<p>I'm considering all three of these, so I was hoping you guys could help me weigh them. I want to study some sort of science/math/engineering but I really have no clue what I want to do, not even grad school plans like PhD, med school, etc. How do these measure up against one another? Benefits of one vs. the other? Is weather a big deal? I'm from AZ...so I'm not really used to the cold weather of the NE while that probably won't be that big of a deal....</p>
<p>If you're not sure what to study, go to Stanford!!
Stanford is very strong academically in almost every fields you can think of :)</p>
<p>Yeah , go Stanford!!!Weather is not a big deal.</p>
<p>Go to whichever school makes you feel most at home.</p>
<p>Go to Princeton...better undergrad experience....just an opinion.</p>
<p>Go to cornell! YEAH! Cornell!!</p>
<p>PRINCETON all the WAY!!!</p>
<p>Unless you have a personal preference, going to Princeton over Stanf. or vice versa will not make you a better person, or a smarter person, or a more well rounded person, and it will not get you a better first job, or a better career..</p>
<p>MIT is for people who KNOW what they want to do, IMO.</p>
<p>false. we're really not robots. no, seriously, I promise. MIT students change their minds, too. About as often as the national average I suspect. The majority of my freshman friends have only managed to narrow their prospective major down to 3 or 4 choices. And we have to declare by the end of this schoolyear. There's nowhere better than MIT to teeter between math/science/engineering majors.</p>
<p>go to stanford...they will show u the light.</p>
<p>While Princeton/Stanford are similar, I’d say there are significant cultural differences between them and MIT. You off the bat, that should offer some guidance. Two notes:</p>
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<li><p>Pebbles is right that MIT gives you a great chance to switch between math/science/engineering majors, but Princeton/Stanford are probably better when it comes to switching out of math/science/engineering altogether.</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re deciding between Princeton and MIT, I’d ask yourself where you want to spend the next four years: a majestic Gothic Hogwarts-like Disney world or the green lawns/sunny skies California Disney-world.</p></li>
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<p>I had to decide between Stanford and Princeton. If you would like to talk via PM, just shoot me one. I picked Princeton (full disclaimer there).</p>
<p>Silly Puddy, on your #2, which one is MIT and which one is Princeton?</p>
<p>Why did you bump this thread? It’s from four years ago.</p>
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<p>Sorry, mistake - not MIT. The first was Princeton and the second Stanford.</p>
<p>Silly Puddy, whew…I thought that maybe I missed something since my days at Princeton in terms of the Southern New Jersey weather turning into Southern California weather…</p>
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<p>Good question. Silly Puddy is a Princetonian. That’s why.</p>