BU vs UNC Chapel Hill - Where should I go?

College Search & Selection
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Hello everyone! I am waiting for my decision from NYU but chances are that I will be going to college either at Boston University or Chapel Hill. I’m a senior (duh) who is in the IB program.

I’m having a lot of trouble making the decision because there are a lot of factors, obviously. I live in NC so UNC is my state school. I was offered about $6000 dollars in aid for the 2020-2021 school year. It is literally an hour away from my house and I lived there for 5 weeks last summer for an academic camp thing, so I have a pretty good feel for the campus. It is honestly so beautiful and a lot of my classmates are going there.

For BU, I got a $58,000 grant that renews each year of the four years I spend there thanks to their BU Assurance Scholarship Program. Even though it’s not really a campus I love being in an urban city and I’ve always wanted to live in a big city up north.

Academically, I put Neuroscience as my major because I had planned to go to premed at the time, but to be honest I have no freaking clue about what I want to do. I have a knack for biology, I understand concepts fairly well and with minimal studying, I do pretty well on tests (knock on wood bruh can’t jinx myself haha). However, I’ve always had a spot in my heart for business, I won numerous state business competitions (through DECA) so presentations, sales, and marketing just come easily to be. Working as a marketing director or sales director sounds appealing. At the same time, my favorite class is Psychology, ever since middle school, I would always watch brain games whenever a new episode came on, and I love working around the human mind (hence why I chose Neuro). But thanks to Criminal Minds, criminal justice and law was something I looked into in High School because I did debate, but that interest has reemerged and I honestly want to pursue behavior analysis.

Needless to say, I’m kinda all over the place and I want to do so many things but like idk which college is the best. According to US News, Chapel Hill has a better ranking for all the majors I listed above but Boston is so amazing too.

I’m so sorry if I sounded braggy in any way and that this is SO long haha but if you can help me make this decision I will literally forever be grateful! : )

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Note that USN does not, with the exception of business, rank undergraduate programs in the fields you mentioned.

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@merc81 they rank biology/biochemistry, psychology, and neurobiology when you check out their global rankings website right here
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/search?region=&country=united-states&subject=&name=

that’s what I have been using but I might be wrong haha

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Yes, I see from your link that USN ranks universities (overall) by specific academic disciplines. For various reasons, this could be counterproductive information when considering undergraduate colleges and programs. However, since you have spent more time with these rankings than I have (since, well, I just opened them), use your judgment as to their best use.

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Oh I understand what you mean, thank you!

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Hey! Im a current senior and am in the same dilemma. I live in nc, about two hours from unc and plan to pursue business. Financially, bu gave me a large scholarship and is cheaper than unc. They both have such different vibes and community feels, idk how to choose and would like to know how u chose either one cause I’m really torn between both.