Caltech vs MIT - College Confidential Forums I’m a high school senior and decision day is coming really close with me still torn between Caltech and MIT I love everything STEM and plan on majoring in mathematics or possibly physics, which is why these are my top two schools I originally had my mind set on Caltech and even applied Early Action because of the small class sizes and the location, which is less than a 30-minute car ride
Caltech vs Harvey Mudd - College Confidential Forums My son received admissions from some of his top choices and we have to start narrowing down the options so that he can visit a select few to make his decision He wants to work in the intersection of AI, and physics and wants to develop fundamental knowledge geared towards computational physics and wants to go for graduate studies He got admissions into both Caltech and Harvey Mudd Looking
MIT or Caltech for Math Physics Academia? - College Confidential Forums Caltech has more theoretical bend than MIT Its standard freshmen math classes are more rigorous You can actually find a textbook for this class and see it it makes you more excited or more scared MIT, of course, is bigger and has more research areas Student life is somewhat different, and of course the weather Both places are amazing, a lot depends on your non-academic preferences but