<p>Do you have any evidence that Bill Gates was accepted to MIT?</p>
<p>If not, then he didn't "choose" Harvard.</p>
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<p>mdx49:</p>
<p>"Since MIT math is 6 times bigger it is like Harvard winning 25*6=150 times versus 4 for MIT."</p>
<p>You know what, mdx49, you are absolutely right.</p>
<p>I can't see how you people can spend so much time and energy just to look for statistics on how many Nobel prizes have Harvard or MIT graduates won, or how many competitions each one has won, all of that is crap when it comes to choosing the college you want to study, specially your undergraduate studies. Look, when I was researching colleges to see in which one I wanted to study, the factors I considered were: Programs offered and how good they were, costs & Fin Aid, location, etc.
In this case, both Harvard and MIT have really good Math departments, costs & financial aid are basically the same most of the time and location. What do you rely your decision in? People, culture, activities. You don't rely your decision in how many graduates have won Nobel prizes (unless you are a freak and your ultimate goal in life is to win a Nobel prize, then you might slightly consider that. </p>
<p>I guess that all of this MIT Vs. Harvard thread has become a meaningless battle on which university is better in general, and guess what? When it comes to that, it all depends on what YOU like as a person. There are some programs that are definitely better in one college or the other, but both are great universities and have achieved great things in their own way. Each one of them has it's own philosophy and people. </p>
<p>What I suggest to all of the people who are in the MIT Vs. Harvard situation is to: visit campus and see where you feel more comfortable. Both colleges offer a wide variety of courses (MIT more Math&Science oriented but it also has humanities, economics, etc.) and you can always cross-register if your soul is really craving for a humanity course not offered at MIT. </p>
<p>Conclusion, this battle of the universities is insignificant, it wont convince HarvardGuy that MIT is better or otherwise; therefore, why care? Just get a grip, the person that asked this question might be sleeping very well, and most likely already made the decision of which college to attend, so why bother? It's already May 13, so, college decisions are finished except for some few exceptions.</p>