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If you want to do Math or CS I honestly would have to go with Cal Tech...unless you are set on doing CS, in which case I'd recommend taking a serious look a Carnegie Mellon (if you applied I'm sure you'll get in).

MIT and Caltech are close enough in math and CS (maybe the edge goes to MIT according to U.S. News and World report) that, IMO, it comes down to quality of life.

Pasadena is an awesome place to live....weather is terrific year round, there is tons to do, girls are better looking (I've been on Caltech's campus many, many a time... lots of cute geek girls plus the girls from Occidental that take courses at Caltech. Coming from Az., you will probably like the weather better in SoCal than other places.

On the other hand, Cambridge/Boston has its appeal and is a fun town in its own respect...maybe you'd like the complete change in atmosphere that the East Coast would bring.

One more thing...is there a significant difference in financial packages being offered by MIT and Caltech? Because you really need to consider what your financial situation will be like after graduation. I'm assuming that you are going to go to grad school after undergrad but, even with a Ph.D. salary, student loans can be a bitch.

Edit: didn't catch the part about the 50K scholarship...but even so, that won't even cover half your expenses.
 
Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
Originally posted by: joedrake
MIT FTW
Caltech sucks
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Caltech sucks? 😕

Yeah, that pasadena weather really blows, Caltech is a uber ugly campus, and academics sucks there.

Don't get me wrong...MIT is a great school but Caltech definitely does not suck.
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umm... i would not even consider going to caltech for undergrad work
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Why not?
 
Originally posted by: randumb
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: randumb
Thanks all you guys!

Loke: I'm waiting on a few ivies.
destrektor: I have a 4.0, but I think I probably got in because of this - http://www.siemens-foundation.org/news/2005SWCWinners.htm (I'm Albert)
miniMUNCH: I probably want to study math or computer science.
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Ha! I seem to remember ABC World News Tonight showing a video of two dorks ringing the NYSE bell. That must have been you! :laugh:
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Hey! Nerd pride! 🙂
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haha that's awesome you got to ring the NYSE bell!

anyhow, congrats and good luck!
 
If you plan on becoming an IP lawyer in the future, I would do your undergrad at MIT.
 
Originally posted by: Rickten
why would you want to skip your senior year of high school?
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It is high school. You go to college, still have fun with the high school friends, but you have a lot more freedom in college and you laugh that your friends are stuck in worthless high school. 😉 I did it. I am already graduated when most of my friends haven't even started.
 
wow, must be crazy smart.

I would say MIT, only b/c I imagine it's more of a "best of the best" situation.


Gonna need ::some:: competition : P
 
Originally posted by: joedrake
MIT FTW
Caltech sucks
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????????????

I guess you are more into PR than quality....


edit: I read your post about your Dad :roll: Clearly you know what you are talking about :roll:

And congrats OP!!!
 
Originally posted by: randumb
I decided to graduate as a junior and now I'm happy that I did. 🙂

Other school decisions don't come out until April 1st. 🙁
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With MIT and CalTech to choose from, why would "other school decisions" matter!!!!

They must be the top two on your list!

Congradulations! :thumbsup:

 
Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
If you want to do Math or CS I honestly would have to go with Cal Tech...unless you are set on doing CS, in which case I'd recommend taking a serious look a Carnegie Mellon (if you applied I'm sure you'll get in).

MIT and Caltech are close enough in math and CS (maybe the edge goes to MIT according to U.S. News and World report) that, IMO, it comes down to quality of life.

Pasadena is an awesome place to live....weather is terrific year round, there is tons to do, girls are better looking (I've been on Caltech's campus many, many a time... lots of cute geek girls plus the girls from Occidental that take courses at Caltech. Coming from Az., you will probably like the weather better in SoCal than other places.

On the other hand, Cambridge/Boston has its appeal and is a fun town in its own respect...maybe you'd like the complete change in atmosphere that the East Coast would bring.

One more thing...is there a significant difference in financial packages being offered by MIT and Caltech? Because you really need to consider what your financial situation will be like after graduation. I'm assuming that you are going to go to grad school after undergrad but, even with a Ph.D. salary, student loans can be a bitch.

