HARVARD

• Dream school
• Less undergrad focus
• Worse dorms, but comparable to MIT's dorms.
• Separate freshman housing and dining at Annenberg.
• Visual and Environmental Studies major - good. But after that, what alternative majors are there at Harvard?
• In Boston/Cambridge
• The best of the best - sits as the standard for other schools (ex: Yale's slogan is 'so much better than Harvard.')
• Extremely competitive.
• Fairly conservative.
• Puritan minister mascot
• Visitas wasn't very good - people were less pre-frosh oriented and less welcoming than other schools, felt like more of a half-hearted effort. Less casual atmosphere.
• Charging money for everything!!!!!!!!!!
• Hazing scene - not welcoming to freshmen.
• Harvard square! awesome.
• Easier to study and receive good grades, so applying for opportunities after undergrad is easier.
• endless, incomparable opportunities in the arts and humanities
• connections in the fields i want - the classmates, professors, internships etc will all be in the humanities side - will meet the people who run the world in the future, the CEOs, wall-street guys, presidents, politicians, etc.
• can be inspired by the accomplishments of everyone there
• sense of community - through harvard yard, residential houses, etc.
• finals club scene is completely avoidable
• i’m NOT a science-math person, i can’t get excited about those things… so going to MIT would be really hard, and i would feel pressured, overwhelmed, and not confident in my abilities
• the liberal arts college education - gives you 4 years to really develop your thinking, writing and analytical skills

YALE

• New Haven is in the middle of nowhere in a sketchy area.
• The dorms are the best.
• Love the 'residential colleges' feel that stays throughout all 4 years.
• BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS
• Urban studies, architecture, art.
• Architecture is soft - drawing focused.
• Amazing art program
• Study abroad - no finaid so not paid... except Light Fellowship (asian class)
• the building bridges summer trip to china!
• lots of opportunities to talk with amazing humanities speakers (ex. masters teas)
• Dining program for first year only.
• Emphasis on dress/outward appearance
• Lots of funding!! also house funding
• Bulldog mascot.
• Lots of free food events!
• Always entertainment happenings on campus.
• Campus feeling - close-knit and lots of on-campus events.
• A- and A+ so the A- looses value.
• social life is awesome!!

MIT

• Desirable major options - Urban Planning, Architecture, Business, Comparative Media Studies, PoliSci - so many options!
• In Boston/Cambridge
• Welcoming atmosphere (no hazing - instead, compete to gain the favor of underclassmen)
• Cooperative atmosphere instead of competitive - no class rankings.
• No dining plan at some dorms!
• Bexley people are fun! also each dorm has own personality
• Can draw on walls!
• Free-spirited, no one judges you about personality/outward appearance
• Not a big arts/humanities focus, so speakers etc will be geared towards engineering and sciences and there will be less humanities opportunities
• Smaller humanities interest means that any arts opportunities will be easier to seize/gain funding for
• Less funding than Yale and Harvard because of the difference in alumni base.
• Amazing study-abroad opportunities through MISTI
• January IAP!
• Way too math-science based
• Beaver mascot......
• Known for creative parties.