Stanford vs MIT vs Harvard vs Penn Jerome Fisher Program in M&T

kimathi
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:25:58 +0000

Hey! Whilst I have long been the biggest dissenter to this sort of threads, for the mere reason that fit is subjective, I am currently in a significant quagmire! I recently learned that I was admitted into Harvard College, Stanford University, The Management and Technology Program within the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I have no idea what choice to make from these.
I would appreciate any insight into the relative merits, and demerits of these undergraduate programs. Ideally I would like to double major in Engineering and Business/Management Science. With this in mind, the M&T program obviously takes the lead. However, I want more of an intellectual undergraduate program as opposed to one which is overtly preprofessional. With my STEM bent, MIT is also a big contender for the simple fact that it is the best engineering school in the world (I would double major in course 10 and 15 if I matriculate) as is Stanford University( Chemical Engineering with Submatriculation into the Management Science Program). However, I also love intellectual breadth and as such Harvard represents an ideal location.
Please offer any advice you can. I anticipate a lot of “Visit both and determine your fit” which is valid. I intend to do that. So other than that, what other advice can you render?
Thank you so much for reading this and for taking your time to help. Much appreciated.

PS, I’m posting this on all the schools forums as well.