<p>Maybe not to best thing to ask but I'm pretty out of hope and few days before deadline.
Is there any other schools which offers such a hands on approach and/or undergraduate research opportunities?</p>
<p>UMich and CMU?</p>
<p>CalTech…</p>
<p>RPI (President Shirley Jackson is MIT alum and on its board of trustees–a major mover and shaker <a href=“Shirley Ann Jackson - Wikipedia)–research%5B/url%5D”>Shirley Ann Jackson - Wikipedia)–research</a> opportunities abound, well funded, excellent programs.</p>
<p>Caltech </p>
<p>duh</p>
<p>RPI, Caltech. Both for baseball as well. Cornell, Princeton, Yale maybe, and I’d try to walk on.</p>
<p>I already sent in my UC app for UCLA. </p>
<p>MIT was the only school I applied early too, not really sure why I didn’t for CalTech. I just didn’t feel great about my chances at the time</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>…and Harvey Mudd for me, although that’s still a little up in the air because of the baseball situation. But I really liked it when I visited.</p>
<p>UT-Austin
Georgia Tech
Illinois-Urbana
Rice
RPI
CalTech
Duke</p>
<p>Olin is good. And free.</p>
<p>^^^ Olin is charging tuition now, I hear!</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh and Case Western will give you mad moneys if you have MT-level stats.</p>
<p>Olin cut their tuition help in half. 
But still, it’s a great school.</p>
<p>As an older applicant with many friends in college, I can say that you can find a hand on approach at any school. MIT facilitates it with UROP opportunities, but any enterprising student can present to a PI and find some sort of undergraduate research position.</p>
<p>University of Michigan does for sure. I heard it’s pretty good.</p>
<p>UT Austin is my uber back up. Got my acceptance letter the other day so whatever happens I’ll live</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t think there are alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, there are other great schools that may have similar components such as research, hands on approach, etc, but the culmination of everything that makes MIT what it is, is completely unique.</p>
<p>wow! thanks for lots of info, but I’m a international students and many of them isn’t really offering any aid.But I’m pretty sure this info will be life saver to an American student.</p>
<p>Yale? Please explain; I am curious.</p>
<p>To me, UChicago’s animus or whatever always seemed somewhat like MIT’s to me.</p>
<p>4thfloor:</p>
<p>If I go to Cornell or Princeton (they have top engineering programs) I would have to try to walk-on to the baseball team (if I still wanted to play) because I’m not good enough to earn a recruiting slot there. Same goes for Yale, but I’m debating about whether or not to apply there. </p>
<p>Sorry I’m a little confused as to what you want to me explain?</p>