<p>Thanks Joe – what you wrote is a bit reassuring. I’m vacillating between Caltech and MIT for my first choice. If you have time, would you mind telling me what the dorm/hall of residence rooms are like at Caltech? I know this will sound lame, but the idea of sharing a room with someone I’ve never met is far from appealing – I mean, I have a hard enough time sharing a whole house with my family! So, after the academic program, the quality of the day-to-day living environment factors pretty high in my list of “desirables.”
Also, what college are you at in Oxford? If you’re there right now, it must be a bit tough going with all the heat and no a/c.</p>