<p>NearL, I can TOTALLY sympathise with you. In fact, i feel the exact same. Me, too, want a prestigious degree that can get me a good job, without having to go thru a miserable four years studying and doing massive thinking.</p>
<p>I would think any of the Southern schools should do fine for you. Vanderbilt and Emory especially. Georgetown would be pretty chillax too.</p>
<p>Colgate, no.</p>
<p>Go to a Southern school like the guy above me suggests.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is tough to get into but it's keggers on frat row and major school spirit. But if you're talking money, I think it's expensive.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is looking good. I'm staying away from Emory. Duke's top ten so it must be impossibly challenging. Tulane looks like fun, but supposedly has a bad reputation among academics. And isn't particularly prestigious. I begin to wonder if I should care about academe's opinion on Tulane, since I'm neither an intellectual nor an academic (sorry!). Brown's a great school, but it's super-intellectual. Colgate's an LAC, so it probably drowns its students in work. I just want fun, free time, and a good job in four years. </p>
<p>Can anyone suggest a school other than Vandy and Indiana? Maybe OSU?</p>
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<p>I suspect the posters who are suggesting Vanderbilt for you actually have little--if any--experience with the school. Grades are not easy to come by, and the professors expect students to take their studies seriously.</p>
<p>jerzgrlmom--
No, I haven't attended Brown. My alma mater is Berkeley and I've done and doing postgraduate work in Penn and Cornell. In any case I am aware that Brown has Open Curriculum (i.e., no core requirements) and the students can in theory take all classes Pass/Not Pass (or they call it Satisfactory/No Credit). Please note however that most Brown students take classes for a grade anyway, esp. those set on going to grad school.</p>
<p>Naturally, I take offense to whoever mentioned Brown as being prestige without the work.</p>
<p>As with every school, it depends on your major, not the school overall.</p>
<p>Oh noes! I don't wanna think too hard while learning or my brain might not like it!</p>
<p>If you want prestige, you're gonna need to do the work...or just get a shallow major that doesn't matter at all.</p>
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Amen! People are confusing the laidback nature of Southern schools with a lack of academic rigor. Southern schools are no less rigorous than their NE counterparts. </p>
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Bobbobbob nailed it. Most of your free time depends on your major and coursework, not your college. Engineering majors will have problem sets, geology majors will have labs/fieldwork, music majors will have practices/performances, etc., at all universities. </p>
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Have you considered the University of Florida? It's a very reputable school, and you could possibly get a full ride with your stats.</p>
<p>I have never heard anything bad about Tulane's academics, by the way.</p>
<p>Fine, a 3.3 in non-science (including economics) majors shouldn't be impossibly hard anywhere. I don't want to go to a school where I'll be forced to study four or more hours just to get a B. If that means no science majors that's great -- I dislike science. </p>
<p>Problem solved.</p>
<p>Michigan is a hard school. Brown is a hard school. Vanderbilt is a hard school. </p>
<p>If you think getting satisfactory grades at Vanderbilt will be easy...you're out of your mind. Vandy kids party, but they also work their butts off. Professors expect a lot from them. </p>
<p>And on that note, Tulane's academics are fine.</p>
<p>If you truly want an easy ride though, try Ohio State or other lower-tier publics. They have huge alumni networks (helpful for getting jobs), but are typically more party than work.</p>