<p>So like a lot of people, I'm having a lot of difficulty really choosing the right college.
Granted there's a lot of factors that go into making the "right" college, any feedback would be helpful. </p>
<p>Focus: Business w/ possible minor or double major in Poli/Sci
Lived in Los Angeles whole life. </p>
<p>I've gotten into Marshall w/ possible half to full scholarship.<br>
McDonough at GTown.<br>
Notredame.
Chicago </p>
<p>And probably Berkeley and UCLA. </p>
<p>Out of those schools, which do you guys think is the best for that major?
(Disregard weather or social life as factors, just in terms of straight academics)</p>
<p>Wait until you have all the financial aid offers on the table. Then compare your actual costs of attendance at each institution. </p>
<p>1) For each place write down the Cost of Attendance (COA) from the offer letters or from the college website. </p>
<p>2) Add in any expenses that one place includes but the others don’t because some will include only tuition, fees, food, housing, books and materials, while others will include figures for personal expenses and transportation. Don’t forget to adjust the transportation costs for places that are farther away, and add in the cost of a winter wardrobe for Chicago, Notre Dame, and Georgetown.</p>
<p>3) Then subtract any scholarships or grants from your actual cost for each of these places. Don’t count loans or work-study because that is money you have to earn either now or later.</p>
<p>This will give you your own best estimates for what each place will cost for you to attend each year. Once you have those numbers, sit down with your parents and/or whoever it is who will be helping you pay for college, and talk about how you can come up with that kind of money.</p>
<p>You can get a fine education at any of these institutions. However until you know how you will pay for your education, it is too early to worry about which one is “better”. If you are lucky, they will all cost the same, and you can choose based on academic quality, social life, job prospects, or any other criteria you choose.</p>
<p>Notre Dame is the best business program. Georgetown’s business school is commonly referred to as the backdoor to georgetown, meaning it is the easiest school there to get into. However, I would go to Georgetown. I think a diploma from there would carry a lot of weight…</p>
<p>No, Chicago does not have an undergraduate business program, as the OP should know by now. It also does not have the big-time sports entertainment scene most of the others do. What it does have is one of the best economics departments in the world, as well as the strongest college of arts & sciences of any of those schools (in the combination of faculty strength, class sizes, selectivity, facilities, curriculum integrity, endowment per student, research productivity, and graduate school placement). </p>
<p>They are all good schools, though. You could safely choose based on out-of-pocket costs. If you’re a California resident, I’d probably recommend Berkeley or UCLA at full in-state rates over any of the others at more than double the cost. Between USC and Berkeley at similar costs? Go visit and see which atmosphere you prefer.</p>