<p>DrDrewsmom: we here in So Cal don't think of 500+ miles as that far.....
It's LA to San Francisco. Besides, my D goes to school in Boston and in one year has been to Baltimore, DC, NY, Vermont, Connecticut..... They get around!</p>
<p>That could be true, but 380 miles (LA to SF) is not the same as 570 miles. Also, driving the whole way on I-5 and other major highways is also not the same as driving mountain roads where it snows in June---I've been through it twice when it snowed in the "summer" ;)</p>
<p>The whole concept of a balanced college list is crap. It doesn't matter how many safeties you have, it doesn't matter how many reaches you have, it doesn't matter how many matches you have. As long as you have one school on your list that you have a excellent chance for admission that you know you will be able to afford, then the rest of your list you can do what you please with. If you have a 3.0 and a 1100, are from Arizona, but want to go to an Ivy League school, you can apply to those schools, as long as you apply to a school like U of Arizona or ASU, where you should get in an tuition is affordable. If you want 9 safety schools, go for it. You may find that the safety schools fit you and your personality a lot better than reach schools, especially for someone looking for a school with a big sports and party environment.</p>
<p>socal: Looking over your list again, there doesn't seem to be a "type" of school you are looking for..............except one common thread to a few ....San Diego State, ASU and UCSB have party reputation;</p>
<p>You have really huge schools, very small (LMU); conservative (Pepperdine); harder to get into (UCSB) easy to get into (ASU); brutal winters (Syracuse); brutal summers (ASU)..............</p>
<p>Do you really know what you are looking for??? You need to think about what matters most to you and make a list that fits your needs/wishes.</p>
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<p>Why does admission difficulty in any way factor into the type of a school that a person is looking at?</p>
<p>I know exactly what I want. I want a school with a strong business or communications major. Perfect weather. 70-80 degrees year round. A division 1 school, and a school that is within 15min of the beach. And a strong social scene. And schools like Miami, UCSB, LMU, USD, and SDSU are exactly what I have described. </p>
<p>However with such restrictions on location, I have eliminated nearly every school. So I thought about some schools that have huge sports and school spirit, big party reputations, and a strong business program. And that leads to schools like Indiana University. I want to apply to 8 schools, so I want 2 more options. I put I was not for sure on Pepperdine and Syracuse bc I know they aren't everything I want, but are still places I would consider. And I want another school like Indiana. And ASU, WSU, and UIowa are schools I'm considering for that spot.</p>
<p>I have been working on my college list for longer than a year, and I have thoroughly gone through over 50 schools, and I know what is right for me. I just wanted to hear some opinions on WSU (since it isn't talked about much), and compare it to ASU so I could get closer in figuring out which school is better for me.</p>
<p>You really can't do better than the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at WSU, unless your future career is dependent on the climate at your undergrad alma mater.</p>
<p>Every school has their specialties. As LakeWahington mentions above, there aren't many Communications schools in the country that can compare to the one at WSU. If you are pretty sure that is what you want to do, WSU should be one of your options.</p>
<p>Good luck with the decision.</p>
<p>And how many schools can tout "Tom Tuttle from Tacoma Washington" as an alumni?</p>
<p>"Fight Fight Fight for Washington State, on to victory!!!!"</p>
<p>Oh...I didn't know that WSU has a strong communications school... I was just happy to know they actually have my major. Do you know about their sport management major? I want to double in sport management and public relations, and hopefully work for the NFL, NCAAF, ESPN, NFL Network, or a company like MTV, E!, or Fox. Basically any company in the sports or entertainment industry.</p>
<p>I'm just worried about the location of the school. I mean I know I can get internships in LA during the summer, but does WSU have any connections outside of eastern Washington?</p>
<p>The Communications school connection certainly extends to western WA as well. I live near Seattle and many of the people on the newscasts, both radio and TV, are WSU graduates. </p>
<p>As for sports management, I'm not able to help much with that.</p>
<p>SoCal, do you even know who Edward R. Murrow was? How about Keith Jackson? "Whoa Nellie!"</p>
<p>No...I've never heard of them.</p>
<p>Well, Edward R. Murrow was only the most famous and respected American broadcast reporter and editorialist of the 20th century. An icon at CBS today still. And he was a WSU alumnus, though a tarheel by birth. Go rent the recent excellent movie "Good Night and Good Luck," produced by George Clooney.</p>
<p>Keith Jackson is one of the most talented and admired sports broadcasters of the last 40 years. He was the first host of ABC Monday Night Football and a longtime play-by-play announcer on college football. He most famous phrases used during broadcasts were "Whoa Nellie," "big uglies (referrning to huge players)," and the "FUMMBAAAL [fumble]." Like Murrow, Jackson is a Washington State University alumnus.</p>
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<p>You obviously have never been to Pullman or visited our paradise called the Palouse. And you would have to be certifiable to think Montana, Wyoming, or Yellowstone are an easy access from Pullman. In perfect weather the trip to Coeur dAlene is two hours of very attentive driving. Most of US hwy 95 is two lanes, curvy, with no shoulders.</p>
<p>I believe U of Oregon has a good sports marketing program, and back in the day it was the mecca for athletic training. Is it only between WSU and ASU?</p>
<p>Well being the indecisive person I am...my college list has changed again.</p>
<p>I pretty much eliminated WSU and ASU.</p>
<p>My current safeties are Indiana University (pretty much has always </p>
<p>But thanks anyways. You never know I may want to go to Oregon tomorrow...haha.</p>
<p>Why is Wazzu eliminated? It seemed like a great fit. You have a chance for good scholarship money there, it has Sport Management, has a great Communications program, and you get WUE tuition there. I mean, you should go where you truly want to go, but keep in mind the $$$. Indiana is 10X the amount Wazzu would have been in tuition, and there is only a slight difference in academics.</p>
<p>Also keep Oregon in mind - absolute fantastic SM program, housed in the B-School. You get WUE tuition there. Also U Arizona has a very good business program, and you can get WUE tuition there. All similar schools to Indiana, but not thousands of miles away, and not as expensive.</p>
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<p>For the WUE tuition, U Arizona only has 1 major and Oregon offers about 20 majors, but I'm not interested in any of those majors, so I would pay full OOS tuition at both schools.</p>
<p>With Hawaii I will get WUE tuition and I will have another safety with beaches, warm weather, close to a major city, and good sports (football and volleyball).</p>
<p>I just don't see myself in such an extremely rural and small town like WSU. I mean I know Bloomington is small as well, but there lakes within 10 min, the hoosier national forest, and skiing ranges and Indianapolis in an hour. I most likely won't attend a school that isn't on the coast, but I just want to have that option to go to that Big 10, Midwestern college town, and IU is the perfect fit.</p>
<p>Gotcha, it's understandable after that info, I was just wondering the reasoning. You sound like you have done your research.</p>