<p>Some people are snow/ice/cold weather people. I will never get tired of it until I’m responsible for shoveling it. :P</p>
<p>^Man, me either. I love having four distinct seasons, and I would be really reluctant to live somewhere that didn’t have them.</p>
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<p>This year. I was a diehard still summer after sophomore year. I went to california for an internship and complained the whole time that the weather was always the same and it didn’t rain. But man this winter has beaten me up. I’m through.</p>
<p>I know the styerotype of MIT is nerdy, but if you wanted to start a program or a company or something, could you EASILY find someone (and the resources) to do this? is MIT nerdy but also socially competent?</p>
<p>I don’t even go to MIT, but everyone I know who did definitely was socially competent. Remember, MIT doesn’t admit solely based on how many engineering competitions were won + what your test scores were.</p>
<p>Obviously, I imagine there are students who are unusually talented in some regard, and were admitted despite being fairly reserved people. To take an example, professors at my school range from really outgoing, friendly people to this guy who basically stares silently at people who comes to his office, and responds questions with a bare minimum. He’s clearly good at heart, but very awkward…but it so happens he has a history of being ridiculously accomplished. And I guess when appointing professors, one may be even MORE cautious about awarding positions to socially reserved people, given a big part of their job is communication, either in conferences, seminars, etc.</p>
<p>In short, while there will probably be some reserved folk, I cannot imagine there being a dearth of the kinds you want to meet in any of the schools reputed for their technical departments.</p>