<p>I got accepted by both Harvard and MIT, but I am really confused of where I should be going. I want to do Physics. And my dream is to join the academia and be a professor in Physics. Which school do you think would be better for my future career plan?</p>
<p>Unfortunately you can’t go wrong at either. I would visit each and see where you feel comfortable. The campus cultures are very different from what i’ve heard.</p>
<p>I would say MIT. They have lots of options for hands-on research and a really great program. I’m sure Harvard does though as well.</p>
<p>Definitely visit if you can. The campuses are entirely different and the cultures are very different as well. See which school fits you better based on you as a student and where you think you’ll be happiest. You really cannot go wrong no matter which school you choose to go to.</p>
<p>Maybe a physics student will come and post here, but I know when I was thinking about majoring in physics in the summer before Freshman year at least three professors offered me places in their labs over e-mail. They seemed very friendly!</p>
<p>Both schools have very strong physics programs. In addition to different campus cultures, the schools have different requirements: MIT requires bio and chem in addition to the physics and math a physics major would take anyway, while Harvard has Expos and (I think) more humanities and social science requirements.</p>