<p>go to Harvard
that way, you and I will meet at The Game
lol
jp
follow your heart. You applied so you had to have a top choice.</p>
<p>Reading what you want and what people have said, it almost seems like going to Brown should be a no brainer… what is your opinion OP?</p>
<p>It does seems so at times and I have a full day filled with fantasizing about Brown and how awesome Brown’s gonna be…</p>
<p>…followed by a day of fantasizing about Columbia and how Columbia has better location, better resources, better reputation, etc etc.</p>
<p>I change my mind every day, literally. I might just sit down on Apr 30th and make a statistical analysis of which college had most days of fantasizing and just pick that one. </p>
<p>This whole thing is haunting me.
I feel like accepting Brown, but the better reputation and bigger cities bug me.
I feel like accepting Columbia, but the too big city and the somehow “cold” feel bug me.
I feel like accepting Harvard, but the pretentiousness and social life bugs me.</p>
<p>I’ll decline all offers and live out of a box. EOD.</p>
<p>Don’t discount the importance of academics. Do you want a core curriculum or not? Also, have you had a look through the schools’ course catalogs?</p>
<p>Well, about the core curriculum - coming from a country where I never ever ever ever got to choose a SINGLE course - everything was predefined, 20 yearlong courses per year, every year, having a core wouldn’t be so shocking. </p>
<p>I don’t see it as such a big deal. It still allows you to do <em>some</em> fooling around with multiple major options, right?</p>
<p>And as for the course catalogs, I’m beggining my thorough evaluation the second our Spring break starts, which is tomorrow.</p>
<p>Columbia has a better reputation than Brown? I only hear these kinds of ideas from highschoolers on this board. Where do they get their info?</p>
<p>Columbia is more well-known than Brown. Whether it has a better reputation is, of course, up for debate.</p>
<p>In NY, in my experience, there is preference for Brown, but that could be due to a lack of NYC mystique drawing students in.</p>
<p>If you want a good party scene, it would be hard to beat NYC, gay or otherwise. Also, the academics at Columbia are very good. I would consider it a bit more. I think you might be looking a BIT too mcuh into names (mainly, Harvard).</p>
<p>Perhaps you are referring to being more well-known in foreign countries?</p>
<p>Definitely, as that’s where I’m planning to work (Europe).</p>