<p>BiologyMaster64 I can’t resist jumping in here because you’re the same person who argues things for the sake of argument without having any relevant basis for some of conclusions you draw. Like when you said the weather in Princeton was “mild” because it’s one of the Southern most Ivies (What? Why does this matter?) and then tried to lambast me because I told the girl from Korea that the weather in the summer and winter was actually “fairly extreme” in answer to her question. You proceeded to lecture me that all weather questions are relative (news to me) and that NJ weather was milder than New England, all of the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest (very wrong my friend). I held my tongue through your arrogance but son, I have been in all fifty States and travel regularly to major cities throughout the US. In addition, I have lived on four continents so I know a thing or two about weather variation.</p>
<p>I hope you were in Princeton last week enjoying the 100 degree days (107 heat index) and were there six months ago when the wind chill got in the single digits. If a 90 degree plus temperature swing isn’t “fairly extreme” then I don’t know what is but I’m sure you do.</p>
<p>i think your either dated or anecdotal arguments about Princeton vs. Harvard’s social scene and commitment to engineering are ridiculous (you fail to even mention that Harvard is moving all of it’s engineering to a new location with brand new state-of-the-art facilities in the next few years). I’m glad you love all things about Princeton and everything is ideal there (including the weather) but a lot of us have had actual experience at multiple Ivies and there are definitely pluses and minuses associated with each one. People who love the social scene at Harvard and being in Cambridge (next to MIT) and near Boston (arguably the best college town in the US) might not necessarily enjoy being in the idyllic but campus-centric Princeton setting.</p>
<p>The point is we don’t actually know which college suits the OP best. It comes down to a personal choice that he needs to make and live with. It’s fine to lend your opinion but you are not the authority you like to think you are.</p>