<p>What are your guy's opinions of these schools?</p>
<p>How would you say they compare?</p>
<p>I have a 3.75W and a 2070SAT coming from a top 10 HS in FL.
I want a school with a beautiful campus, beautiful campus, good academics, and a good surrounding town with lots to do.</p>
<p>I'm open for suggestions!</p>
<p>Thanks Alot</p>
<p>Might also want to look at Vandy, Rice and Tulane.</p>
<p>Think I’d have a shot at Vandy or Rice?</p>
<p>I dk about Rice, I mean seems like a crappy part of Texas… Both my parents went to Tulane, and Vandy sounds awesome.</p>
<p>dpc – I assume that you have not actually visited Rice to say that it’s located “in a crappy part of Texas.” Rice has a gorgeous campus, which can be seen via virtual tour through this link: [Rice</a> University - Virtual Tours](<a href=“http://www.rice.edu/virtualtours/]Rice”>http://www.rice.edu/virtualtours/) It is located in a beautiful part of Houston, close to upscale homes, Rice Village shops and restaurants ([Rice</a> Village](<a href=“http://www.ricevillageonline.com%5DRice”>http://www.ricevillageonline.com)), the Texas Medical Center (largest medical complex in the world with 14 hospitals and 2 medical schools), close to a large public park with a golf course, zoo, world class museums, and connected by light rail to downtown Houston – a vibrant, multi-cultural, city with major league sports, ballet, opera, symphony and theatres.</p>
<p>I’m considering UM and UGA as well. But I’ve been to neither. But I’ve heard Athens is really awesome and Miami is, well, Miami. </p>
<p>But I’ve been to Vandy and Tulane and I personally did not like them very much. Vandy just seemed really cramped. It did not help that their quad was being taken over for some concert and the whole thing was basically marked off. But it still seemed kind of small. But Nashville seems like a really nice place to live. </p>
<p>Tulane was alright, pretty nice campus. New Orleans was ok, but its a place I’d love to come visit a lot rather than live there. And then there is the rest of Louisiana… </p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Wake Forest would probably fit too, but Winston-Salem isn’t the best college town.</p>
<p>no never been to any of them…</p>
<p>I want to do something using a Social Science or English… Not Math and Sciences although I am interested in some fields of Science.</p>
<p>Here’s my list so far…</p>
<p>BC
Charleston
FSU
NYU
UMiami
SMU
UCSB
UCF
UGA
Vanderbilt
Wesleyan
UC-Boulder</p>
<p>maybe more/less at some point…</p>
<p>Tulane is probably a match given the little info I have, whereas Rice and Vandy are closer to reaches. If you like the schools, you should definitely apply.</p>
<p>And I’m not sure what types of schools coollege is used to, but Vandy is actually pretty big, or at least bigger than most of the schools I’ve been to. I mean it’s probably like a 20-25 minute walk to get from one end of campus to the other.</p>
<p>You might want to clump the schools into categories</p>
<p>For instance…</p>
<p>Wealthy/Expensive Urban Privates
BC
Miami
NYU
SMU
USC
Vandy</p>
<p>Maybe…</p>
<p>I don’t know if that was an insult or not?</p>
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And I’m not sure what types of schools coollege is used to, but Vandy is actually pretty big, or at least bigger than most of the schools I’ve been to. I mean it’s probably like a 20-25 minute walk to get from one end of campus to the other.
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<p>I meant it seemed small, as in not a lot of green space, like a big quad. But like I said, I’ve only been once and they had most of the quad fenced off and had a big stage on it.
Granted, I probably did not go all over campus, but even some of the athletic facilities looked like they were right on top of each other.</p>
<p>But this was after coming from Alabama, and I really liked their campus, a lot of green, nice architecture(though Vandy did have nice architecture too).</p>
<p>Oh well, to each his own. Maybe I just picked the wrong time to visit Vandy.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has a lot of green space. SMU isn’t worth it, in my opinion. Rice trumps all those schools.</p>
<p>well SMU is really just for country club raised kids right?</p>
<p>my sister went there solely off a suggestion, and it ended up being the best decision of her life she claims.</p>
<p>If you like social science you might want to consider George Washington. I don’t really see an advantage to going to SMU over the other schools you mentioned unless you wanted to major in business. Of the three you mentioned Miami would probably make the most sense assuming you’ll get bright futures to help cover tuition.</p>
<p>2008 Entering Class Middle 50%</p>
<p>RICE
SAT Combined: 1,530 1,320 1,425
ACT Composite: 34 30 32</p>
<p>VANDERBILT
SAT Combined: 1,500 1,330 1,415
ACT Composite: 33 30 31</p>
<p>TULANE
SAT Combined: 1,420 1,260 1,340
ACT Composite: 31 28 29 </p>
<p>Vandy and Rice are always more of a reach but TU isn’t a exactly a ‘shoo-in’ with a 26% acceptance rate. Rice and Tulane have very pretty campuses. I’ve heard Vandy does as well. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what’s wrong with the “rest of Louisiana” which ‘A’ has nothing to do with Tulane, and ‘B’ is 90% rural farming/fishing towns so you probably wouldn’t visit there anyhow. </p>
<p>In terms of New Orleans, you would only be living there for 4 years so I wouldn’t call it a long term life choice and you’d have the opportunity to branch out and away from the standard tourist things. It’s sort of like saying you wouldn’t want to go to NYU because you’d rather visit NYC than live there. I mean it’s a fine statement, but I think 4 years flies by faster than you realize. 4 years in NYC, Nashville, Houston, or New Orleans gives opportunities that you wouldn’t find, for example, in Tuscaloosa at a school like Bama. Check out Emory and Georgia Tech in Atlanta too.</p>
<p>Yeah GW might be sweet actually, but it also doesn’t have too much of a campus… Does it have Greek Life?</p>
<p>Emory sounds amazing too, but would probably be a reach.</p>
<p>GWU might actually be a great fit for me.</p>
<p>City life, Greek Life, Preppy Kids in DC, fun nightlife, and would be great for me with my interest in politics/history/social sciences!</p>
<p>It’s also fairly close to FL, and is only a non-stop flight away.</p>