<p>Loseeeeerly discussion, I agree with Gracie. The Putnam is a one-day exam.</p>
<p>Harvard and MIT both have superb math departments. MIT has more breadth and opportunities to branch out/do research/etc. Harvard has a more “elite” air about it, with a tiny and extraordinarily selective (and historically successful) program.</p>
<p>If you ask any actual professional mathematician a stupid question like “Isn’t MIT much better for math than Harvard?” or the stupid reverse question, they’ll laugh and tell you to go ask that on CollegeConfidential, where such questions belong.</p>
<p>Oh wait…</p>