Is MIT better?

MIT is highly selective, admitting around only 4\% of first-year applicants every year. It’s also top-ranked in both the US and world, coming in at #2 on US News’ list of the best national universities. Outside of academics, MIT offers more than 450 student organizations and 33 varsity sports.

Is MIT a good school?

MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. MIT earned a perfect overall score of 100. MIT was also ranked the world’s top university in 12 of the subject areas ranked by QS, as announced in March of this year.

Which school is better MIT or Stanford?

US News and Niche have MIT ranked above Stanford, while Forbes and Times Higher Education ranked Stanford higher than MIT. Because rankings are an imperfect science, when the rankings are so close, as they are for MIT vs Stanford, you can’t really determine which school is “better” based on the rankings.

What are the differences between MIT and MIT Cambridge and Palo Alto?

1) Cambridge is a real city, and a very short walk to Boston. Palo Alto is a university town and not close to SF. 2) NY (where I had a ton of friends) is a 4 hr drive from Boston. 3) MIT in general has larger departments for science and engineering disciplines- therefor more faculty in each.

What is Stanford University known for in the world?

Stanford tops subject rankings in several disciplines. It is often considered the top engineering and technology college, and usually ranks among the top five in arts and humanities, life sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.

What is the easiest college to get into as a CS major?

Of the big four CS schools (Stanford, MIT, CMU and Berkeley), Stanford will be by far the easiest in terms of how hard you have to push yourself to survive. The other three have developed reputations of brutality (and survival of the fittest) but Stanford hasn’t.