<p>I got into Wesleyan(got into a University Scholars program), Colgate, Univ of Rochester, Penn State Honors(schreyer), and Lafayette college(in as a marquis scholar), and while they're all good schools, I'm having a hard time picking between them. I'm also waitlisted at UChicago, which was my first choice.</p>
<p>I'm not really too concerned about the location of the school since I know that there's fun to be at just about every college, and you can always make your own fun if needed. Academics and the student body are more important to me than the location. I like diversity (and yes I know that screams wesleyan, but thats not an end all/be all) of thought and of student body.</p>
<p>My intended majors are neuroscience and economics, and there's a good chance that I'll be applying to med school. I'll be going to grad school regardless and it'd be nice if the school I go to for undergrad is reputable enough to help out for that. Yet, I know that most of the times it's the student that has to be up to the challenge, and that I am. Doing meaningful undergrad research is really important to me, as I'll be looking forward to spending summers (as even as freshman year) at school and doing research.</p>
<p>I've visited all the schools and they were all good settings for an undergrad education, but I just wanted to know what people would do given the same choices and why they would choose that way.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for helping, I really really need it.</p>
<p>I was also wondering if anyone knew how helpful alumni were in terms of helping students get internships and jobs before and after graduation. It'd be nice to have a strong network.
Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>I've already visited both. I'm actually visiting Wesleyan again in a few weeks before I make my final decision. I'm looking for a slightly less competitive environment in College where people prefer to learn for the learning instead of being GPA mongers, which might be prevalent at U of R with the pre-med kids right?</p>
<p>I vote Wesleyan. Overall environment + superb science opportunities for undergrads. Very flexible curriculum (not quite open curriculum) would make double major somewhat easy.</p>
<p>Heh. Eric, I have a friend at bucknell who turned down Princeton to go there :-) As a reply to your aside, where all had you applied a few years ago?</p>
<p>huskem, do you have anywhere i can check up on that info? The info for the med school placement.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how wesleyan is with alumni involvement and helpfulness in getting students internships and jobs?
Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>well, uchicago was my dream school but i didnt apply because my parents (read: my mom) refused to pay for school anywhere they (she) couldnt drive. wesleyan was also high on my list on my list only to get a matronly 'x' after a certain someone read about nudist dorms. ended up applying to cornell, haverford, penn state (and honors), colgate, rochester and bucknell. </p>
<p>and yeah, im attending the least prestigious one despite getting in everywhere.</p>
<p>Financial reasons?
I'm guessing your mother could drive to the schools she allowed you to apply to.
There's always Grad school at Chicago, that's what I think I'm going to try for :-)</p>
<p>
[quote]
Financial reasons?
I'm guessing your mother could drive to the schools she allowed you to apply to.
There's always Grad school at Chicago, that's what I think I'm going to try for :-)
[/quote]
</p>
<p>she also had a thing about me not applying to schools in a city. my mother was absolutely SURE i would get stabbed to death the minute i set foot off upenns campus. so yeah, not financial reasons... just a neurotic mother.</p>
<p>its all good, though. there are many great schools for everyone and i found one that was right for me. as for grad school, my dream is currently mit. since thats unlikely to happen, chicago is indeed on my list (though ill have to teach myself french, german or russian). graduate studies in mathematics is fun like that.</p>