<p>still waiting on Cal and UCLA…</p>
<p>but what do you think guys…</p>
<p>Syracuse/UCSD/UCD???</p>
<p>hella not crazy smart schools like y’all been saying… but i’m hella torn. =(</p>
<p>This is just turning into a “well my decision is ____ vs. ____!” thread, but I’ll continue anyway.</p>
<p>I think my choice is somewhat different from everyone else’s…it’s not based on finances (hooray for financial aid), but everything else in between. University of Portland and Oregon State University. Yeah, they’re in the same state, but they’re almost two hours apart and in totally different surroundings. And I’m not from Oregon, so it’s not my state school vs. a private, either.</p>
<p>getting back to the o post…in UC forum, UCBerkeley vs Colby choice. Huh?</p>
<p>columbia v. rice</p>
<p>Go to Colby undergrad, Berkeley for graduate school. Colby and other top small liberal
arts colleges provide an excellent basic education in a caring, close community
environment. You will not be in a factory. I went to Colby, then Wharton for
the MBA. The education at Colby was far superior. It was not even close.</p>
<p>JohnAdams, </p>
<p>When was that list? Lehigh did not make the Princeton Rev list of top party schools, and I can only find top 10 from the Playboy list (and firewall keeps me from seeing the actual playboy article here - no, I’m not going to IT and telling them I need to see an ARTICLE) </p>
<p>DD is considering Lehigh, I have gotten strong impression the admin is trying to change their rep and dampen the party scene.</p>
<p>never mind, I found a newspaper article quoting the list - they had Lehigh at 14. Interesting that they and Princeton Review don’t agree.</p>
<p>Is berkeley vs cornell vs northwestern considered fascinating?</p>
<p>Brooklyn, don’t worry about the Lehigh partying, it is not much more than at most colleges and mostly on a controlled basis during the weekends at the frats…</p>
<p>it appears that the introverted Lehigh students are the ones complaining about the drinking…</p>
<p>This is my son’s interesting dilemma! CMC gave much better fin. aid (No loan) but how can you turn down Middlebury! He’s from a public school in Colorado so either would be a big change. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr versus CMU?</p>
<p>BMU with generous scholarship. CMU with nothing. Major will be math or physics.</p>
<p>Ooops, that should be BMC</p>
<p>^ How are Middlebury and CMC so different that much better aid would not make CMC the easy favorite? They are both small, selective, and prestigious LACs. They are very close in the US News rankings. Midd is a wonderful school but CMC has the consortium advantage, far better climate, and a less isolated location.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr v. CMU? Now that’s a more distinct pair.</p>
<p>Yale versus University of Nebraska at Lincoln?</p>
<p>SUNY Geneseo over top privates. </p>
<p>Great school, low cost, students are realizing the value. </p>
<p>Glad my daughter did!</p>
<p>cpr, you might have a winner there</p>
<p>My favorite ones were in the engineering forum. Like, the overall idea given by engineers was that there’s actually little significant difference in the school you go to since all programs must be ABET accredited and 5 years into working no one cares what school you’re from but what experience you have. Basically the only difference is starting salary, but over years it becomes a small difference.</p>
<p>So it’s like, go wherever you’ll be happier or feel like you’ll succeed because engineering is tough no matter where you go and the goal is to make it through your bachelors to get a job. And given university A (full ride) vs university B (paying high tuition), go with A. Because engineers are practical dammit.</p>
<p>“Because engineers are practical dammit.”</p>
<p>lucky2010–I am sending your post to my future engineer S who is trying to decide between Univ A with full ride and Univ B (paying quite a bit.) Maybe it will help him see the light!</p>
<p>U Mich (OOS) v. NYU v. Tulane + lotsa $$</p>