<p>This afternoon, I was accepted to Baylor, despite having toured the campus and its facilities, I can't help but think that I my not fit in with the student body at all. I went to one of their premiere dates, and I really enjoyed the students who volunteered their time, yet the prospective students there seemed to be really stuck up. It may be becuase they were dragged here by their parents, but I can't help but wonder if the student body is actually serious about college. Also, the dorm parking lots were filled with Jaguars and Mercedes. I come from a lower middle class Methodist family who are mainly moderate to liberal when it comes to politics. Because I live in North Texas, I am used to being in the minority when it comes to political beliefs, but I wonder if the campus atmosphere will be too much for me to handle. I am a fairly quirky person who would rather give up the last 25 years of her life then her right to be weird, but I wonder if the students there would accept that. I am really interested in their science department (not to mention the gorgoues science building) but I am wondering if I should start considering other colleges.<br>
BTW, if anyone has an excellent "geeky" college they would like to plug, my SAT scores are 740 Verbal, 650 Math, and 720 Writing and my ACT score is 30 and my rank is 4/267. I am not looking for ivy league (not with these scores) but I do hope to go to an academically rigorous school.
Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone who replies!</p>
<p>Why not UNT?</p>
<p>Please apply to and visit other schools before you decide to go to Baylor. Your SAT scores and class rank are outstanding--there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to get into a much better school that's a better fit for you academically and socially. Believe someone who carried the Fiske's guide to colleges everyday first semester senior year: there is a right school for you. I'm currently attending SMU, and I've met a lot of people here originally from the area who are just so use to this environment it doesn't bother them so much. I always wonder how much different their college experience would have been had they gone someplace else. How much more they would have excelled, how they would have been excited about their classes and challenged not just by the professors but by their peers as well.
I was convinced by my tour guides and some skewed statistics that I would be fine here, even knowing that I would be in the minority (liberal, not wealthy, not religious, not interested in being in a sorority, etc.) I now have a pile of transfer applications and have to go through that torturous application process all over again.</p>
<p>UNT is not an academically vigorous school, but it is far more liberal than Baylor is. I am also from north Texas (Denton, actually), so I'm also used to being the political minority, but I do not think I would be able to go to Baylor with all of their imposed chapel and 50's era viewpoints and practices.</p>
<p>Why don't you consider UT? You're in the top 10% of your class, so you'd be automatically admitted. Several of my friends really like the honors program there. It's an excellent school and costs less than Baylor does, and is for sure more challenging academically than either Baylor or UNT.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who has made their suggestions! I am curious about something though, if I turn in my $300 deposit, but then decided to apply to other colleges for EA/ED, is that wrong? Lately I've been leaning towards not going, but I think am I going to apply for some of their honor colleges and I hope to save a spot in their honor's only dorm. They do have a 100% acceptance into med school for those who in the university scholars program. I've also been thinking about applying Pitzer. Should I apply by the ED deadline? Thanks for all of your help, it is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I go to Baylor and am a freshman. Not everyone at Baylor are superchristians. Most of the people like to party and have a crazy fun time. It wont matter at all if you are liberal. Theres plenty of different types of people to hang out with. And no, not everyone is stuck up.</p>
<p>Considering your excellent stats, you are a competitive applicant for many universities and many honors programs, and if finanical aid is a major concern, I think many schools would be willing to grant you merit based aid in addition to need based.</p>