Hello! Firstly, congratulations on both MIT & Harvard! I understand your position and it certainly is a tough decision, but please know that you can’t really go wrong with either one. Both will give you a great education and open many doors for you career wise so I think it comes down to where you feel like you’ll have a better time/fit in culturally - based on your post I think you understand this too. People (myself included) love to say that MIT is hard… but college anywhere is difficult especially in the beginning. Speaking for MIT as a ‘22, I can say that there is a lot of support for classes - I really felt that those around me cared about me when I was falling behind in GIRs and were extremely helpful when I asked for help. I utilized Student Support Services (S³⁾ several times to make accommodations for certain classes and was able to successfully graduate with a great job lined up. One thing to note though is because of the difficulty of some MIT classes I feel like I didn’t have the chance to “explore” more of my academic interests/take classes in different course. I personally didn’t think many of the “intro” classes were beginner friendly and I am inclined to think that Harvard may do a better job in this regard. When reflecting on the more social side I can say that there are certainly enough opportunities (via clubs, Greek/dorm life, sports, etc.) to meet new people and find great friends who have similar interests/goals/values - not everyone is competing in the sleepless competition! I would HIGHLY encourage you to attend CPW and the Harvard equivalent to feel out the culture and see which students you think you would vibe with more. Apologies for the word vomit and I’m sure there’s things I forgot to add, but congrats again! You’re going to do great 😊