Social Life: Caltech vs. MIT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>What are the pros and cons of social life at each school? How do the two compare?</p>

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<p>This was originally about MIT grad school so not directly relevant but I can't resist:</p>

<p>"I came to MIT for the social life."
"But there is no social life at MIT."
"I was misinformed." :)</p>

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<p>MIT = cambridge and boston
caltech = pasadena</p>

<p>MIT wins</p>

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<p>
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I came to MIT for the social life.
But there is no social life at MIT.
I was misinformed.

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<p>Not quite as amusing as the original:</p>

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[quote]
Captain Renaud: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health; I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renaud: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.

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<p>MIT>Caltech in terms of social life.</p>

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<p>drunner, could you elaborate a little on what kind of social experience you're looking to have in college? (Or if that's too vague, just a few words on the type of person you are?)</p>

<p>Neither MIT or Caltech is better for all people, so it might help to have some information about you. I also hope Ben G. will speak up, since he's probably the only one of us regular posters to have spent significant time at both MIT and Caltech.</p>

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<p>well although i'm big into math and physics i don't tend to act nerdy. i don't mind talking about these subjects for long periods of time, but i would also want a normal social life.
i know that both mit and caltech have students with a quirky sense of humor. i'm not sure if that would be my thing. i guess i'd be ok with it as long as there are enough people that act a little more normal.</p>

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<p>Well.. I think I'd have to recommend MIT. Remember that MIT is roughly 10x as big as Caltech, so you are much more likely to find a group of friends that are similar to you...</p>

<p>Also, from what I've seen, Caltech students seem to be, on average, a bit odder (good IMO, probably not so good in your opinion) than MIT.</p>

<p>[URL="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9FaOiVToc%22%5DExhibit"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9FaOiVToc"]Exhibit&lt;/a> A - Caltech Student having fun..<a href="Sorry,%20other%20Caltech%20students.%20%20I%20know%20there%20is%20a%20wide%20range,%20not%20everyone%20is%20quite%20as%20eccentric%20(Also%20good%20or%20bad%20depending%20on%20how%20you%20look%20at%20it)">/URL</a></p>

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As someone who is friends with that student and was there during the filming of that video... he is quite a bit nerdier than the average Techer, which is why it was so funny when he spontaneously started singing along with the Egg Song when someone played it. ;)</p>