<p>I was very fortunate to get into Princeton, MIT, and Penn M&T, as the title of this thread suggests. I regard each school very highly. However, I have to make a decision. Can anyone help me out? What's the logical choice?
(I'm interested in both engineering and economics/business. I was surprised to learn that Princeton is actually pretty good for engineering.)</p>
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<p>The one best suited for you. You’ve told us nothing of what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>In terms of the strength of the majors you listed, I would reiterate MIT once again - the dominance of its engineering over that of the other schools is self-explanatory. </p>
<p>MIT’s and Princeton’s economics/business programs are slightly overshadowed by Penn’s Wharton program; however, Princeton doesn’t have a school designated to economics/business like MIT does (Sloan School of Mgmt.) and thus loses out on that aspect. Therefore MIT is in the middle of the pack in this respect.</p>
<p>However, Penn’s engineering is weak compared to that of the other two schools and thus the strength of their economics/business program (Wharton) is neutralized by this weakness. </p>
<p>Thus, MIT wins against the other two schools when looking at the aggregate strength of engineering + economics/business combined.</p>
<p>As PiperXP said you haven’t given enough information for there to be a logical choice. I would note that MIT’s econ program is definitely the best of the three although Sloan is possibly somewhat behind Wharton.</p>
<p>Personally, I think MIT will give you the best education possible. It is very technical, and this is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. Wharton is good if you want to learn stuff link “marketing” and “accounting” or something like that. But if you want to major in engineering and learn finance on the side, MIT is the best for that. Did I mention MIT’s econ program is also among the best in the country? But how does UPenn’s engineering program stack up? All the big finance firms come to MIT every year, so there are plenty of opportunities in that area. </p>
<p>My best advice: just come to CPW and see for yourself!</p>
<p>Consider the respective cultures of the institutions. If you want to go into consulting/banking after your undergraduate degree or want to go into business, I’d lean towards Princeton. It has an excellent science program in general, great economics, and it’ll be fantastic for networking.</p>
<p>^MIT has great recruiting for consulting/banking and tech company internships, as well as an even more expansive network as a result of its location in the Boston area (e.g. Harvard, BC, BU, etc.).</p>
<p>These schools are all pretty different. I don’t think there is a ‘logical choice.’ There’s whatever choice is best for you in terms of the type of education and community you want to have.</p>