MIT is Cheap - go to Harvard or Stanford

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Thanks for the congratulations.</p>

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<p>Not to start this discussion, but since when has it been officially ruled that MIT is less prestigious than Harvard? Apples and oranges.</p>

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<p>Please don’t feed the ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>OM NOM NOM</p>

<p>(oh wait you didn’t mean me :P)</p>

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<p>MIT is going to make me pay so much money if I go there T_T. It’s the only reason I might go to Harvard.
Luckily, my parents are separating (bust staying married, forever? I don’t know, it’s weird) and my mother’s losing her job! So, we have to pay less in the future. I mean, my parents can afford to pay what’s projected based off of the current situation, but saving tens of thousands at Harvard is not an offer many would turn down.</p>

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<p>As a parent, I’ve received the MIT alumni association news and emails regarding fundraising, and I’ve attended some fundraising events out here in Silicon Valley. I know MIT is seriously committed to increasing its financial aid for all students, including those from middle-class families. But at this point, MIT can’t match Harvard’s aid to middle-class families earning somewhere between $140,000 and $180,000. Harvard’s endowment is more than three times larger than MIT’s, and the cost of educating liberal arts majors is far, far lower than the cost of educating engineers and scientists. </p>

<p>I can understand how a middle-class family in or near that range might wish MIT could offer more. But let’s face it, a student who has offers from both places has a great decision to make.</p>

<p>@Millancad, if you decide to choose MIT, you can settle out here in sunny Silicon Valley after you’ve graduated. You can establish your own company and hire a Harvard grad to work in your finance or legal department, as is fairly common out here.</p>

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<p>Hahvahd grad don’t work fo you
you work fo Hahvahd grad!</p>

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<p>I work for an MIT grad. And so do the Harvard grads in my lab.</p>

<p>My husband also works for MIT grads.</p>

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<p>Hundreds if not thousands of people at Harvard worked for the MIT grad named Larry Summers.</p>

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<p>I think it’s incredibly annoying when someone replies to a thread that is over 4 years old…especially when that thread was started by an incredibly immature freshman version of myself.</p>

<p>Just for the record, MIT’s financial aid awards got much better for me each year. For my junior year, MIT made tuition free for families making less than $70k. Since my parents make less than $70k, they paid virtually nothing for my junior and senior years. Of course, that didn’t entirely make up for the exorbitantly large amount we had to pay for my freshman and sophomore years. My parents actually had to move to a less expensive area. However, because I finished undergrad in 7 semesters and had a few lucrative internships along the way, I managed to graduate with zero debt (and zero net worth). </p>

<p>MIT’s financial aid awards are definitely not perfect, and they were actually pretty bad (initially) in my case…but I believe the MIT financial aid people are really doing the best they can given the absurd cost of attending college these days.</p>

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<p>e: did not realize this thread was old, or answered</p>

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<p>@iCalculus - </p>

<p>I have to say, your posts in this thread surprised me.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064815701-post71.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1064815701-post71.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I see. </p>

<p>OK, iCalc.</p>

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Sigh.</p>

<p>I know this is water under the bridge, but as a grad student, I reject the idea that anybody, anywhere, pays attention to grad students.</p>

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<p>This guy has multiple personalities. I wonder he is real.</p>

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<p>Did not expect to check in after four years to see the same thread near the top…</p>

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<p>iCalc just let me thank you for opening a spot on the wait list.
Stay at Princeton or where it is you going.</p>