Harvard or Stanford or MIT

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Anonymous wrote:Sooooo, your kid got into Harvard, MIT, and Standford, but your strategy for choosing among them is to solicit advice from random anonymous strangers on a forum known to be a viper pit of insecurity? Mk. Right. Gotcha.

Sounds like you are insecure. I can guess why.

You clearly have me all figured out.

[Anonymous]

If you look at the Nature study, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03547-8, Harvard has a HUGE advantage. Better than the rest of the Ivy League combined.

[Anonymous]

Troll. No one gets accepted to all three.

[Anonymous]

My kid had a choice between Harvard and MIT full pay, but instead chose Alabama on a full ride.

[Anonymous]

Stanford go have fun

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Think about it. How many students apply to and get accepted (not even waitlisted) at these three universities? Ten? Maybe a dozen?

And one of their moms is crowdsourcing advice on a DC mommy blog? It beggars belief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid had a choice between Harvard and MIT full pay, but instead chose Alabama on a full ride.

I hope this is a joke. Why would you do that to your kid?

[Anonymous]

If not troll - send them to all the campus preview events. Worth the airfare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Think about it. How many students apply to and get accepted (not even waitlisted) at these three universities? Ten? Maybe a dozen?

And one of their moms is crowdsourcing advice on a DC mommy blog? It beggars belief.

I am not OP, but my DC was also admitted to each of these schools, so it does happen. Although I am too shy to post, I did follow the discussion as there's no reason not to get data from any source. And yes, we are going to CPW, Admit Weekend, Visitas, and one other.

[Anonymous]

Got into all of those elite schools but has no idea about a major? Lol. Though I did see an "undecided" Harvard admit this cycle, that kid had at least one hook.

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Anonymous wrote:Should I hookup tonight with Scarlet Johansson or Jesica Alba or Margot Robbie? Need help deciding.

But this is not really a choice, if you think about it: two forty-somethings vs. Margot Robbie. So, which school is Margot Robbie? From a youth and up-and-coming standpoint, Stanford wins.

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People will come up with all kinds of reasons to say otherwise, but Harvard is superlative in virtually every course of study and opens the greatest number of doors. I’d only say otherwise if they want to go into engineering.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you for sharing. DCs interests have changed somewhat and evolved throughout the past year and I know it is not uncommon to change majors once in college.

Will attend back-to-back admit days for as many as possible. Finalizing registration for the last schools. I guess my kid needs to do more self-reflection and figure out what matters most to them and pay attention to vibes/location. But it helps to hear opinions from others. DC probably could be happy at all, but hopefully can figure out which is the best fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People will come up with all kinds of reasons to say otherwise, but Harvard is superlative in virtually every course of study and opens the greatest number of doors. I’d only say otherwise if they want to go into engineering.

No I agree and I’m an MIT grad. If more of a generalist and not passionate about engineering, should default to H for the name brand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People will come up with all kinds of reasons to say otherwise, but Harvard is superlative in virtually every course of study and opens the greatest number of doors. I’d only say otherwise if they want to go into engineering.

No I agree and I’m an MIT grad. If more of a generalist and not passionate about engineering, should default to H for the name brand.

At MIT, were most of the classes taught by professors or grad students? I'm hearing that at Harvard, many classes are not taught by profs.