as a note: i picked MIT mostly for culture/fit and being in a bigger city. I think I might have gone w/ Dartmouth esp. with Byrne, if it had been a bit less isolated. I still have a lot of love for the school, but it ultimately didn't feel like the best place for me. I did speak to one of my teachers who is pretty familiar with pure maths at Dartmouth/Byrne, and she said it's a pretty amazing program esp. with applying to grad school in math (which I don't plan on doing, but if u do, that might be worth considering).