<p>May has arrived which means the commitment date has also arrived. For those who were among the very select group to be admitted and have selected SCU, Congratulations!</p>
<p>After all the nerve-racking waiting and excitement new college confidential SCU Broncos and parents post to say which schools they turned down to come to SCU.</p>
<p>Admitted: X, Y, and Z</p>
<p>Chose: SCU Leavey School of Business (or other School or Major)</p>
<p>Once Again Congratulations!</p>
<p>Admitted: USC, Boston College, UCSB, Georgetown, Rutgers, Pepperdine, University of San Diego</p>
<p>Chose: Santa Clara Leavey School of Business</p>
<p>Admitted: UCLA, Berkeley, USC, UCSD, USB, UCI, NYU, Northwestern, University of Notre Dame</p>
<p>Chose: SCU Leavey School of Business</p>
<p>I’m curious. Why did you pick SCU over Georgetown, ND and Northwestern? Was it money?</p>
<p>Admitted: Princeton, Dartmouth, North Carolina, UC-San Diego</p>
<p>Chose: Santa Clara BioEngineering :)</p>
<p>There was the same exact thread posted last year by the same OP that followed the same random 1-time posters stating they got accepted to highly regarded schools, but still chose SCU. Not saying none of these decisions are real, just bringing light to the fact that it’s a little suspicious.</p>
<p>Oddly enough the only posts the OP has placed, too.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for everyone in this thread but I can say that I chose SCU over the other schools that are regularly regarded as more prestigious because I was offered a generous scholarship (versus zero support from the Ivy Leagues), I loved the atmosphere of the campus, and I was more happy to stay on the west coast! Oh, and the Ivies aren’t very cooperative when it comes to AP’s…</p>
<p>turtlerock I saw your posts on the social life at SCU and, seeing as how I’ve only attended the preview weekend, I can’t really speak with authority on the subject. But I can say that I met a lot of kids out at a party that night and they were among the most outgoing and friendly kids I have ever met. I sure hope that it was a good representation of the school as a whole; I’ll find out in a few months!</p>
<p>It is a good representation of the student body. Having been here a year, I have yet to meet an unfriendly person.</p>
<p>Also, regardless as to the validity of the previous posts (which I do hope they are valid), I personally KNOW other freshman who chose Santa Clara because of scholarships, culture, location, etc. over Notre Dame, USC, Pepperdine, all the UC’s including UCLA and Berkeley, North Carolina, Duke, Scripps, University of San Diego, etc. I personally chose Santa Clara over Boston College. I cannot say that I know anyone who chose Santa Clara over Northwestern or Rutgers, but I’m sure some have. We have some brilliant students here that would be successful at any school in the country but chose Santa Clara. You will be challenged by your classmates regardless of how big of an overachiever you are.</p>
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<p>And your comments will hold much more weight to them than the 1-time posters on here previously, Toast.</p>
<p>In U.S. News rankings list for engineering:</p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona > Santa Clara University</p>
<p>[Best</a> Undergraduate Engineering Programs | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-no-doctorate]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-no-doctorate)</p>
<p>I chose Cal Poly Pomona over Caltech, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, and a fully-paid highly-secretive engineering college run by Mensa International (with lectures conducted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawkins, Noam Chomsky, Persi Diaconis, among others) at the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C… yeah right</p>
<p>I couldn’t tell if that was sarcastic or not. I’m assuming that it isn’t. Anyone that wants more specific information can PM me.</p>
<p>Dude of course it was sarcastic! (I added the “yeah right” at the end to emphasize this) No one using their full cognitive abilities would make such a stupid decision. However the “Cal Poly Pomona ranking higher than Santa Clara University in Master’s engineering programs” portion of my argument is truthful (and mind you, this is according to US News)</p>
<p>With all kidding and bashing aside, it’s quite clear to me that only a fool would turn down the nationwide top-ten and much cheaper Haas School of Business located on the campus of the worldwide-known academic-juggernaut that is UC Berkeley for Santa Clara University’s business school. I certainly would not have done so for its engineering college, but I’m realistic.</p>
<p>So if OP’s intention was to bash Santa Clara, he/she succeeded, and apologize to those of you who go to SCU, represent her proudly, but have common sense. If his/her intention was to actually mislead people on this forum; screw the guy/gal.</p>
<p>I was actually talking about turtlerock’s post. In any event, quite a lot of business majors here turned down Berkeley. Not being a business major, I have no idea as to how the schools compare, but the students seem to be in their right mind. Fit is a much more important part about choosing a college than ranking and many students would much rather go to Santa Clara than Berkeley. Not all, but quite a few excellent students who would rather be in a smaller, Catholic university do. My roommate chose Santa Clara engineering over Berkeley engineering for just that reason.</p>
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No sarcasm intended.</p>
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There could be a myriad of reasons why a student picks SCU over a top 10 for any major choice. If they’ve visited a top 10 school and they don’t like the vibe or they feel like they won’t succeed there, then that’s certainly reason enough, IMO. Also, often times, especially today (especially the middle class), the UCs may cost more than a private and finances could be a main driver for an educational decision. It shouldn’t be unheard of for students to pass up the likes of the schools mentioned above for SCU - my only qualm is how it was brought up on this forum: identical thread from mystery posters.</p>
<p>I don’t think it would surprise me that any school would be turned down to go to Santa Clara it’s a great university. When youre comparing some of the best universities I think its more about fit, which it was for me. I do think its odd and uncalled for to call anyone a fool for not choosing Cal because of its ranking, I’m not sure if you came from Cal but that’s one of the many reasons I didn’t really consider Cal was because some of the students can be really obsessed with their idea that they are the best. Also I didn’t not care for the rebellious nature I saw in some of the student body as well. Overall it was far from an environment that fit me and that I liked. Also to answer londondad as for why I picked Santa Clara over Northwestern and Notre Dame it didn’t really have to do with money. Santa Clara, Northwestern and Notre Dame were all pretty close to each other in terms of academic quality, all three are great universities. For me what really turned me away from Northwestern was that it only had an economics program, while it’s a very good program I felt it limited me in the field of business and it really just didn’t appeal to me over Santa Clara, as Santa Clara offered greater selection in terms of undergraduate business. Now I must admit it really was hard to choose between Notre Dame and Santa Clara. Both are highly ranked undergraduate business programs that are two of the best business schools in the country but Notre Dames No. 1 ranking in undergraduate business was hard to give up. I must say though that I liked the intimacy that Santa Clara offered and the fact that it was on the West Coast. Overall I liked the environment more at Santa Clara than at Notre Dame, and I am happy with my decision as I couldn’t really go wrong with either as both are highly regarded and I think I picked the best one for me.</p>
<p>Besides fit, SCU has a much wider range of business majors than UC Berkeley. Also, Santa Clara is probably much nicer. I know that may people say that this is a poor way to choose a university to attend, it is very important to be happy where you are, and SCU is really good at doing that.</p>
<p>I agree with previous posters who claim there are many reasons to choose SCU over other higher ranked universities. Size is one reason - would you rather be one of 5,000 undergrads or one of 30,000? Location is another good reason. If, like my son, you are majoring in computer science/engineering, then proximity to Silicon Valley is a good reason to choose SCU. Even price - if one is from outside of CA and was accepted to UCB and SCU, then it is very likely that with scholarships and grants, SCU will cost less than UCB. My son chose SCU over USC, Cal Poly SLO, Colorado School of Mines and a few other schools. He is very happy there.</p>
<p>Not trying to be rude, this thread comes across as very insecure. I think you should be happy where you are going, who cares what you picked it over! Its like talking about what you did in high school in college. Nobody cares</p>