MIT Pros & Cons vs Caltech (+ why I didn't apply to MIT) 🦫

MIT pros and cons vs Caltech! Remember that I'm a biased beaver ;)

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Timestamps ~
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Pros
4:04 - Cons
07:27 - Why I didn't apply to MIT
11:03 - Do I regret it?

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[wamyy]

Fun fact I forgot to mention: Caltech gave me the opportunity to conduct research in Nobel Prize Laureate Frances Arnold’s lab! She was super cool and nice 😀

[aaronvliet]

Anecdotally, I don't think MIT has any of the competitiveness that you were describing - Everyone here is also very willing to help with psets or whatever else. I would describe the MIT collaboration culture very similar to what you said about Caltech.

[miccav]

It honestly seems youd thrive in both either way and that is a good thing tbh. I feel like the school choice didn't matter but your passion what to do afterwards college is what played the role.

[technology]

Fantastic video! You explained things well. At 11:33 you asked us if we would like to see a similar video. Yes, I would love seeing a similar video.

[Stewart]

Amy Rocks! Her videos are outstanding.

[abhinavjakati]

Dream school - CalTech and MIT. Hope I get in!

[YoursAnisa]

This video made me realise that while I like medium sized student body, I would like CalTech more because I always wanted to go to LA for school. And it sounds like so me. And while I love that in MIT you don’t need to choose your major until you’re in your sophomore year which is very appealing to me, I feel like the CalTech experience will be a lot more fun. I’ve realised I liked MIT before because of the clout I guess and I would be considered a genius if I go there. But now that I think there’s more to just being considered genius to me but a part of me still wanna consider MIT. But I think I love CalTech too

[itslogical]

The real answer of why she didn't apply to MIT is written on a T-shirt in Caltech's student store.

[suthiraphanassarat]

I prefer Caltech over MIT because it's smaller & more personal. But you had it the wrong way: MIT was definitely better for Chemical Engineering. Caltech trumps over MIT in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. I hated both engineering & natural sciences because I'm put off spending copious amounts of time in laboratories doing experiments & research. But I made a grave mistake majoring in Mathematics instead of Applied & Computational Mathematics because it's insanely hard doing mathematical proofs. I'm more comfortable calculating numerical solutions to mathematical problems in many areas of business such as actuaries, insurance, engineering companies, financial services, etc.

[volvol]

You were certainly correct in choosing Caltech over MIT because of the weather and size and such. But then you should have gone to the business school at UC Berkeley (Hass) rather than Sloan. for the same reason. UC Berkeley is awesome and beautiful, and Berkeley is a wonderful and beautiful location.

[chukchee]

Caltech is the best. Nice people. Great weather. Good food. And great atmosphere for learning!

[DanangWidiantoro]

is there someone names Sheldon Cooper? and did you meet him?

[slavvalb]

Nice informative video, but we have here in Illinois - Northwestern University . Someone who is into performing arts, like me, would be the best place to get educated. Like your school, Northwestern offers many majors. The name of the school is so important when looking for a job.

[janechiu]

I think anyone from MIT or Caltech are brainiacs. I’m surprised anyone would say they thought you would go to a better school. I’m from Los Angeles…Boston weather nearly killed me. It’s all I complained about. 😂

[joy_the_undiscovered]

I've always of going to MIT but now I'm having second thoughts caltech pretty good

[aliceblue]

what is your opinion going into studying Astrophysics, what college is best maybe caltech?

[charlessimbolon]

But today most of scientific paper at the most prestigious journa like Nature and Science journal comes from Chinese Academy of Sciences . The number of highly cited papers from TsingHua University and University of Science and Technology of China aka USTC higher than Caltech.

[asherwade]

Thank you for answering a question which I’ve always pondered, “Is Cal-Tech more, or less, ‘applied’ science/math than M.I.T.?” I actually thought M.I.T. would be more ‘pure’ Math or ‘theoretical’ Science, and you ‘proved’ me wrong, …or at least, said it wasn’t.

[abhinavjakati]

Wonderful video, but I think you got one thing wrong about the statistics. Not sure, but I think you did. Caltech has 900 undergrads and MIT has 1, 500 undergraduates. The 4, 000 is I think the class strength of MIT across all four years. Thanks a lot for the informative tips!

[AdelmoMorrison]

We all know, you didn't apply because you knew you couldn't get in...

Hehe. Just friendly fire here from current MIT'27 pre-frosh, I love your content Amy!