Hi all,
I’m apply for exchange in the US for one year and cannot decide which university out of these three would be the best fit.
I am looking for a typical US college experience (good sports, greek life, student life, college town - where most people live on campus, beautiful campus/location, possibly a place where it snows as I have never experienced this before).
I am aware that some of these categories do not match all three of the colleges (BC doesn’t have greek life - are the parties that vastly different and Emory is not as strong in sports - does that make the campus vibe more academically focused as I would enjoy attending a few games) but was wondering because I cannot visit the campuses which overall matches this criteria the best and also the possible cons for these universities year round.
I am also majoring in accounting so a semi strong business program would be a bonus, but I am more after the experience.
Any help would be great, thanks.
Boston is one of the best college and professional sports (Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins) cities in the US, with more to do for students than Atlanta (our D graduated from Emory in May, I don’t know about Boulder.) BC’s campus has been in a rebuilding phase; you can easily reach Boston by subway from BC. Wellesley, BU and Northeastern U aren’t far away; Harvard and MIT are across the river. Boston is also bike friendly with new lanes and the Hub rental system. Given their sports mania, I imagine BC students are far more party hearty than Emory students.
You’ll definitely get snow in Boston/Boulder. Some of the best US national parks (Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon south and north rims) are in or near Colorado.
Emory students are more supportive of performing arts than sports (they don’t even have a football team.) The campus usually ranks among the top 50 most beautiful colleges (residence halls are being renovated.) Atlanta grinds to a halt if they get more than 2 inches of snow. Atlanta isn’t far from Savannah, Nashville, New Orleans, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Charleston.
All three are schools that are fun and will have a big social life. BC and CU have a much bigger sports life. CU is successful in cross country, women’s soccer and golf. BC is big in hockey and football.
I think you should pick where you want to live for a year. While Boulder is a good size city, to get ‘big’ city things like major sport teams, broadway theater, the symphony, you have to go to Denver which is 50 minutes away by public transportation (free to students). If you want to be a tourist and go to NYC or DC, pick Boston. Atlanta is a very modern city, but it is in the south and things are different there.