<p>hi guys! so i have this decision that i need to make by april 20, because my parents are going away for a while and want me to make a choice by then. </p>
<p>in college i want to study psych/neuroscience/sociology while being free to also pursue a more liberal artsy education and learn about other things not related to my concentration or major (tl;dr i wanna do everything haha) </p>
<p>however, i might also do pre-med or apply to graduate studies in psychology/become a clinical psychologist. </p>
<p>which of these schools should i be considering over the others? i've read so many facts but they've all become jumbled up in my head. the factors that are important to me include student happiness, collaboration not competition, professor friendliness and accessibility, and quality of advising. </p>
<p>thanks guys! i'd really appreciate it if you could give me some advice :S i'm so lost. </p>
<p>and btw i also got into berkeley and wustl, don't know if i should think about those more seriously as well..</p>
<p>You haven’t given us enough information about your selection criteria for us to provide you with useful information. All the schools you mention have good psych, soc and neuroscience programs at the undergrad level. What else matters to you? Location? Culture? Is there a financial difference?</p>
<p>there’s no substantial financial difference. i guess i’m most worried about how well the school will support me i.e. be flexible if i do change my mind or want to try new things, or provide good pre-med advising. as well i think happiness in student body really matters to me, which is partly why i applied to rice and brown in particular</p>
<p>I think Rice offers about the best overall college experience to be had. Lots of research opportunities, great campus, vibrant city with lots to do, warm weather and strong in all areas.</p>
<p>Definitely Brown! You mentioned flexibility as one of the your major things that you want in a school and Brown is arguably one of the most flexible universities out there in terms of distribution requirements [in that there are only a few / none]</p>
<p>MomofWildChild, Do you have a child at Rice? We are thinking of sending our wildchild there. His choice is really between Rice and WUSTL. He wants to study physics, so of course we visited UChicago, but he felt it didn’t have the right feel for undergrad. Advice?</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from Rice. She had a great 4 years. There are a lot of cross applicants between Rice and Wash U. I think Houston is a better city and economically healthier. My WildChild thought Rice was too small and wouldn’t apply. He did apply to Chicago and was very impressed with the academics but got in ED to Penn.</p>
<p>I’d say Brown or Berkeley. if you care about student happiness and competition, Chicago is not the place to go, you won’t be doing anything but studying full time and getting your GPA killed, and the competition is absolutely ferocious.</p>
<p>Chicago is more competitive than most Ivy Leagues, far more so than Brown and Harvard, with comparable educations received. If you don’t want cutthroat competition, Brown and Berkeley remain better options in this case</p>
<p>Talk about the pot calling the kettle black haha ^^^^ I am not sure how much credibility someone who would suggest RICE has the best overall experience over places like U of Chicago and Berkeley.</p>
haha.</p>