<p>I had to choose between harvard and mit just a few months ago. while harvard is a great school, i just felt so much more energy and enthusiasm from the students at MIT.</p>
<p>I picked it because most people work incredibly hard and that’s the type of environment I want to be in for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>It’s also a smaller school and everybody was very welcoming during CPW (the admitted student weekend) and went out of their way to invite you into their dorm/frat/club/class and show you how great their school is. Also, I was going to print out all the activities planned for CPW (+descriptions) in size 12 font before I went…it was 80 something pages.</p>
<p>In comparison, Harvard did not have many activities planned. My hosts were really cool, but people and the atmosphere were generally not as welcoming as they were at MIT. I even got called a “(Haha it’s past curfew you) stupid prefrosh (!)” but that can happen anywhere so i guess it’s not really a reason, more of an impression.</p>