<p>portlander: that's cool. i decided for similar reasons. i'm really interested in research and that was my primary factor in choosing MIT. i figured if i could work hard to get into mit, i'll definately be willing work hard to get into med school</p>
<p>i'm interested in brain&cogsci...where is there a link of pictures of the new building?</p>
<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>
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i'm interested in brain&cogsci...where is there a link of pictures of the new building?
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This is the main page about the BCS building project: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/evolving/projects/cogsci/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/evolving/projects/cogsci/index.html</a></p>
<p>A recent construction photo of the tunnel over the railroad tracks is here: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/tunnel-0316.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/tunnel-0316.html</a></p>
<p>Isn't the brain & cog science going to look fabulous, streetlight? </p>
<p>wellesleygirl - I agree with mit_hopefulgirl. GO TO MIT!</p>
<p>pretty darn hot</p>
<p>thank you mit_hopefulgirl and portlander for your responses! I also got awesome financial aid from MIT (and crappy from yale), and I would pick Boston over New Haven anyday, but since I'm not sure i'm going to major in science, i feel like it's not smart for me to go to MIT where most people are engineering/physics/cs majors....... and after going to both cpw and bulldog day I found that I could associate with people a lot better at Yale, and I loved the general atmosphere of the YAle campus, whereas I just felt stressed out at MIT.....Going crazy!! I have to decide ....by tomorrow? :(</p>
<p>Location: also suburbia of boston
Prospective Major(s): 7, 10, 5, 4
Hobbies/EC: running, basketball, art, piano, procrastinating (especially senior year), watching ALIAS!!!!
Colleges you rejected for MIT: Rice, Dartmouth, Williams</p>
<p>i feel emotionally drained after making such a tough decision, but im happy to be coming to MIT. congrats to all of you!</p>
<p>Correct me if I am wrong....but I think everyone needs to decide by May 2 or 3</p>
<p>i thought the common reply date was may 1, and since that's a sunday i thought I would have to mail it out by saturday?</p>
<p>it's postmarked by May 2 for MIT</p>
<p>Location: Kyrgyzstan
Prospective Major(s): V, X
Hobbies/EC: chemistry, photography
Colleges you rejected for MIT: IUB, MoscowState</p>
<p>location: kansas (sometimes referred to as "nowhere")
majors?: I'd see 1-24 all as possibilities but am leaning towards 6 and/or 9 and/or 21 and/or 24</p>
<p>schools rejected for MIT?: some...other...schools...</p>
<p>see you all at Rush =)</p>
<p>location: houston
majors: bio/chem engineering?
schools rejected: stanford, berkeley, rice, umich, ut austin business honors
why? because my instincts said mit. it felt like home.</p>
<p>location: just outside san jose, ca
prospective major(s): course 6 and i really want to look into comparative media studies
hobbies: newspaper, key club, website/graphic design (though not doing as much of it as i'd like), watching+obsessing over THE APPRENTICE (sniff alex), going to concerts
colleges you rejected for mit: stanford, carnegie mellon, berkeley, ucla/sd
things I'm most looking forward to trying at mit: KENDO. definitely want to try kendo.</p>
<p>mm, see yall in the fall (+ on facebook, haha)</p>
<p>i just realized that I spelled "Massachusetts" wrong in the title for this thread....</p>
<p>pft, it's not the railroad, it's the T, people....</p>
<p>no, it's the railroad, that runs through the middle of the 46 construction site. the T runs underground and a street or two over at that point (red line, between kendall and central).</p>
<p>Location: Nepal
Prospective Major(s): X
Hobbies/EC: chemistry, Music
Colleges you rejected for MIT: Caltech, Dartmouth
MIT gave me the worst fin aid package amongst the three :-(..but who cares..as long as its MIT!!! I definitely agree with smiliekat....MIT does feel like home :)</p>
<p>Yep, I have to agree with mootman and goddess32585, that is definitely a picture of the railroad, not the T.</p>