<p>Hi there! There are a million of these, so I'm not too hopeful. </p>
<p>I'm a smart kid according to my test scores. I got into Quinnipiac, Roger Williams, Northeastern, Western New England, UCONN, UVM, and Trinity no problem. Probably could have done some Ivy schools, but a bit too inflexible for an undecided like me. I don't know what I want to go for, so I wanted schools with alot of options, relatively close to home (Glastonbury, CT area). I think I'm going for business. </p>
<p>Money isn't an issue, as callous as that sounds, its because I got around 16,000 dollars a year from each school on academic merit. I just want...a hollistic view.</p>
<p>All these schools, excepting Trinity, have AACSB accreditation, engineering and law equivalent accreditation. I really just want to hear some opinions, rankings, stories, anything that could help me shed some light on something I haven't heard before.</p>
<p>What about your financial aid awards at these schools? Did you receive enough aid so that your actual cost of attendance at each of these schools would be the same?</p>
<p>Put your financial aid offers out on your kitchen table. Remember that loans aren’t really aid because you have to pay them back. Figure out what your own real true Cost of Attendance would be at each of those schools.</p>
<p>When you know how much each of these places will cost, then you may find it very easy to eliminate some of them from your list.</p>
Wow, that’s nice to know, thanks for telling me.</p>
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<p>Brown’s open curriculum is too inflexible?</p>
<p>Pfft, I’d throw in some advice, but I really don’t like your attitude. Don’t come in with the “brush mah’ shouldas off” attitude next time. Maybe that wasn’t your intention, but you come off as arrogant.</p>
<p>Lots of options, well-priced, and close to home equals UConn. You can be home in 30-45 minutes through the back routes. Don’t tell your parents – if they insist on I-84 it’s an hour!</p>
<p>Fewer options and really close means Trinity. </p>
<p>I’m in CT too so I have friends that are going or may go to most of your schools next year. Can you tell us a little about what you want in a school so we can make suggestions.</p>
<p>I applied to UConn but honestly never liked the school. I’m not sure if you’ve visited but it just seems like a lot of their classes are huge (think Bio, Psych, etc majors) and some of the professors simply aren’t able to help you as much as you may need. Most of my friends who attend UConn don’t like it. The main pluses about UConn are it’s athletics and parties. If you’re not interested in either, I wouldn’t go…If you’re looking for a large state school, UVM is a better bet.</p>
<p>Quinnipiac is an absolutely gorgeous school. Have you seen Sleep Giant Mountain next to it? The academics are solid and depending on your major, I think you’d be taught very well there. Hamden seems boring but it’s close to New Haven which is a huge plus. Trinity, in my opinion, is your best school. There are so many people from out of state who go they’re so you’ll be able to meet people from all over. They’re study abroad program is amazing and everyone I know has loved it there.</p>
<p>I don’t know to much about Roger Williams and Western but Northeastern location is perfect. Have you received your financial aid packages yet or is money not an issue?</p>
<p>The 16,000 a year is a scholarship. Loans and my parents will cover the rest, so every one of these schools is an option. </p>
<p>Im tending to shy away from UCONN because I like the small faculty student ratio. I also like having a campus, and not so sure about city living, so I’m shying away from Northeastern as well. </p>
<p>I want a school with good academics, things to do, a community vibe. Its really mostly Quinnipiac, Western New England, and Roger Williams I’m looking at, but I wanted to hear opinions about all the schools. I’ve visited those three extensively, like them all about the same, and just wanted to hear some opinions. </p>
<p>I WAS not trying to be haughty, cocky, or elitist, so sorry for the offense. I was trying to explain a little of why I applied to these schools and why money wasn’t so much of a big deal. Sorry Neil. I did get a perfect score on my reading SAT and a 2130 overall, but SAT scores don’t mean much, I know that. I was just trying to give you some information. For your information, I just ran out of time to apply to Villanova and Brown. Sorry!</p>
<p>IMHO, Trinity (CT) is by far the most “elite” or “prestigious” of the schools. I also think it would be the most rigorous. But, it’s a LAC. It sounds like you may be more interested in a pre-professional course of study. Of course, many people (myself included) believe that a liberal arts education is actually a better prepartaion for a career in business than an undergraduate degree in business. You, however, will have to decide what’s best for you and where your interests lie.</p>
<p>Go to Trinity.
It is, as an above poster said, by far the most intellectual and prestigious of the ones you listed.</p>
<p>Although not many people outside of the East Coast have heard of it, it still is a very good school, especially when compared with the other ones you mentioned.</p>
<p>As far as prestige goes, I’m kinda curious, isn’t UVM usually called the public Ivy? Or something along those lines. </p>
<p>Trinity is an option, but I was thinking more pre-professional as opposed to liberal arts, an above poster was right.</p>
<p>Northeastern is famous for its internships, a 5 year program where you actually work fo credit, but I didn’t like sound of the dorms and, amazing, the city living actually failed to appeal to me. </p>
<p>I like these opinions though. Thanks everyone for responding.</p>
<p>Its down to Quinnipiac, Trinity, and UVM. Its hard to make a decision… </p>
<p>I dont suppose anyone else made a similar decision. Im leaning towards UVM, but everywhere I go I see QU advertisments and random stuff…wonder if its a sign.</p>
<p>Well, I think it’s a sign you’re in CT. Quinnipiac is on the rise but not yet in the same class as UVM or Trinity. So I think it gets down to best fit.</p>
<p>Everyone keeps telling me someplace is gonna click. It never did. Oops. QU doesnt have many choices if I dont like buisness, and its four people to a dorm…but then UVM is far away even if it has alot of choices…and Trinity is liberal arts, different altogether.</p>
<p>I am having trouble deciding between schools as well (northeastern and uvm are also on my list) but don’t worry about it, i’m sure you’ll be happy where you end up. if you’re going into business, then northeastern would be the best choice by far, especially with the internship opportunity (co-op). If you’re definitely down to those three you just listed, i’d go with uvm since they have many majors to choose from if you decide to change, and although Trinity is probably the most prestigious of the three, its focus is probably not on business.</p>