IU vs U of I vs Wisconsin-Madison

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm totally torn between these three schools. I'm thinking I want to rush and go into business, and all three schools are great overall. Ive listed the pros and cons I believe of all but dont know whats the best choice. Help!</p>

<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison: Pros
-Felt like I “belonged”
-Prestige
-Great town/ Cool Campus
-Close (3 hours away)
-Good academics
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Cons
-Expensive (40k a year, no financial aid)
-Impossible to get recidency
-Competitive
-Cold!
-Very spread out, a lot of walking
-Basically no greek life</p>

<p>University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign: Pros
-Overall good school, prestige
-Great business school
-Pretty dorms (want to live in bromley)
-Easy to get a job
-Easy to walk around
-Close (2 and a half hour drive)
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign: Cons
-Not a pretty campus
-HIGHLY competitive- might not make it into business
-Not a great town/not much to do in town
-A lot of people from my area attend there</p>

<p>Indiana University: Pros
-Giving me 9k a year
-Would be one of highest in class
-great business school
-can get residency-cheaper
-adorable town! Lots to do
-pretty campus
Indiana University: Cons
-5 hours away
-Not an overall as impressive school as u of I or Madison
-dorms aren’t as pretty
-rushes second semester: very brutal greek system</p>

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<p>UW Madison has a good Greek scene–it just does not dominate the campus. They have all the typical Greek stuff and many from OOS join. I think over 10% belong.
It might look big and spread out but you probably will never have to set foot into the more distant areas which are the engineering campus and medical/ag. Most of your classes will be within 10 minutes of Bascom.</p>

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<p>“Expensive (40k a year, no financial aid)”
“Giving me 9k a year”</p>

<p>For the money issue, run your figures through this handy calculator: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>

<p>“can get residency”</p>

<p>For the residency issue, sit down with whoever it is who decides that, and get the formal approval in writing.</p>