<p>And I love Harvard & MIT very greatly indeed. Both are world class institution.</p>
<p>you might want to look into Franklin W. Olin in Needham, MA.
Many students turned down those other schools to come here.
Good luck!</p>
<p>I am not saying you should not do Harvard Engineering. Instead, I am saying that you should not choose Harvard Engineering because of the reasons stated (unless they are modified in better ways. Hey, some sentence when changed will make big difference you know!) or at least you should add another reasons to the lists. I never say Harvard Engineering is not good or you should not choose it, right? It is just that you should have a different kind of reasoning set which I hope are concrete enough.</p>
<p>I might add that I like Harvard Engineering.</p>
<p>Maybe not concrete enough for you, but concrete enough for me. I’m done.</p>
<p>I m sorry but I didn’t mean it that way. I never did!</p>
<p>Anyone else want to comment on Harvard engineering? How close are the prof-student relationship? I mean it must be great, right since they are fewer students in the department when compared to other departments…</p>
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<p>On a related note, I think the biggest reason for choosing Harvard over MIT is if you’re not really sure about engineering. Numerous studies have demonstrated the high attrition rates of incoming engineering students who end up switching to other majors. All you have to do is Google “engineering student attrition” to come up with a laundry list of links regarding this topic. </p>
<p>Most 17-18 year olds don’t really know what they want to study, and hence a lot of students come in thinking they want to major in engineering, and then find out that they don’t like it or that it’s too hard or whatever, and so end up majoring in something else. Engineering, because of its difficulty, seems to be especially afflicted with problems with retaining students. </p>
<p>{Incidentally, even many students who do finish engineering degrees do not end up pursuing engineering careers, but instead head off to other careers such as strategy consulting or investment banking. This is true even at the graduate level. For example, I know a guy who just completed his PhD in engineering, but is not taking an engineering job, instead going to McKinsey. That highlights the point that just because you major in some field doesn’t mean that you’re actually going to end up working in that field. It also posits the question: if you’re not going to end up working in that field anyway, then who really cares how strong your school is in that field?}</p>