<p>I've been accepted to both and time is running short. I'm a prospective mathematics major and wish to hear other people opinion.
I could most likely thrive at either place, but I don't know where to go.
Help.
Note: MIT has a slight edge due to the fact that I could double major or go for a major and a Master, but I have no idea if double majoring in Course 18 and 20 is even compatible.</p>
<p>if its that close, visit each campus and chose on things like dorms, food, etc.</p>
<p>Oh, were you the one that asked the question on my blog?</p>
<p>It's definitely possible to do a double in 18 and 20. It will be hard or less-hard, depending on what AP credit you plan to use -- if you can start taking classes for your majors earlier, it will be easier to do two majors.</p>
<p>Do 18-general at MIT, the requirements are like nothing and everybody Double majors. Besides, I bet you'll change your mind about what you actually want to do once you're here, everybody changes their mind. I put down 2A on my application... then I was going to be 18 and 14, but now I'm 18 and 6-2 and I'm probably going to m-eng.</p>
<p>Yes I was the one who asked on the blog.... ^_^</p>
<p>When you declare your major in math( or otherwise) do you have to declare what track as well? Also why would you suggest MIT as opposed to Princeton? Anyone?</p>
<p>cause they're polar opposites in terms of nearly everything?</p>
<p>When you declare, you don't have to fill out a track -- actually, you can only declare one major at the end of freshman year. You'd declare the second major at the beginning of your junior year. But that doesn't really affect anything -- if you declare 20, you can still take all the 18 classes you want and vice versa. It just affects which department your advisor is from.</p>
<p>I hate doing the "choose MIT because we rock way more than every other school" thing. I mean, we all go to MIT. We all like it a lot. If you're psyched, come like it a lot with us. :)</p>
<p>Did you come to MIT's CPW? If yes, I suggest you also go to Pton's April Hosting this week-end and decide afterwards.</p>
<p>Yes I went to CPW, I enjoyed.
I'm going to Pton hosting this week.</p>
<p>My son is a math major at Princeton and my brother went to MIT. You really have to decide which schools suits you best. I know my son would have been happy at either place, but he loves Princeton. The math department is very small and he has small classes. One of his freshman professors is a Fields Medalist. There are quite a few international students in the math department, especially from Romania.</p>
<p>He finds his math classes challenging and he has lots of choices. Rather than put advanced students in graduate classes, they have created graduate level classes for undergraduates so they can study the same topics, but with other undergrads. Princeton fosters cooperation, and the students help each other with problem sets. </p>
<p>He finds that he spends a lot of time doing things other than math. He's on a sports team and he loves the parties at the eating clubs. He was on the MIT campus recently for a sports competition. The Princeton campus is generally more aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but some people don't care about that stuff. He actually likes the idea of the numbered buildings.</p>
<p>One thing to consider is where you would like to go to grad school if you plan to go. It's good to do undergrad and grad at two different places. Good Luck, and pm me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>My son is a math major at MIT, so I'd be glad to take questions also, although he's only a first-year so he hasn't had the breadth of exposure to math classes yet that cookiemom's son probably has at Princeton. (I assume! My apologies if I'm assuming incorrectly.) My son loves it at MIT, and is gearing up to declare a second major after sophomore year (or so goes the current thinking anyway).</p>