<p>Hi! I'm trying to decide between UNC (oos), Alabama (oos), and Rhodes College in Memphis. I'm planning on majoring in business. These schools are all very different, making this decision very hard so I was wondering if I could get some more opinions.</p>
<p>I appreciate UNC's great reputation, the and the school spirit. It has felt a little impersonal to me though, which makes me a little concerned. Also, it is the most expensive since my parents will be paying full oos tuition.</p>
<p>I have a good scholarship to Rhodes, so it's affordable. I like the small class sizes and strong liberal arts education, but I'm a little worried about feeling claustrophobic there after four years. Even though the campus is beautiful, I'm not the biggest fan of gated campuses and feeling cut off from the rest of the community.</p>
<p>Right now, I feel the most attracted to UA. I'll be in the honors college, and I'm on the reserve list for the Computer Based Honors Program. It's the cheapest option with the Presidential Scholarship, and it feels like it has the best of a big school and a smaller community. I also am interested in the MIS major. I'm not sure about how challenging the academics are compared to UNC or Rhodes, though.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long post, but if anybody could offer any insight, I'd really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Based on your excellent writing and well thought-out post, you’re going to grad school so you’ve got at least six years of college to finance. That makes it easy to cross out UNC. Being in UA’s honors college brings the small school feel to a large college campus with so many resources. Rhodes also is an excellent choice. The business community in Memphis is booming and Rhodes has plenty of connections for internships. My daughter is making a similar decision between Rhodes, the UTK’s Chancellor’s Honors Program, and four (!) other LACs. I’m not going to delve further into the pro’s and con’s of Rhodes vs. UA but I am going to tell you what I tell my daughter: you’ve worked hard to be admitted. You scored serious merit scholarships so each college will provide a high quality education for a low cost. Whichever you choose will suit you just fine. </p>
<p>My son is a graduate of Alabama, and he would say that college is what you make it, especially with your academics. If you take a challenging course load, you will be challenged. That said, if you are interested in MIS, Alabama has an outstanding program with a 100 percent placement rate. One of my son’s friends (they were in CBHP together) did an MIS internship with International Paper in Memphis. My son loved his time at Alabama, graduating with two majors and two minors, studied abroad and served as presidents of six different organizations. He even went to the BCS championship in Miami. My younger son also got into Alabama and Rhodes. He loved both schools, but he has elected to take another big scholarship to another school, as he desires to run competitively in college.</p>