waaahh!!!! can't decide!!! please give a ranking...thank you XD

Applying to College
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<p>uc berkeley (regents)
ucla
ucsd (regents)
duke
northwestern
wellesley
caltech
usc
cornell
yale
princeton</p>

<p>please help! thanks!</p>

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<p>this is just how i’d rank it… it really depends on you. =] and congrats on all these schools!</p>

<p>princeton/yale tie
caltech
uc berkeley
cornell
northwestern
duke
ucla
wellesley
usc
ucsd</p>

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<p>thanks la montagne</p>

<p>oh and i forgot to say that i want to be a premed major</p>

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<p>Though Caltech doesn’t have a pre-med program, I have heard that studying engineering there is excellent preparation for med school.</p>

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<p>yeah, i really like caltech and how it is small and personal, but i don’t know how many pre-med people they have there…</p>

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<p>Let me do some checking, I know I’ve read about their med school preparation.</p>

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<p>thank you thank you</p>

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<p>What is this ranking supposed to be based on? I can’t really give you a good ranking without knowing a few things about you first such as:</p>

<p>1) Would you prefer to be in on the West Coast? California weather vs. Northeast weather is obviously very different.
2) Do you prefer a large school or a small school?
3) I noticed there’s only one all-girls school on your list. Are you truly interested in single-sex education? Coed vs. single-sex pretty different experience.
4) What does regents mean? (Not from California, so excuse my ignorance)
5) Is money a factor for you? A nice financial aid package from some of these schools might sway you their way.</p>

<p>Consider these questions yourself and then rank the schools based on your answers.</p>

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<p>I hear UCB has bad pre-med advising so put them at the bottom of the list.</p>

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<p>hmmm..ok so to answer the questions:

  1. i’m pretty indifferent to the weather…west coast weather is nice, but i’ve lived in mn before and i kind of miss the snow
  2. i prefer a small school, but i’m ok with going to a large school
  3. it’s not that i’m really against or for coed or single-sex education it’s more that i’m ok with both
  4. regents is a scholarship for uc schools (1000 for berkeley and 2000 for ucsd per year)
  5. money is a factor, but unfortunately i’m pretty much paying full tuition at all schools</p>

<p>i think academics is one of the biggest factors and if you guys know any hooks for any of the schools, i would really appreciate it…thanks! sorry about the ambiguity, KittyLow!</p>

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<p>i heard that if u want to be a premed in Caltech, u can take classes at UC davis</p>

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<p>oh really? but why would you take classes at uc davis? and how would that work?</p>