{"id":308,"date":"2021-10-03T20:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T20:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=faqs&#038;p=308"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:50:16","slug":"who-are-program-faculty-and-should-i-contact-faculty-before-i-list-them-on-the-application-or-apply","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/faqs\/who-are-program-faculty-and-should-i-contact-faculty-before-i-list-them-on-the-application-or-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are program faculty and should I contact faculty before I list them on the application or apply?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each year, MIT faculty members volunteer to host MSRP students in their research groups. You can view a list of interested faculty on the <a href=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/msrp-faculty-mentors-research-groups\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"32\">Interested Faculty Mentor Page<\/a>, which is updated weekly through the application deadline. However, this list is <strong>not comprehensive<\/strong>, and you are <strong>not required<\/strong> to choose mentors from it. We encourage you to explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mit.edu\/education\/schools-and-departments\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mit.edu\/education\/schools-and-departments\/\">MIT department websites<\/a> to identify faculty whose research aligns with your interests and list your top three preferences in your application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please note: <strong>You should not contact faculty directly<\/strong> regarding admissions or placement. Faculty selections are used to better understand your research interests and assist with placement <strong>after admission<\/strong>. Reaching out to faculty during the application or placement process may complicate admissions and limit our ability to equitably match students with mentors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[12],"class_list":["post-308","faqs","type-faqs","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-application"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faqs"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/308\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}