<p>UofChicago</p>
<p>All of you who are saying ‘UChicago’ know that the University of Chicago <em>doesn’t have an engineering school</em>, right? So this suggestion is really only useful if you’re interested in majoring in math, science, business, or economics.</p>
<p>Stanford?</p>
<p>was my #1 but REA didnt go as planned so here i am, although MIT is my top “alternative” I think the vice versa is valid…</p>
<p>UChicago is very similar to MIT culturally, in terms of the nerdy, work-hard atmosphere with quirky students. </p>
<p>Engineering isn’t all MIT’s got to offer.</p>
<p>^^^ Where did I say that engineering was all that MIT has to offer? I hope we can at least agree that if you want to be an engineering major, you should apply to a college that has a school of engineering, though.</p>
<p>Sorry, that wasn’t directed at you, and those two statements were not completely related. I think I was just pointing to the fact that there are a lot of facets of MIT, any combination of which can attract people to the school, and only one of which is engineering.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess you could like major in math or physics or something :)</p>
<p>I would’ve applied to UChicago if not for the aforementioned lack of an engineering school. Chicago is a different type of terrible weather, though (I grew up there).</p>
<p>It’s important to remember, though, that although a lot of people end up majoring in engineering once they’re at MIT, a lot of prefrosh aren’t really set on majoring in engineering, and aren’t applying to MIT with blinders on for engineering. </p>
<p>The schools that MIT loses the largest number of cross-admits to are Harvard, Yale, and Princeton – not exactly schools with MIT-caliber engineering programs. MIT actually loses relatively few cross-admits to schools with strong engineering programs, other than Stanford.</p>