Hi all! I was fortunate enough to have been accepted to MIT, UChicago, and UMich. I don’t quite know what I want to do yet, I think I will start with Biological Engineering and CompSci, but I won’t be surprised if I change to a different science/math major.
Can any of you who have attended these schools or who know about these schools help inform my decision?
Thank you!
P.S. I also want to make sure I am somewhere where I can be around the arts - I love performing in musical theatre.
If you know you’re going to be some STEM major, academically MIT is going to be your best overall option. UChicago and UMich aren’t slackers though, and if you had big reasons to prefer either it wouldn’t be a huge mistake to pick either.
In terms of arts, MIT may have the least as a school but Boston has plenty around. UChicago and UMich will offer a more diverse student body by major, but there will be artistic people at every school, even MIT.
What else matters to you?
UChicago, since you don’t know if you will end up majoring in engineering
MIT is the strongest when it comes to engineering… however, their arts are not as strong, so that may be a potential drawback.
Also keep in mind that MIT offers dual enrollment with Harvard and several other local schools, so you would be automatically able to take your arts courses at Harvard or somewhere else if you so chose.
MIT. This is coming from a U of C alum.
MIT is strongest when it comes to engineering, and to social sciences, and to many other subjects. QS World University Rankings by Subjects rates MIT as 4th behind Parsons School of Design and Rhode Island School of Design for “Art and Design”. MIT is surprising in its breadth-Yes it is strongest in STEM but it offers a lot more than STEM. Any anything it offers is high in quality. With respect to dual enrollment-my impression is that it is available but harder to do than my first appear because the schedule of classes- in terms of times of day and days in session don’t align.
Congratulations. UChicago doesn’t have a traditional “bioengineering” program. They have a new molecular engineering program. Also, while it is a great school for both STEM and humanities, I don’t know about their comp sci program.
MIT or Michigan should be your choice if engineering is on the plate. Keep in mind MIT undergrad is an intense (massive amounts of work, not much fun or sleep) experience, so be aware what you are in for. Michigan is a little more laid back and has extremely strong theater, music, and performing arts located adjacent to the engineering school.
If engineering is a serious interest, Chicago is less suitable than MIT or Michigan, although Chicago is good in math and science (including computer science) as well as economics (which is math-intensive there, as it also is at MIT) and other subjects.
Are there significant differences in net costs?
It may make sense to choose one that is significantly cheaper than the others (since they’re all good in many fields).