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+- Campus
+    - Similar ish to UW
+    - Overall, pretty nice
+    - Mix of building types and styles
+    - Not super big, definitely walkable
+    - Decent food options
+    - In a college town, much less isolated than stanford
+    - Surrounding neighborhood is okay
+    - Built on a hill, lots of stairs
+- Housing is guaranteed for first year
+- After first year, housing is very hard to get on campus
+- Chemistry is in its own college, but engineering isn't
+- CS will be in it’s own college
+- Greek life is pretty important
+- Feels less integrated
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+- No tours were available
+- Campus
+    - Overall very good
+    - Right next to JPL
+    - Not super large
+    - Architecture is pretty varied
+    - There was some construction
+    - Some newer buildings
+    - Dorms didn’t looks super large
+        - Seems like housing is guaranteed for 4 years though
+    - One cafeteria we saw didn’t have a lot of variety
+        - There are probably ones in the dorms though
+    - Good outdoor areas
+    - Overall location is great
+    - Neighborhood is great
+- There is a strong affiliation with JPL
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+- Campus
+    - overall very nice, lots of brick buildings
+    - Mostly in one place in Boston, feels like a cohesive campus
+    - Pretty big
+    - Lots of food and store options around campus
+    - Very cold; lots of snow
+    - Plenty of dorm rooms, 98% of students live on campus all 4 years
+    - Right next to Boston downtown, but doesn’t feel right in the city
+    - can eat in dining halls, but there are good restaurants nearby
+- House System
+    - Every student is sorted into one of 12 houses March of freshmen year
+    - Each house lives in their own building, and different houses have different things in buildings (ceramics studio and rock climbing wall)
+    - can choose up to 8 people to block with and and group is all put into one house together
+    - Sorting is mostly just random
+    - All freshmen stay in same place and eat in same hall until they are sorted
+    - Can still use amenities from other houses
+- Info session focused a lot on the network and support at Harvard
+    - Every student gets three advisors to help them
+- Able to take classes at [[MIT 2-21-25|MIT]]
+    - Very close, ~20-30min walk
+- Massive alumni network
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+- Campus
+    - Pretty good
+    - In Claremont
+    - Architecture is not amazing
+    - Campus (for just Harvey Mudd) is not super large
+    - Overall campus for Claremont schools (5 of them) is 640 acres
+    - You can take classes between them
+    - Overall location is pretty good
+    - About 1.5 hours from LA
+- Liberal arts
+    - You have to take 5 classes in different disciplines
+    - Also have to take 5 depth classes in one subject
+    - To graduate, you either do a clinic (capstone project) for engineering or comp sci or a thesis for the sciences
+- All students do research
+    - No graduate students though
+- Maker spaces and machine shops anyone can use
+- Materials are mostly free
+- 99% of students live on campus all 4 years
+- Different forms for different personalities
+- About 13% acceptance rate
+- Need blind
+- Apparently food is very good
+- Lost of double majors
+- Engineering is a blanket major, so you can specialize in several things
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+- Campus
+    - Much more modern than Harvard
+    - Fells like a pretty cohesive campus, though a little more like it is next to a city
+    - Much more public art around campus than Harvard
+    - buildings feel pretty new
+    - Some students live off campus, but housing is guaranteed
+    - there are 11 different houses you can live in
+        - get to choose which one you want
+        - some have dining halls, some you cook yourself
+- Division 3 sports
+- There are certain requirements for freshmen year in humanities
+- Don’t declare major until sophomore year
+- first year you can’t fail classes
+- Can take classes at [[Harvard 2-20-25|Harvard]]
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+- Campus
+    - a little more modern
+    - Buildings are pretty boring, but there is public art
+    - Not a lot of student housing
+    - Inside of Boston
+    - feels like a pretty cohesive campus, does feel like it is in a city though
+- Co-ops
+    - Students will go and work with a company for ~6 months, and will often get payed
+    - Students will often do 2-3 co-ops
+    - Opportunity to get real word experience in companies
+    - more permanent than internships
+    - lots of people will be coming and going with co-op programs
+- There are also several study-abroad programs, including first semester
+- Not a lot of housing
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+- - -
+- Beautiful campus
+    - Very sunny
+    - Very large campus, lots of biking
+        - Bike paths look great
+        - Still mostly walkable
+    - Lots of short buildings
+    - Lots of shady places to study
+    - Decent food options
+    - Total 8000 acres, but main campus is smaller
+- Machine shop
+    - Lots of great machines, industry level
+    - Not sure how to use them
+- Everyone is on campus (98% live on campus)
+- Train stop to san Francisco close
+- Campus is mostly disconnected and isolated
+- Great overall location
+    - Between San Francisco and San Jose
+    - 30min from apple park
+- 16000 students
+    - 1700 incoming class
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+- - -
+- Campus
+    - Campus was great
+    - Right in middle of LA
+        - Doesn’t really feel like it though
+    - Feels pretty similar to UW
+        - Architecture style
+        - Vibe
+    - Also very similar to Berkley
+    - Nice neighborhood around
+- You can stay on campus for all 4 years
+    - Most people leave after 2
+    - Basic dorms have no air conditioning
+    - Food halls are very good supposedly
+- Olympics in 2028
+- Protest culture
+    - Some of the most extensive Israel Palestine protests
+- Engineering is separate school
+    - Might be hard to get into
+    - Lots of majors, including undeclared engineer
+    - Can’t really transfer into department
+- Very minimal financial aid
+- Beach is very close
+- Free bus pass
+- Most people just walk around campus
+    - Only one road in campus