<p>Thank for your post. I am trying to decide where to apply early and if I get in I must attend (school policy). I am also interested in biological/chemical engineering and from what I’ve heard, Yale’s engineering departments are not that great (unless I’m wrong). Could you give me any info about Yale’s computer science department? Also, I’m very interested in nanotechnology as I indicated in my previous post, and Yale seems to not have much going on in that field. And I’m not interested in medicine so the lack of a medical school isn’t that big a deal to me. Almost all MIT students have participated in UROP so I doubt the research opportunities will be any fewer. MIT’s community creative spirit is very unique (as you said, probably only similar at CalTech + Stanford), but I also love Yale’s chillness and overall happiness. That said, I believe I will be pushed to my limits more so at MIT than at Yale. Also, Boston is a much better college city and setting in general than New Haven in my opinion. I think I will benefit from a community where many of my peers are driven to succeed and innovate in science.</p>