<p>I have to second what simplelife said about the website. Can’t believe I missed this in my first post, but I can’t tell you how many times I was browsing other colleges’ websites thinking (in my frustration) “WOW, if they can’t make a website simple enough and organized enough, why should I even go here?!”. MIT’s website is perfect in terms of graphical attractiveness, elegance, and organization. Easy and fun to browse.
And I’ll second the kindness thing as well, though I’m sure for many that goes without saying 
But it definitely was a contributing factor to why I loved MIT so much.</p>
<p>I’ll end with one thing that really made MIT my #1 choice as a college: very simply, it’s easy to get attached to, because you guys are so open, mostly through the blogs and your (successful) attempts to make the process easier and less intimidating. Makes one feel like he’s already part of the community.</p>
<p>I also love all the science references in the blogs. Awesome. Sense of humor = win. </p>
<p>With other colleges, all I could ever find was a set of instructions, and then a closed door until D-day. Thanks, but no thanks.
MIT = WIN.</p>
<p>Ah. Still wish I were accepted though. This is probably proof that you have the best ‘personality’ of any college out there. With others, I wouldn’t care, so long as I’d already been accepted into a good college (which I have), so there. I officially declare MIT the awesome-est college, and I dare anyone to refute this claim.</p>