Edit: didn't catch the part about the 50K scholarship...but even so, that won't even cover half your expenses.
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LMAO, he won the freaking westinghouse, he'll get a free ride anywhere. since he wants to be a lawyer, i'd say mit. since he'll want to go to harvard or yale for law. imo, such a waste for a brilliant person to go into law. it would better for society if you created stuff, rather than become a leach on society... but that's another debate.
 
Originally posted by: da loser
Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
If you want to do Math or CS I honestly would have to go with Cal Tech...unless you are set on doing CS, in which case I'd recommend taking a serious look a Carnegie Mellon (if you applied I'm sure you'll get in).

MIT and Caltech are close enough in math and CS (maybe the edge goes to MIT according to U.S. News and World report) that, IMO, it comes down to quality of life.

Pasadena is an awesome place to live....weather is terrific year round, there is tons to do, girls are better looking (I've been on Caltech's campus many, many a time... lots of cute geek girls plus the girls from Occidental that take courses at Caltech. Coming from Az., you will probably like the weather better in SoCal than other places.

On the other hand, Cambridge/Boston has its appeal and is a fun town in its own respect...maybe you'd like the complete change in atmosphere that the East Coast would bring.

One more thing...is there a significant difference in financial packages being offered by MIT and Caltech? Because you really need to consider what your financial situation will be like after graduation. I'm assuming that you are going to go to grad school after undergrad but, even with a Ph.D. salary, student loans can be a bitch.

Edit: didn't catch the part about the 50K scholarship...but even so, that won't even cover half your expenses.
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LMAO, he won the freaking westinghouse, he'll get a free ride anywhere. since he wants to be a lawyer, i'd say mit. since he'll want to go to harvard or yale for law. imo, such a waste for a brilliant person to go into law. it would better for society if you created stuff, rather than become a leach on society... but that's another debate.
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way to over-generalize. i'd love to hear why you think all, or even the majority, of lawyers are leeches. it's the same as calling programmers leeches because there happen to be a few that produce spyware / adware / malware.
 
MIT will give you the name recognition that you need to land that job that you really want, unless of course you plan to get a job directly through your school, which I'm sure is most definitely feasible at EITHER of those fine schools...

Congrats to you; it's nice to see geniuses among us.
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: da loser
Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
If you want to do Math or CS I honestly would have to go with Cal Tech...unless you are set on doing CS, in which case I'd recommend taking a serious look a Carnegie Mellon (if you applied I'm sure you'll get in).

MIT and Caltech are close enough in math and CS (maybe the edge goes to MIT according to U.S. News and World report) that, IMO, it comes down to quality of life.

Pasadena is an awesome place to live....weather is terrific year round, there is tons to do, girls are better looking (I've been on Caltech's campus many, many a time... lots of cute geek girls plus the girls from Occidental that take courses at Caltech. Coming from Az., you will probably like the weather better in SoCal than other places.

On the other hand, Cambridge/Boston has its appeal and is a fun town in its own respect...maybe you'd like the complete change in atmosphere that the East Coast would bring.

One more thing...is there a significant difference in financial packages being offered by MIT and Caltech? Because you really need to consider what your financial situation will be like after graduation. I'm assuming that you are going to go to grad school after undergrad but, even with a Ph.D. salary, student loans can be a bitch.

Edit: didn't catch the part about the 50K scholarship...but even so, that won't even cover half your expenses.
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LMAO, he won the freaking westinghouse, he'll get a free ride anywhere. since he wants to be a lawyer, i'd say mit. since he'll want to go to harvard or yale for law. imo, such a waste for a brilliant person to go into law. it would better for society if you created stuff, rather than become a leach on society... but that's another debate.
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way to over-generalize. i'd love to hear why you think all, or even the majority, of lawyers are leeches. it's the same as calling programmers leeches because there happen to be a few that produce spyware / adware / malware.
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reverse your arguement and I'd agree, Most lawyers are leeches, it's the few that are actually good
 
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