stanford vs. mit vs. harvard | ApplyingToCollege | Page 1

torpid night Apr 3, 2022, 1:46 AM

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hi doing this again bc new school

Schools: stanford, mit, harvard
Major: linguistics? maybe a minor in classics/math
Similarities: objectively all good schools, extremely good linguistics programs, nerdy culture somewhat, all cost the same

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stanford
pros:

actual humanities programs
more flexible geneds
grade inflation is so hot
weather!!! just absolutely wins here
close to home (a lot of my friends r staying in the bay)
lots of programs i'm in love with
very good fit for my research interests

cons:

duck syndrome
won't really be a new college experience
can't go to stanford for grad school if i do ugrad there (at least for ling)

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mit
pros:

best linguistics program objectively
my subfield of ling was founded here --> multiple labs working on it
new college experience
in a city = lots to do and i rlly like cambridge
harvard cross registration

cons:

very hard which is not something i rlly want to do after hs
COLD
i don't like stem all that much so the GIRs seem hellish
not a lot of hum classes

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harvard
pros:

best classics program
like 80+ languages offered
can do research w aforementioned mit labs
grade inflation go brrr
new college experience
in a city = lots to do and i rlly like cambridge
flexible prereqs

cons:

COLD
have not had good interactions with faculty so far at all compared to mit/stanford
vaguely pretentious vibes
probably the weakest ling program
not a lot of comp linguistics
harvard --> consulting pipeline is very real and scary

paper badge Apr 3, 2022, 5:45 AM

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torpid night **harvard** __pros:__ - best classics program - like 80+ languages offered - can...

The consulting pipeline is real everywhere teehee

narrow imp Apr 3, 2022, 5:47 PM

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Can you DM the ECs that got you into these colleges lol, bc I'm pretty interested in Linguistics, but not sure how to go about it in ters of ECs

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Also personally I would go with MIT

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Just because of later opportunities and flexibility with kind of doing your own Jam

torpid night Apr 3, 2022, 5:58 PM

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narrow imp Can you DM the ECs that got you into these colleges lol, bc I'm pretty intereste...

no

torpid night Apr 3, 2022, 5:59 PM

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paper badge The consulting pipeline is real everywhere <:teehee:805639968558415882>

agh but from stats alone isn't it like 30% of harvard grads

paper badge Apr 3, 2022, 6:05 PM

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torpid night agh but from stats alone isn't it like 30% of harvard grads

it's historically ~20% of people planning on working immediately after graduation (~60% so 12% of harvard grads overall) https://features.thecrimson.com/2021/senior-survey/after-harvard/

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the figure at stanford is similar https://stanforddaily.com/2021/06/12/stanfords-class-of-2021-by-the-numbers/