It has been a couple of years since he had to make the same decision but you might look through some of the threads by @GoBears2023 . In the end, he felt more comfortable at one than the other. Attend the admitted student days and see which community/college culture your son feels more comfortable with.
So based on what I’ve seen here and through my PMs, people are curious about why I chose Stanford over the other colleges I was admitted to. I think it would benefit everyone on here to post about what I liked / didn’t like about other colleges, sort of like a pro’s and con’s list. I’ll try to do 1-2 per day, so that means we’ll be done by the end of two weeks. Hopefully all future applicants will be able to benefit from this!
With all of that being said, I’m going to start off with Harvard:
Harvard (“Ask me what school I went to!”):
Some consider Harvard to be on another level of prestige along with Yale and Princeton. Being one of the oldest educational institutions in the US, many of high school applicants based on its widely recognized fame and world renowned faculty. When I first began the college application process back in June 2018, I, like thousands of other applicants, was immediately attracted to the seductive possibility of becoming part of Harvard’s distinguished Class …
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