u/Accurate_Gas8246

hello!

so.. i only managed to visit a couple dorms during CPW, and of the dorms i visited, i only talked to a few people. so! i'm kind of lost in the ranking situation for housing! i have a couple things i'm looking for out of housing, and at the same time, i've been trying to get a sense for culture at each house based on the internet and a few MIT friends i have. my findings and current thoughts:

what i know about me:

- 100% not a heavy partier

- heavily prefer single due to insomnia / personal reasons

- proximity to gym, makerspaces, etc. would be a plus

- not super quirky/nerdy? wait honestly i suppose i could be considered boring LOL

- down to cook for myself!

what i know about the houses:

- liked the EC students i talked to a lot! the culture seems so fun, the people were so fun. however, i'm concerned about the whole lax culture and everything. tbh knowing me i'm not sure if i'd feel super at home if the people around me weren't also like.. idk i'm slightly boring in some way. hopefully this is understandable

- similar things with BC except maybe a little more "boring" and aligned with me!

- macgregor major plus = singles!!! but... not really sure about total lack of culture? the view is bangin though. also didn't get a chance to visit it during cpw rip

- new vassar! tbh i only came here to eat food i barely talked to anyone from new vassar, but there also doesn't seem to be much culture. it's just the building itself is really nice loll

- next! i also didn't get a chance to visit next rip but i heard all the math oly kids congregate here which ... slightly appeals to me?

- simmons! again, didn't get a chance to visit, but there appears to be a chance of a single during my first year. also there's a ball pit. not sure about the people at all, but they seem to be pretty nice?

- random! i honestly .. just don't think i'm quirky enough

ok yeah so summary is i have no clue what i'm doing. i def feel like i don't know enough to make an educated decision right now... does anyone have any advice? thank u so much in advance for helping this lost pre-frosh out

hi, sorry for posting again but the deadline for commitment is coming up and i am so stressed. i also think i have a bit more to talk about so

i really like caltech culture and curriculum. im definitely a pset on weekends enjoyer, and i would probably be majoring in acm; it would also probably be easier for me to standout if i went to caltech

stanford and mit both offer more flexibility and freedom though which i also value, i might be challenged in novel ways i haven’t really thought about before, also better entrepreneurship / industry connections. i think both schools also have comparable research access. mit weather and location are kind of mid tho (im from socal)

price isn’t a factor

please help…..

okay so i’m trying to decide where to commit and norcal is certyianly more alluring than wintry boston. but is it js me or are stanford people on average genuinely intolerable 🫩 compared to ur average MIT kid. i think ill end up at stanford tbh but ill always wonder what it would be like if i was a part of the mit community

hi, looking for advice here— prospective freshman (undergrad) at all three schools. if i’m fairly confident i want to pursue some form of ml or ai engineering, what should i know when making my final commitment decision? ie how respected each name is, how much frontier work is going on, which are more likely to position me at the top for industry recruiting.

are there any notable differences?

thank u so much