<p>I wanted to address your concern that MIT won't be 'social' enough for your son.</p>
<p>The greatest thing about MIT housing is that it can be whatever you want it to be. I live on a hall where someone's door is always open and someone is always hanging out in the lounge. If I can't sleep at 3 am (or, more likely, need a break from working on my pset), I can walk into the hallway and there will probably be at least two people chatting that I can join. Each day, when I return to my room, it genuinely feels like I'm coming home.</p>
<p>I know many, many people that are not just smart but also charismatic, entertaining, hilarious, and even gorgeous. If your son is a 'true engineer', as you say, and he comes to MIT, he will be surrounded by other true engineers that appreciate that part of him deeply. I have never felt quite as comfortable or quite as much as I belonged anywhere but MIT.</p>
<p>Yes, people occasionally comment "but you're pretty! And normal! You <em>really</em> go to MIT?" but don't worry about it, we're as social as you want to be :)</p>