<p>hey so this is my first post here and i seriously could use some help as i know how informative this site and the people on it could be.i know u're all sick of the "which college to choose" threads but i desperately need help :(</p>
<p>so anyway i'm an international student who has been accepted to 5 of the 6 universities i applied to but i have managed to narrow it down to 3 universities so any input on those 3 would be greatly appreciated.
i plan to major in communication studies(and probably double major in something else) as i was initially planning on keeping it broad but i'm mainly interested in a career in journalism.</p>
<p>University of Miami- excellent,beautiful campus.i've seen the dvd that came with my acceptance packet and i know for a fact that their communication school is excellent as well. the weather is hard to beat and the internships are great as it's miami and the opportunities are endless. this uni has always been one of my top choices since the beginning and i believe i could get a very good,solid education here.btw i was accepted to their communication studies program.</p>
<p>Syracuse University-i know i know,newhouse is one of the best communication schools in the whole nation. i've read about the great connections undergrads have just because they graduated from newhouse and i think if i go here perhaps grad school won't be so necessary but the weather is putting me off as i hate cold weather and easily get sick from it and so i don't want that to get in my way.i've also heard that frats/sororities are the only way to really socialize,is that true? if i go here i'll probably go to newspaper or magazine journalism as you can't keep it broad here.</p>
<p>saint louis university madrid campus- Spain is a beautiful country and i know there will be excellent opportunities here as well but maybe not as strong as syracuse or miami. Also,i got a scholarship here and so it's more affordable than the others.</p>
<p>i still don't know about grad school though...
what do you guys think?what do you consider is my best option?clock's ticking for me to decide...</p>
<p>Well, I don't think it's worth "despair" -- </p>
<p>Anyway, I can only comment on Syracuse. </p>
<p>Yes, the winter is cold. Syracuse gets a TON of snow. <a href="http://goldensnowball.com/%5B/url%5D">http://goldensnowball.com/</a> However, they also know how to keep the roads and sidewalks fairly clear. If you don't have to drive, and you're not responsible for, say, shoveling your driveway, then I really don't see why people have a huge issue with snow. By the way, it's not the cold that's making you sick - it's all the germy air in the closed up buildings that makes you sick.</p>
<p>I live about an 1 1/2 hours from Syracuse, so I know several kids who go there. As far as I know, they are all pretty happy. I do think it has a pretty busy frat scene, but I bet you can avoid it to some extent. Basketball is king, but I wonder if it's hard to get tickets to the games. </p>
<p>While it might look close to NYC it is not, and it has a distinctly different (and obviously much smaller) feel. In general the "upstate" cities (Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo etc) are not doing well economically, and it sort of shows. (I feel terrible saying that, but it's the truth.) The area immediately around the Syracuse campus has quite a "college town" feel to it. My guess is that the student body at Syracuse is heavily NYC/Long Island/New Jersey/Connecticut.</p>
<p>Hopefully someone can weigh in on the academics of your choices though.</p>
<p>Well, I went to Syracuse (and then transferred) and my S goes to UM. Granted, I went to Syracuse a long time ago, but I just couldn't take the weather and the remote location, so I transferred to NYU. Yes, Newhouse has an excellent reputation, but I steered my son south. He is very happy at UM and has decided to pursue communications. The comm school at UM is very good too. I just love the fact that my son can enjoy the outdoors year round, has lots to do in the area and gets sunshine and palm trees. UM is such an up and coming school whose rankings go up every year. I think you can get an excellent education at both. Many kids are very happy at Syracuse and we know of quite a few that are there and loving it....I just think they have not seen UM. LOL</p>
<p>Don't know anything about the school in Madrid, so can't comment on that...but have been to Madrid and it is a very nice city.</p>
<p>Where do you live now? Are you fluent in Spanish? If you can make a degree from SLU work in your home country, it might be worth exploring further, but if you plan to stay on in Spain, you should know that employment for most careers is restricted to Spanish citizens.</p>
<p>midwesterner-i'm from the middle east and i know a fair amount of spanish but not much that would allow me to engage in an actual conversation but spanish courses can be taken which i plan to do.Other than that all classes are obviously taught in English. there's the possibility to transfer after two years perhaps to saint louis uni in missouri(the main campus) or to some other uni in the US.</p>
<p>You sound like you are trying to make a case for Miami, which suggests to me that is where you want to go. If it's where you want to go, go there.</p>
<p>I didn't really like Syracuse when I visited, but that was just for me, so you could still love it. I would choose Miami, solid school with something around it.</p>
<p>I am from Madrid, so I can tell you right away that if I could, I would study there. It's an amazing city, and I'm sure you'd enjoy. However, I don't know much about St Louis - Madrid, but I do know that international universities tend to be not very good, and extremely expensive compared to their local counterparts, so if I was you, I'd go to the university of Miami or Syracuse. St Louis - Madrid might have given you aid, but keep in mind that:
-it's in a foreign country for you, so there will be a lot of travel expenses
-Madrid is an expensive city, especially with the euro. so living expenses will be very high, as well as eating, going to clubs, etc.</p>