<p>Hello everyone,
So I have been admitted into College of Charleston and am waiting to hear back from SMU (hopefully I will get in) and am so torn between the two. I love them both equally and need help picking.
I LOVE Charleston so much and think it is an amazing city, also the campus is beautiful but I wish it had a more campus feel to it. I love the weather in Charleston, its warm but also gets cold, the school is also near the beach. Charleston also has a riding team which I could join which is a big plus. The negatives are that they only have 59 majors and since I don't know what I want to major in, thats not that many options to choose from and the school isn't really known for its academics, more of a party school. Also, they don't really have sports like football so I feel like there won't be much school spirit.
For SMU, I love the campus, its everything I think of when I imagine a college campus. Also, SMU is better known academically and having a little over 100 majors gives me a wide variety of classes to try. SMU also has more D1 sports which I like and is in Dallas giving students a lot of opportunities. The cons of SMU are that the riding team is D1 so I can't join, the weather is super super hot, and its really far from where I live (CT). I also feel like I may not fit in at SMU since I am not tall, skinny, and blonde, I know that is a stereotype but when I went to visit that seemed to be the only girls I saw.
My question for both is what the sororities are like on both campuses, since I intend to join one.
Thank you so much, any input would be greatly appreciated.</p>
As a current Smu student it Is less hot than you think. The first couple of weeks and the last month and a half are in the 80s and 90s, but as someone from Ohio walking in the mild winters here is so much better than what my friends back home are walking to class in
I agree that the weather is not that big of a deal, unless you intend to be at SMU in the summer.
Sounds like the riding team is kind of a big deal to you. Try to figure out how important that is, or if there might be other riding opportunities off campus in Texas (cowboy country? right?).
Your physical appearance is also not so important, but how you would fit in culturally is. Are the SMU students your “kind of people?” For example, do you think that you share their outlook on life?