@turtletime Thanks! Yeah I think Cal will really hit home. It is going to be a new environment for me regardless and I do not think I would stand the cold. I think it will really come down to getting Regents or not this March 29.
I guess I have really been stuck on the idea of prestige (although MIT might have more undergraduate support, it is what you make out of college). When in reality, both are equally good in their own ways.