I asked my brother about MIT.
He said his workload and school intensity at MIT were much greater than at Northwestern, where he went to for undergrad.
Couple points about that: one, he said all the people he talked to at MIT that were there for undergrad had a good time. Two, a PhD student I talked to from Northwestern said similar things about Northwestern as my brother said about MIT. My brother did his PhD at MIT.
Therefore, the tension he experienced probably had more to do with him doing a PhD program than with MIT in particular. Sorry I didn't get all the specifics before making my earlier post.
He said his workload and school intensity at MIT were much greater than at Northwestern, where he went to for undergrad.
Couple points about that: one, he said all the people he talked to at MIT that were there for undergrad had a good time. Two, a PhD student I talked to from Northwestern said similar things about Northwestern as my brother said about MIT. My brother did his PhD at MIT.
Therefore, the tension he experienced probably had more to do with him doing a PhD program than with MIT in particular. Sorry I didn't get all the specifics before making my earlier post.

