<p>Hi Everyone,</p>
<p>I'm having trouble deciding between my top 3 choices: Cornell, WashU, and UCBerkeley. I'm a PoliSci major looking to go to Law school. To be honest, other than the idealistic benefits of the reduced in-state cost of Berkeley, money isn't much of a factor. The few things I care about most in choosing a college are:</p>
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<li>academic strength/style of teaching. I feel as though I'd do better in smaller classes, but I'm also not too knowledgable about how manageable large classes are at Berk or how often students have large lectures at WashU/Cornell</li>
<li>strong PoliSci and foreign language departments</li>
<li>fun, spirited, social student body</li>
<li>interesting and inexpensive surrounding area. I want a school where I wouldn't be bored on or near campus</li>
<li>thriving alumni network at the undergrad level</li>
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<p>I feel as though all 3 of these schools are very similar, so I'd love some input about the differences in teaching style and student life on the campuses. I'll be visiting each school in the upcoming few months. Thanks!!</p>
<p>These are all great choices! If I were I would pick Cornell because the campus is amazing, and it has a great alumni based name. Since you got in those 3, you seem like you would’ve gotten into USC? Did You?</p>
<p>Cornell’s humanities are not bad at all. We have a law school here as well so you might be able to take some law classes while you’re here as an undergrad… I’m not sure of the details. Other than that, Cornell is a great place to be for any major. Our alumni connections/network is amazing. The number of course offerings at Cornell = unimaginable. If you’re prelaw, you can take a lot of classes in ILR… where a lot of the kids are prelaw. You can also take PAM classes, which are geared toward government policy etc. LANGUAGES HERE ARE AMAZING!</p>
<p>I would imagine UCBerkeley prelaw is great as well, but my only concern with Berkeley is the current state of the UC system because of CA. Berkeley might be cheaper, but are you willing to potentially give up arguably a better education because of overcrowding and budget cuts?</p>
<p>And Washu, I would say, is more for the sciences. I’m from St. Louis and I know a lot of kids there, but they’re all premed. That is not to say that there aren’t kids there going for the humanities, but I haven’t heard much about what Washu has to offer polisci/humanities-wise.</p>
<p>I hope this helps to some extent.</p>