<p>I want to study psychology, and I’m trying to choose between these three schools. I’m leaning towards GWU because they offered me the most money, but I really like Brandeis. Could someone help me, please?</p>
<p>What kinds of other things are you looking for in a college/university? What kinds of extra-curriculars are you interested in? Are there other academic areas you are interested in? What attracted you to Brandeis initially? What else are you looking for in a college? (party school/ non party school, location?) Answers to those questions could help us give you more advice.</p>
<p>As a first step, you might consider contacting a faculty member from the Psych Department, perhaps one in a particular area of interest to you, I’m sure they’d be happy to answer any questions you have about the Psych department:
<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/facultyhours_2.html[/url]”>http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/facultyhours_2.html</a>
You could definitely contact the Undergraduate Departmental Representatives, undergrad students with a Psych concentration, about their experiences:
<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/UDR.html[/url]”>http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/psych/UDR.html</a></p>
<p>These are also people you could try to meet with if you are able to come for accepted students’ day.</p>
<p>Here you can also check out the Psych course listings for this semester and next:
[Psychology</a> Course Offerings :: Undergraduate Schedule of Classes](<a href=“Schedule of Classes | Registration and Enrollment | Office of the University Registrar | Brandeis University”>Schedule of Classes | Registration and Enrollment | Office of the University Registrar | Brandeis University)
[Psychology</a> Course Offerings :: Undergraduate Schedule of Classes](<a href=“Schedule of Classes | Registration and Enrollment | Office of the University Registrar | Brandeis University”>Schedule of Classes | Registration and Enrollment | Office of the University Registrar | Brandeis University)</p>
<p>If you are able to come to accepted students’ day, you could also probably sit in on a class…</p>
<p>Catperson’s advice is sound. Everyone should choose the best-fit school for themselves. However, in my opinion, the choice is not close. In terms of both prestige and education I would pick Brandeis. </p>
<p>Brandeis is a truly an amazing school. It’s a special combination of small liberal arts college and world-class research university-with the smallest student body I believe (less than 800 in a class) of any top tier national research university matched with high-powered professors who actually teach in small classes. So, the research opportunities are tremendous. Plus it’s very close to Boston, which is the world’s best college town, but on its own suburban campus.</p>
<p>Its intellectual environment is comparable in many ways to its University Athletic Association sister school, U Chicago. Yet its students are down-to-earth, friendly and non-competitive with one another. FYI in a recent Forbes national college rankings survey, Brandeis was ranked 15th among research universities and 30th overall among all private univerities and LAC’s–a testament to its focus on undergraduate education. Larger schools, including some Ivies, were ranked much lower. </p>
<p>Despite its small size and relative youth, its alumni are very distinguished–e.g. nobel and pulitzer prize winners, international leaders and many renowned folks in business, the sciences, academia and the arts. Also, if you’re into social justice or theater/music/art, it’s a very exciting place to be.</p>
<p>Finally, I’ll leave it for others to comment on the current Psychology faculty, but you should know that the department has a distinguished history in that, among others, Abraham Maslow, the father of humanistic psychology, taught at Brandeis for many years and eminent psychologist Eliot Aronsonis an alumnus.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decision!</p>