<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I'm planning to apply to Harvard and MIT, and plan to major in the sciences or engineering. Which science or engineering undergraduate degree is better from which schools, Harvard or MIT?</p>
<p>Since MIT is more of a technical school than Harvard, I guess it is logical to think that a science/engineering degree from MIT is better than one from harvard.</p>
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<p>Go to MIT if you want to do engineering. The Hard Sciences are to notch at both. I would recommend you decide what type of living environment you'd prefer, as Harvard and MIT are very different.</p>
<p>then, could you elaborate on the living envrionment of both schools, please? I've been to MIT a few times, and I enjoy my time there, but I haven't seen Harvard yet.</p>
<p>For bioengineering def. go to harvard. EECS, MIT.</p>
<p>Course 20 at MIT is unique, fact is though with the Stem Cell Reg bio
program starting up at Harvard it will have unique stuff to offer when
coupled with the Chem Phy Biology concentration.</p>
<p>MIT would quite easily be the right choice for all the engineering options.</p>
<p>Harvard is a fantastic place to be for any of the life science derivative
concentrations- Organismic evo biology, Hum evo biology, Mol Cell biology,....
Also Math or Stats focused areas and of course all the hums.
Your ECs that you take up will define you majorly at H.</p>
<p>Fianancial aid is comparable at both places, better at MIT if your family income
makes you Pell grant eligible.</p>
<p>You may want to develop your own opinion of the engineering dept and
concentrations at H including the Biomed Sci track.</p>
<p>You might want to develop your own opinon about the food at MIT.</p>
<p>At MIT it is you v the institute; at H definitely need to be aware of the premeds</p>
<p>Thanks MIT012!! I'm not looking to be a doctor or pre-med. I would like to do biology or biomedical engineering, not sure which one I want for now or a specific biology field. But if I get into those schools, I would look into each one of them in more detail and compare them.</p>
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<p>Not really...from what I've seen Harvard's is a lot better, although I don't know how pell grant applicants are treated (AFAIK they get free board + tuition + nominal stipends under H's finaid, probably MIT's too).</p>
<p>Honestly either would be great places to go to school. My son applied to both, but preferred MIT. You should really try to visit or at least do your homework. While MIT has humanities majors and undergrad business students you'll probably be around more science/tech types than at Harvard. Harvard's house system is assigned randomly and puts all freshmen together, so you meet a lot of different people. However because you can form largish rooming groups you can also ensure that you have a bunch of friends in your House. At MIT you will have temporary housing for the first couple of weeks and then will choose a dorm - the different dorms have very different flavors. MIT has a tradition of hacks. Harvard has ECs that people take more seriously than their studies.</p>
<p>Is it possible to cross-register and take some MiT Engineering courses as a student from Harvard?</p>
<p>Yes, though it is a 20-30 minute trip between the schools. More MIT kids come here then Harvard kids go there in my experience. The few I've met come here for languages and humanities courses.</p>
<p>White Rabbit, I know you can cross register but aren't MIT and Harvard on different term cycles as well, which makes cross registering a little frustrating?</p>
<p>Harvard's schedule will be changing for the next academic year, and the new schedule will align much more closely with MIT's.</p>
<p>Ya, I've heard the new schedule will line up more closely. But I think it's more then that. Everyone comes here thinking they'll want to take courses at MIT, but once you get here you realize that there are so many courses to choose from, why drive 30 minutes to take more. The notable exception might be pre-professional courses like accounting or maybe engineering. But the financial clubs on campus do a good job of offering accounting/investing type classes and Harvard just got $125 Million for the new Bio-Engineering school. So even those needs are addressed.</p>