I’m trying to pick between these 3 schools. Here’s what I have so far.
Rice
Pros: happiest campus/best student quality of life, private so small student to faculty ratios and lots of money, residential colleges, food!, Houston
Cons: Dartmouth is also a small undergrad focused college but has better “name recognition”, so they have similar pros besides location
Berkeley
Pros: CALIFORNIA GIRLS THEYRE UNFORG-…I love Cali. Large, so lots of people to meet and it’s not suffocating. Liberal-ness, perhaps my favorite part. Berkeley’s so progressive and active in social issues. Also food.
Cons: large class sizes, public so not as much student-faculty interaction and it’s more of a “you’re on your own” kind of thing. Lots of asians and I heard its really competitive.
Dartmouth
Pros: Ivy League… Picking which quarters to stay and which to break, good for internships, alum network strong af, connections…supposedly number 1 school for undergrad teaching, $$. Discount passes to snow slopes.
Cons: middle of nowhere, heavy drinking apparently (I’m a social-ish person, but whenever I drink I like can’t breathe and it’s just SOOO uncomfortable), idk about Greek life and I’m afraid there won’t be much to do there.
Although I would consider myself more of a city girl, I think I’d be okay with a nice, close knit college town. Im going to Owl Days but my parents are definitely leaning toward Dartmouth because it’s an Ivy and they think that Rice isn’t well known. Opinions? Also, these are all based on what I’ve heard and felt when I visited. Any input about what your experience was like would be super awesome. Thanks!!
PS applied as Econ/finance major and considering law or MBA.