One thing that I think it's a bit under-rated is the amazing openness between harvard and mit, despite on surface they often act like rivals (i attended grad schools at both).
For example, the cross-registration is a huge benefit. and many classes on both campuses you can see students from the other school. MIT $100K startup teams long have Harvard students involved. Now, at Harvard i-Lab I already see many resident teams having MIT co-founders (am doing EIR there).
In other words, i see it as getting two for "price of one" in some way... : >
Nothing bad to say about Stanford -- its beautiful campus is built for studying/thinking. i love its d.school and am a huge fan (did a short course only). but when Harvard and MIT has its own d.school, then...
For example, the cross-registration is a huge benefit. and many classes on both campuses you can see students from the other school. MIT $100K startup teams long have Harvard students involved. Now, at Harvard i-Lab I already see many resident teams having MIT co-founders (am doing EIR there).
In other words, i see it as getting two for "price of one" in some way... : >
Nothing bad to say about Stanford -- its beautiful campus is built for studying/thinking. i love its d.school and am a huge fan (did a short course only). but when Harvard and MIT has its own d.school, then...