I live a few blocks away from Mary's, and one of my friends/roommates is an EE undergrad turned grad student at MIT. I was CS, but at MIT they two are two variations on the same major, so I got a good chunk of intro EE stuff, which helps alot in comprehending this mysterious blue smoke and wires magic. Jerry Sussman/Hal Abelson went to MIT before the CS major even existed. I think Sussman was a physics major before, but he's a computer scientest now.
One thing about MIT (and this is basically true for all majors) is that they don't make any effort to actually teach you practical stuff, they basically assume you'll pick it up on the way (which you must). Instead, they focus alot on more "universal" engineering principles/theory which can be applied to a variety of things. On the other hand, the lab courses in EE are very well run and very competently staffed in both instructors and student teaching staff.
Are there other MIT alums out there?
-Won '00