， with a strong emphasis on scientific， engineering， and technological education and research.Among its graduate schools are the highly ranked School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management， in addition to strong programs in economics， psychology， biology， chemistry， earth sciences， physics， and mathematics.
Types of financial aid： Students who wish to attend MIT can get scholarships to cover tuition and housing costs. Scholarships are like grants， in that they don"t have to be paid back. MIT students should be aware that if a good grade-point average is not maintained， they could lose their scholarship.MIT offers no merit-based aid； its students receive merit-based aid from other sources.The MIT loan is available to undergraduate students based on need.Student jobs are not based on financial need and are available to all undergraduate and graduate students.The admissions process at MIT is need-blind， so a Financial Aid application will not affect your chances of being admitted to MIT.
生词助读
industrialization [indstrilaizein] n. 工业化
endow [indau] vt. 捐赠；资助；赋予
relevance [relvns] n. 关联；相关性；实用性
rigorous [riɡrs] adj. 严密的；缜密的
stimulation [stimjulein] n. 刺激；激发；启发
diverse [daiv：s] adj. 不同的，多种多样的
grade-point [ɡreid pint] n. 学分
中文概述
麻省理工大学，是美国一所综合性私立大学，也是世人公认的世界最好的理工大学。位于马萨诸塞州的波士顿，吉祥物是海狸。麻省理工学院于1861年由一位毕业于老牌名校威廉玛丽学院的著名自然科学家威廉·巴顿·罗杰斯创立，他希望能够创建一个自由的学院来适应当时正快速发展的美国。麻省理工学院是当今世界上最富盛名的理工科大学，也是《纽约时报》笔下"全美最有声望的学校"。
麻省理工大学研究生院、工程学科、数学学科、物理学科、科技学科、计算机科学学科等诸多学科的专业总排名位居全美第一。其林肯实验室、计算机科学及人工智能实验室、媒体实验室和斯隆管理学院十分著名。由于在学术方面的卓越成就，虽然MIT不是常春藤盟校成员，MIT也常被纳入Ivy Plus。MIT是全美最富有也是最慷慨的大学，所有家庭年收入低于75000美金的学生一旦被录取，一律免除学费。
时至今日，共有78位诺贝尔奖得主和45位罗德奖学金得主曾在麻省理工学院学习或工作过，如世界级建筑师贝聿铭，诺贝尔奖得主约翰·纳什，联合国秘书长科菲·安南，前惠普CEO卡莉·费奥丽娜。经过麻省理工学院几代人坚持不懈的努力奋斗，麻省理工学院已成为"世界理工大学之最"，是世界理工学院当之无愧的首选。
梦想成功录
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里之行始于足下。