<p>I agree with the others above me. Don’t base one entire school on one crappy interview. I have been to MIT over the summer and met so many of cool people there, so you were probably just unlucky to end up with that alumni. I 've already had my MIT interview and it went well…no newton’s third law there… </p>
<p>So, you should definitely apply to both schools, talk to current caltech students and MIT students, just as I have been doing, or visit both schools! (=D)</p>