<p>I have received my acceptances and I've narrowed my choices down to these three schools. I'd like a school that has a good social scene and is not hypercompetitive. Has anyone on this board had to make the same choice? I don't know how I am supposed to pick between these options.</p>
<p>I've posted this in the other forums as well.</p>
<p>I think firstly you have to consider the location, seeing as all those schools are relatively equal in terms of academic rigour… though ND has them beat on “prestige” if that matters to you. </p>
<p>I’m trying to decide between Notre Dame and Barnard College- literally the two most different schools I could match up: A catholic, conservative, football-loving university in the middle of nowhere (because let’s face it- there’s not much in South Bend) versus an all-girls, incredibly liberal college attached to Columbia in NYC. For me, it may come down to FA packages.
I don’t know if that’s a factor in your decision, but if it is, that’s also something important to weigh.</p>
<p>What’re you going to study? Academics should always come first. </p>
<p>As far as social scene is concerned, Notre Dame has the biggest sports culture but no frats or sororities. Not sure about Rice and WUSTL</p>
<p>Rice is not super competitive has the social scene and is a very prestigious univ</p>
<p>Rice NOT super competitive? lol I remember reading an article about the most competitive universities along with MIT there was University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins & Rice. If you’ve narrowed it down to those 3 you are in good shape. All are very good, but very different.</p>
<p>I’ll offer some information about myself if that helps. I’m not Catholic, but my mother is from a Catholic background and I am comfortable with Catholicism. My interests primarily lie in humanities and life sciences, and possibly business. I’m somewhat of a conformist. I’d like somewhere where I will have good academics without being overly stressed.</p>
<p>If you are thinking about business, ND has had the top ranked business school for undergrad education for four years in a row so you can’t go wrong with that. I’m not sure how they compare in the sciences or humanities other than they all have great programs. I’m a current high school senior as well, so I get what you’re saying when you say you’re looking for great academics but don’t want to be stressed. I’m not sure about the other schools, but from what I’ve heard and what I saw when I spent a weekend on campus at ND, their students definitely have the work hard/play hard mentality. They definitely enjoy themselves on the weekends so that can help keep you relaxed and not stressed. But either way, they are all great schools and congrats on getting accepted to all of them.</p>
<p>Is it easy to double or even triple major at Notre Dame? I want to go somewhere that is very interdisciplinary. I’d also like to know if the first year curriculum is a good or bad thing.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the difficulties of double/triple majoring, but I applaud you for considering something like that. Like I said before, I’m also a high school senior and I am strongly considering ND. I like to think of their First Year of Studies program as a positive aspect of the university because I haven’t decided on a major yet. It will give me time to explore my interests without falling behind.</p>
<p>Bump10char</p>
<p>Many students double major at ND, typically a combined business major and something else – so cross-college.</p>