Cornell. Berkeley. Rice. I'm torn!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I had 2260 on my SAT,- 730/800/730
SAT2's 800/800/760
And I am an international student currently attending public school(since sophomore year) in Florida. </p>

<p>With less than a month to go, I wish I could just attend all these awesome schools.</p>

<p>I am planning to major in biochemistry/chemistry, and currently got in to these majors at these schools. I love Rice?s residential college system and friendly atmosphere, but am not sure how I feel about the small size of the university. Texas Medical Center is right nearby, and I will try to volunteer/ get an internship there.
Berkeley is a huge public school, and I love California but I heard that pre-med advising is weak and it has a low rate of admission into medical schools.
Cornell is an Ivy league, I can?t ignore that, and I LOVE the campus and the weather(living in Florida for two years has made me miss snow..), and I heard pre-med advising is great. But I am not sure if Ithaca has enough resources.</p>

<p>I was offered a scholarship to Rice, but did not get any FA/scholarship from Berkeley or Cornell. I want to go to medical school also, but my parents tell me I can choose to go wherever I want to.</p>

<p>CC?ers, what do you think?</p>

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<p>If money is an issue for you, then you should go to Rice. If money isn't problem then you should go to Berkeley.</p>

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<p>I'm in a similar situation and I received some great information from people; perhaps it could help you, have a look: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=320337%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=320337&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I agree with cjue.</p>

<p>For me, Cornell is too rural; Rice is too southern and too small; Berkeley is just right for location and size. Mhm.</p>

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<p>for me, cornell was like my last choice because it was too rural, and i did not want to go to a small college so rice was out. im happy at berkeley:)!
also, i don't really know about other colleges, but biochem/chem major at berkeley is quite excellent with great professors.</p>

<p>but again, this is your personal choice... gluck and congratz to making into all these awesome colleges:D</p>

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<p>OP is an international student currently in Florida. If I'm reading that correctly, then that means the OP will have to pay OOS tuition at Cal, making cjue's point moot.</p>

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<p>Basically, Cornell is 4 hours from anything that vaguely resembles civilization. And when that resemblance is found, it is often under more snow than you have ever seen in your formative Floridian years. If money is an issue: go to Rice, get a solid GPA, destroy the tests, then focus on going to a legit med-school and don't sweat thos finances. If money is not an issue, choose freely.</p>

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<p>Hey everyone, I made my decision to go to Rice. I attended Owl Weekend last week(a program for accepted students) and it was amazing. Now, I haven’t been to these programs at either Berkeley or Cornell, but with the scholarship they are offering me, I was leaning toward Rice even before I visited.</p>

<p>The Rice campus is just gorgeous, and the people were so friendly and intelligent. I attended classes, looked around the research facilities, participated in a psychology experiment, went to concerts…. I had so much fun! I feel like I would be just really happy as a Rice student.</p>

<p>Thanks to everyone who replied to my message- it gave me a direction to look at and see the colleges from different points of view.</p>

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<p>Congrats. Have fun.</p>

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<p>just curious how much did rice offer</p>