<p>Hello! I am about to be done with my DTA at Bellevue College and I'm going to apply for UW Bothell and WSU. Assuming I get into both, I will have to pick one or the other and I don't know which one.. Majoring in Business btw.</p>
<p>UW Bothell Pros
-Close to home
-Most of my friends are in this area
-Good school for a business major
-I can keep my job here</p>
<p>Cons
-Still a "community college" feel
-I don't have any friends here
-No greek life</p>
<p>WSU Pros
-I've always wanted a real "college" experience (fraternities, 100 kids in a classroom)
-I have some friends attending here
-Party central, and I will most likely join a frat
-I want to experience greek life</p>
<p>Cons
-Far from home
-Wont be able to help out with my parents anymore
-I won't be able to drive up there so I'll have to find rides to seattle and back
-Nothing to do in Pullman except party
-Degree from UWB > WSU </p>
<p>SO there it is, and I can't decide. Looking for some insight</p>
<p>I don’t think a degree from WSU is seen as inferior to a degree from UWB.
Only those who are lazy and unimaginative say “there’s nothing to do but drink”. The college has hundreds of clubs and if you want to develop skills, you’d better take advantage of opportunties to get involved (it’ll be easier at WSU than at UWBothell, but both schools offer plenty of opportunities to get involved and show what you’re capable of.) There’s an Honors College if you worry you won"t be challenged enough.
The value of your degree if what you, personally, do: do you try to take advantage of all opportunities available, or do you wait till someone makes you do something? Are you proactive, creative, passionate, or are you a couch potato who can’t think of anything to do beside drink and play CoD?
Overall, if you want a couple years of a “real college experience” - years you won’t be able to get back to later on - I’d say WSU is the best bet.
However, your motivation for choosing WSU seems to be pretty … non academic, ie, you intend to party a lot more than at Bothell. That may be a problem - no school is better if you flunk out of it (something that, alas, happens more than you’d think, especially with students who with drink, party a lot. Student debt and no degree is the worse situation you could be in as a student.)
Furthermore, you have a job at Bothell. So if you weren’t able to take advantage of the real opportunities (research, internships, etc) that WSU offers, it’s pointless to go there just to have fun you can easily find at Bothell too while keeping that job and making money. I think your decision needs to rest on what you know you’ll be able to do academically and professionally rather than on a wish to party.</p>
<p>Thanks man, I guess I need to figure out if I truly want to experience the college feel or not. Going to WSU would strictly be for the experience that I would never be able to get anywhere else. </p>
<p>UWB - Academic
WSU - Party, but I’m not necessarily saying I wouldn’t be as good of a student here than if I was at UWB.</p>
<p>This is the hardest decision ever and I haven’t’ even applied for either yet.</p>
<p>Apply to both. If you get into both, you’ll decide.
Also apply to
[Home</a> | Western Washington University](<a href=“http://www.wwu.edu/]Home”>http://www.wwu.edu/)
since it may be a happy medium between both.</p>
<p>Ditto on the UWB NOT> WSU degree. Both will have good placement numbers in WA if you keep your grades up.</p>
<p>One thing about rural campuses is they usually overcompensate by having a ton of available student activities. The students tend to stay on campus on the weekends so events are well attended. My daughter is looking at colleges this year, including WSU.</p>
<p>That fraternity/drinking culture is probably about 30% of the campus, but a vocal and visible 30%. If this is your planned future, stay at home and go to Bothell. Employers will want to see a decent GPA with applicable internships, not a 2.2 and a drinking problem. The other 70% are taking care of their academics and still having a good time. </p>
<p>It’s hard to join a fraternity and not get sucked up into the tribalism of the party ethic. There are many cohesive social groups at WSU that do not revolve around alcohol. From the kids I know, UWB students tend to “like” their college experience; almost everyone I talk to from WSU “loves” being a Cougar.</p>
<p>What fool told you that a WSU degree was inadequate? Was it the same fellow who told the Boeing Company in invest in Zepplins, “the future of Air Travel,” 100 years ago?</p>
<p>I heard that you can also join a frat at UW Seattle while attending school at UWB? All you have to do is to take the bus to school everyday. If this is the case, I might just go to UWB if I can have the greek life and live close to home!</p>
<p>OP: unfortunately, the post above shows what your priority is - not a full college experience, just the fraternity, since you’re willing to commute to UWB just to be part of a fraternity. Be very careful because the fraternity has lots of time commitments and may be costly, while some of their activities tend to be very detrimental to studying and getting decent grades (at some campuses where the average is 3.3, fraternities <em>compete</em> to see which fraternity will have a 3.0, with many being below that.) Being part of a fraternity and taking the bus isn’t as simple as it sounds, and if you really wish to rush you would be better off at WSU since at least you wouldn’t have the commute.</p>
<p>Yeah that is what I was thinking… the commute everyday would be a pain in the ass. School would only be 2 times a week though if I went to UWB. And it would be more beneficial if I could stay here with my parents rather than go to Pullman. Just trying to figure out a win-win situation right now and it looks like UWB may be the answer…</p>