@TheVulcan There were other factors in our final choice as well - size of classes, caliber of certain extracurricular activities, paid research opportunities, and some unanticipated family issues. The coronavirus situation was just icing on the cake. Daughter has already said she will go out-of-state for grad school. You’ll have to update us on how your son is thriving at MIT when you start this process all over again for #2.