<p>wesllesleygirl -
I chose MIT over Yale (which gave me total finaid) and stanford because of it's unique environment. I've decided I really wanna do science/engineering, and MIT really beats Yale and Stanford in this area - for academics, research, and the learning environment. I know I'll be depriving myself of more sleep with all those difficult psets, but looking at those who have graduated from MIT, I feel they've really learnt to think and look at the world differently. I guess it's the intense environment at MIT that really attracts me. </p>
<p>Yale and Stanford are great in their own way - and Yale would be good if you'd really want an extensive liberal arts education as well. But then I don't really think I would like New Haven - Cambridge/Boston seems so much lovelier! Go to MIT!!!=)</p>