math: Harvard or MIT?

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<p>Hello.</p>

<p>I would like to study field called General Mathematics. Is MIT better or Harvard here?</p>

<p>Thank you for replies.</p>

<p>J.</p>

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<p>You can’t go wrong with either. They’re both extremely good for maths, and I’d imagine graduates from both programs end up doing the same thing at almost the same companies.</p>

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<p>Both are great, although Harvard has Math 55 - a course that serious math guys at MIT often come over to the Harvard campus to take.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/6/burden-of-proof-at-1002-am/[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/6/burden-of-proof-at-1002-am/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard’s Math 55 is arguably the hardest undergraduate math class in the world.</p>

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<p>Wow that article is amazing! No wonder Harvard is #1.</p>

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<p>Don’t forget that you can cross-register between campuses.</p>

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<p>What does it mean to cross-register between campuses?</p>

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<p>Students at Harvard are able to enroll in classes at MIT and vice versa. However, I believe it is restricted to classes that are not essentially offered at your “home” school.</p>

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<p>get in first.</p>

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<p>^ right. What is the point trying to differentiate between two of the four best math schools in the world before you get in?</p>