<p>I would appreciate all the information you have in terms of class size, personal feel/attention, intensity, competition, reputation, and the overall quality of life.</p>
<p>I am trying to help my girlfriend make her decision and it would be easier for me to do that with as much information at my disposal as i could possibly have. </p>
<p>Thank you!!!</p>
<p>pleaseeeeeeeee</p>
<p>my child also was accepted into Delaware Honors and we visited the campus. Seems like a very friendly school and honors program seems strong with small class size. The town is within an easy walk and you can get anything you need there. I know two people who attend (one in honors and one not) and they both love the school. How far is it from her home? That might be a factor. The school does not seem to be a cut-throat sort. My son has to choose between this honors program and another school's. Tough choice. Delaware seemed very comfortable to him and the students seemed very happy. Has your girlfriend visited the campus?</p>
<p>DD is as happy as can be there. She liked the honors housing for freshamn. Her classes are challenging. The kids are friendly. She likes Main St. and the pretty campus. She chose it over BC and BU and a couple others. Your GF should visit and see what it feels like to her. I'm a big proponent of fit. It has to feel right to your GF.</p>
<p>Shes visited a bunch of times and I can tell that she really likes it. She is deciding between Delaware and what had been her dream school (Cornell Human Ecology) and it has really taken a lot out of her. If it helps she is looking to major in psychology (human development at cornell).</p>
<p>just curious, what made your daughter choose Delaware over the others. My son is having a hard time deciding between 2 schools.</p>
<p>The best she can tell us is that she felt "at home" when she visited there. Too many "rich snobby entitled kids" at BC (and she has friends there that are none of those things). No "real" campus at BU (but she'd love to live in Boston some day). She's never been one to worry about what others thought but at some point in the process wondered if she should pick somewhere with a more prestigious name. Her HS was one of those "competitive" ones that sends grads to the Ivies and many other top tier schools. She had all the application work for Cornell done when she realized that 1. it was too cold in Ithaca and 2. she really didn't care what other people thought. She's happy so we're happy. Can't ask for much more than that!</p>
<p>thanks for the opinions so far but time is running outttttttt</p>
<p>thanks for your opinion. My son seems to be choosing Delaware. He too felt very comfortable there and everyone just seemed so friendly. We also visited the school last year during a downpour and the students were just as friendly and happy even through the terrible weather. he likes that he can walk to Main St. to get anything he needs, the marching band students seem really nice, class size for honors is small and it's not too far from home. (NY).
Son also did not like Cornell....too cold and too large. Likes warmer weather even though DE is not all that different, but a little warmer than upstate NY</p>
<p>Delware, she will be under less pressure and will have more fun.</p>
<p>More or less reposted from another thread.</p>
<p>My choices for college boiled down to BU, CMU, UDel, and NYU. I knew I was interested in chemistry. CMU and BU got crossed off the list relatively quickly because they were more costly than my parents were sure they could pay - at that time, my dad couldn't be certain that he'd still have his job after any given Christmas.</p>
<p>I thought UDel was quite beautiful, and it certainly didn't hurt that the chemistry department there had the backing of duPont family, great research opportunities, good recruitment rates, etc. I also had scholarship money from the Honors Program, so it would've been about $13k per year for my family, room and board included. But I couldn't get over my impression that the school wasn't ethnically or racially diverse. That really bugged me.</p>
<p>I chose NYU because of the environment, as well as the big fat scholarship I was offered. It was still $5k more expensive that UDel would've been, but NYU really seemed to emphasize living with people from backgrounds different than yours and being a part of the greater NYC community. Those things won me over.</p>
<p>Delaware has a well-rounded experience without the competitiveness of most schools of similar selectivity (<50% admit rate). The students there are very happy with their choices and like the academic challenge without intense grind 24/7. </p>
<p>It has everything that a private university does including $1 billion + endowment, campus community, 65% out-of-state students, amazing facilities and a strong academic curriculum.</p>
<p>Fave Delaware pictures:</p>
