<p>Congrats!
I'm from New Hampshire too and would be thrilled to get into either MIT, or CalTech. Personally I would prefer MIT, but it is really up to what you are interested in. You should also definitely visit both campuses to see were you feel more comfortable before you make any decision. Either way both schools are among the best (if not the best) science and engineering schools in the world, so you can't go wrong either which way.</p>
<p>A little late for this, don't you think?</p>
<p>Well, you know the old saying...</p>
<p>Caltech- because not everyone can get into MIT ;)</p>
<p>Caltech- because not everyone can get into Sarasota Clown College</p>
<p>I chose MIT mostly b/c Cambridge is really nice, and MIT has a wider range of majors to choose from. Caltech is also nice, but it’s more for pure research. MIT is a little more “applied” than Caltech.</p>
<p>Be sure that you either choose one or the other, because of the rivalry between the two…</p>
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<p>It might be useful for the OP’s kids, though.</p>
<p>But more people apply to MIT</p>
<p>This thread is eight years old. Eight years old. My little brother was three when this thread was started, and I was still thinking about being a journalist. If someone posted in this thread as a high school student, they have now graduated from college and are real people with jobs and soon they’ll have houses and mortgages and spouses and other grown-up things. Some of the people who posted in this thread might <em>already</em> have mortgages. Wow.</p>