<p>The major difference is in the educational systems of each.</p>
<p>Cambridge assesses student performance at the end of the degree program. MIT, like all U.S. institutions of higher education, engages in continual assessment. Thus, it may feel as if you have alot of “free time” at Cambridge, because you’re not faced with mid-terms and finals. But unless you are self-motivated, you can struggle there. The upside is that you can also have more opportunity to study in depth at Cambridge.</p>
<p>I was there a generation ago, so this may no longer apply, but as an American, I found it very, very difficult to make friends with British students. International students stuck together like glue. I don’t think that international students coming to the U.S. had the same problem, to the same degree. </p>
<p>It’s easy at MIT to double major in math and management.</p>