Carnegie Mellon U vs Southern Methodist U

College Search & Selection
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<p>I know, it seems pretty obvious. CMU duhhh
SMU was my safety school and i never considered going there
until now...</p>

<p>i got a full ride to SMU and its closer to home (which for unlike others, is a bigbig plus for me)
i got half tuition at CMU and its really far from home :(</p>

<p>i know CMU is the waaay better school and i'll get a better education there
but i also really wanna live close to home and go to grad school w/ NO debt (i'm doing pre med btw)</p>

<p>another thing i hate about SMU is their total lack of diversity, which is also a big deal for me. i'm indian and i'm used to being friends with lots of indians/asians and cmu>smu in that aspect.</p>

<p>soo what do u guys think?
should closeness to home/money be the deciding factor in this decision?
or should the quality of education beat out all other factors?</p>

<p>T____________________T</p>

<p>i hate this.</p>

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<p>What do you want to study?</p>

<p>But I really can’t think of any major where I’d put SMU above Carnegie Mellon.</p>

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<p>How much dept would CMU send you into? If it is less than 25-30k over 4 yrs, then I would choose CMU easily.</p>

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<p>i want to do pre med
but i’m not sure what i want to major in yet
and cmu would leave me with around ~40k in debt</p>

<p>i heard cmu was a nerd school and the students basically spend all their time studying? is that true?</p>

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<p>Go to CMU. You only go to college once. You want it to be the time of our life, it seems like CMU is the right fit for you.</p>

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<p>No-brainer. CMU</p>

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<p>Maybe it’s just my perception, but aren’t these two schools about a opposite as you can get in terms of “fit”? Has the OP visited both?</p>

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<p>Far from home is a good thing~! Go for CMU</p>