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Originally Posted by PumpkinPi S is still debating--MIT vs. Stanford. So lizbee, did your D consider Stanford? |
Anecdotal reply: From my son's HS class of 120, 13 students were admitted to MIT (and 12 of them were cross-admits to Stanford). Of those 12, 6 chose to attend MIT, 3 chose Stanford, 1 chose Harvard, 1 chose Princeton, and I forget where the other one went. One of those at Stanford is miserable and mentions regularly how he wishes he'd chosen MIT. (He tried to transfer, and visits often. My guess is that he will graduate from Stanford and go to MIT for grad school.) The other two at Stanford seem to be fine with their choice. I don't know of any of the 6 at MIT who regret their decision between the two schools.
PumpkinPi, roughly where in the country are you located? Would one or the other school be more familiar in location? (And do you consider that a good thing or a non-adventurous thing?) What is there about each environment, culture, and student population that might recommend -- or recommend against -- one or the other? I like to recommend the pretending activity, where you wake up and tell yourself you are no longer allowed to attend one, you must instead go to the other. And see how that feels for a few hours. Then swap your mindset and pretend it was all a joke, that your admission to the second school was rescinded. Turn the tables and observe whether you feel relieved to be assigned to the first school or disappointed. Sometimes there is enough truth in the reactions that it can help with the decision.
Either school is going to be great, it's not as if there's a wrong answer. Here's hoping the decision gets made soon!