Prospective Students

"My GEL experience is one of the most valuable of my undergrad. Engineering is such a team sport. You have to be able to effectively lead and work on teams to execute really hard engineering problems."

“One of the most important things I learned was how to make sound decisions in the face of uncertainty. This is critical in modern life and fast-paced work environments.”

“The people you meet in GEL are one of the greatest benefits. They are folks who will go on to do amazing things—and who you will always be able to count on.”

“You can’t be effective in the world without human skills—communication, teamwork, influence, motivation.”

“Growing up I thought that leadership meant that you could stand up in front of a room and present your ideas clearly and loudly,” Simran explains. “Thanks to GEL, I realized that leadership was much more complex and nuanced than that—and this was a life-changing realization.”

"GEL was the highlight of my junior and senior years at MIT", recalls TojumiOluwa (Towa) Adegboyega. It's intellectually fascinating to consider how engineering intersects with the metrics of success in the real world—trying to meet deadlines and performance targets, trying to satisfy customers, all the things you have to tackle as a professional engineer."