Cambridge or MIT

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<p>Being at Magdalene won’t prevent you having supervisions at other colleges, including Trinity potentially, especially in later years when your studies become more specialist. </p>

<p>I read History at Oxford and apart from my own college (St Peter’s) I also had tutorials at Merton (post-Roman Europe), Keble (Political & Social Thought), Balliol (the Crusades), and Christ Church and Wadham (mid Tudors). Most of my history colleagues went to other colleges even more than I did because their chosen subjects were outside the focus of the St Peter’s dons. History is probably an extreme case because of the great range of timescales and geographical coverage so no tutor can cover more than a small part, but the principle remains the same in all subjects: for the specialisms you go to the specialist, wherever they are.</p>

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<p>MIT may be more math/science centered than Cambridge in general, but British universities are very specialized. As in, if you enter into Cambridge to study maths, it is pretty much all you will study.</p>

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<p>^ More accurately it is ALL you will study</p>

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<p>So to make things worse, I got into Princeton, so now the decision I have to make is…</p>

<p>MIT, Princeton or Cambridge for math?</p>

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<p>^I love how you phrase that you got into P’ton. Sometimes I still wish I had applied there.</p>

<p>I think Cambridge if you’re 100% on maths.</p>

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<p>Ya, I’m starting to lean a bit towards Pton.</p>

<p>So my top choice is Cambridge, but if I do not pass my STEP I and II then it’'l be Princeton, then MIT.</p>

<p>But I hope CPW will change my mind or further solidify my current plan.</p>

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<p>CAMBRIDGE definitely; they’re campus is gorgeous and even though I love MIT w/ a burning passion of a thousand suns I would DEF choose CU over it.</p>

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<p>Yah, the financial issue is a problem. about 38k US Dollars for Cambridge while about 50k for Pton and MIT, but those two have financial aid.</p>

<p>I don’t know what to do now.</p>

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<p>Bump. Probably make a new thread as the original question has been answered.</p>

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<p>That is a decently large difference in price. I would go to Cambridge. It is a very highly regarded university and the education will be comparable to MIT.</p>

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<p>Well Cambridge, while it is cheaper, has no financial aid.</p>

<p>Pton and MIT, while they cost more, provide generous financial aid.</p>

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<p>Who cares about financial aid? Final cost is all that matters.</p>

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<p>^For me, MIT & Cambridge were about the same cost, but only because I’d be at Cambridge for four years and my EFC is $50,000.
Dunno for Derivate, and don’t know about Princeton. If it’s FA is anything like Harvard’s, which is ridic amazing, Princeton would be significantly less expensive for me.</p>

<p>Maths is the same approx tuition as linguistics, right?</p>

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<p>Since I’m a bio person, probably Cambridge. Honestly, though, I would ideally go more of the super-interdisciplinary liberal arts path.</p>

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<p>Princeton FA > Harvard FA</p>

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<p>^Legit? OMG, I thought mine was Louvre-worthy, so P’ton FA must look divine.</p>

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<p>Yah, I think in the end, it might be cheaper to study at Princeton, maybe MIT.</p>

<p>Cambridge is just expensive. But if finances weren’t an issue, I would lean towards Cambridge first b/c their pure maths is just amazing and Princeton would be a close second.</p>

<p>MIT seems to have an applied focus which I am not as interested in, but still, it’s MIT.</p>

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<p>Did you not get your FA packages yet?</p>

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<p>Are you hitting up CPW, derivate? I hear it convinces many people.</p>

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<p>just wanna jump in on what Millancad was saying about harvard FA package - mine was shockingly amazing too. We are sort of low income so my parent’s contribution is 0, and mine is only 1500. that’s almost going to college for free. MIT asks for a little more but is still incredibly generous. Seriously, I don’t know I’m ever going thank either of their financial aid office.</p>