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

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.

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 😀

Buts u did apply to MIT... For MBA

Caltech, my dream school!!

You stated that you leaned towards Caltech because you wanted to be a professor. I've been wanting to be a math professor for some time, what advice would you give me, and what is the culture like at Caltech that emphasizes this?

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!

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

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.

Caltech is about average...😏😏😏



But M.I.T. you're packin' 🥵🥵🥵

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.

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

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. 😂

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.

The grapes are sour...

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.

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

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

Hello, Excuse me. I have a question about a degree at MIT, well it is a degree that there are in many universities in the US, I was wondering if you could please answer my question

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

WAMEN, am i right?

I went to Williams College. I walk around the Cal Tech campus because I live in Los Angeles and it reminds me of Williams. Since I am middle aged "black" man, sometimes rhe students and securiry racially profile me because they either don't know/care my IQ is 140 and I even attended Medical School. So I stopped visiting Caltech campus 🤣.

However, I'm absolutely positive the college exoerience at Williams is much deeper and impactful than either Cal Tech or MIT. Plus I'm RARELY racially profiled when I go back to Williams campus as middle aged guy with gray hairs. 😊 👍

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!

I got my degree at a state university a long time ago. I'm four decades older than you. I knew a young woman who got a degree in psychology at a state university, and she went on to become a major executive at a national bank. She came early and stayed late. She worked very hard all the way up. I think she is in charge the bank's operations of a whole region of the country. My sister got a degree at Oklahoma State University, and she became a CEO at a savings and loan company. I haven't done that much with myself. A lot of it was because I have aspirations to write, but most of the great writers were dead before I got started.

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.

The only problem with Caltech is that it's in California.
If it's in Texas, it would have been way more popular than MIT.

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.

Caltech is the best tech university in the world. MIT is a finalist for second best.

No matter if you graduated from Caltech, mit or Alabama, you're still a f chinese

But you did?

whoever said Caltech wasn't good is a liar it is like one of the best universities ever. Keep doing what you do God bless you.😇😇😇

I wanted to apply for MIT although I have been into Caltech since I was a child. I now think differently. What unis do you think I can apply for space-related studies(astrophysics or astrospace engineering)?

Amy Rocks! Her videos are outstanding.

Can I do my ug in Caltech after completing my pg in Btech computer science in a different college. But, can I do specialization in AI and Mechine learning.

Pro location for Pasadena over Boston. Big Con for Boston is not just the weather, it's also the most racist city in the country. But I like the academic calendar at MIT being semester vs. whatever Caltech calls it's academic calendar these days or quarter system. As a senior citizen I only recall things I learned on semester system, I had more time for the material to sink in. The quarter or trimester is always cramming cramming cramming for tests, not the greatest way for my learning style apparently. Everything I learned at quarter system was a waste of money and time in the long run. But you are right about the generally friendly collaborative atmosphere. From someone who's been to all kinds of schools between undergrad and grad, but nothing anywhere near Boston.

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

Is caltech good for master too?

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

I really wanna see Cal Tech play ArtCenter in football at the Rose Bowl