<p>Hi. I’ve been accepted to these three schools
and I am having the hardest time trying to make up my mind.</p>
<p>I’ve read some posts on cc and they all say:
If you’re a hardcore aspiring businessperson, Wharton all the way.
Humanities in general (especially law), Yale’s the best education.
Fun and open curriculum —> Brown.</p>
<p>The problem is I am not exactly set on one career path.
I am interested in a variety of fields… and I’d like to explore, rather than follow a strict route, in college. </p>
<p>Having said that, I see myself going into law or international relations.
But when I was applying to Wharton, I actually wanted to do Huntsman program since I was interested in the intensive curriculum on International Studies (and also business, why not?) But I didn’t get into Huntsman program so right now Wharton kinda lost its appeal to me.</p>
<p>The main criteria regarding colleges for me are
-the academia of course (faculty accessibility? solid teaching? student enthusiasm about learning? discussion-centered? workload? course difficulty?)
-the atmosphere (hypercompetitive or collaborative? liberal or conservative? laid-back? cliquey/ segregated?)
-food
-people (chill? sheltered? pretentious? open-minded?)
-surroundings (fun? shady? dangerous? uninteresting? lots of music and artistic events?)</p>
<p>Feel free to talk about other stuff about the colleges. I want to know as much as possible before I am forced to choose one in three weeks :)</p>
<p>The same international studies are available to you whether you do Huntsman or not (I also wanted to do Huntsman but I didn't meet the foreign language proficiency requirement).</p>
<p>Penn's regional studies departments are among the very best in their fields. Wharton international management classes are superb and available to all (I'm in MGMT-234 and I'm in SAS...love it).</p>
<p>If you want the most opportunity to explore your options in life, Penn is hard to beat. Yale is undoubtedly superb in the humanities, but if business ends up being your thing, then Penn is hard to beat.</p>
<p>Wharton is a great school; however, I will say that you are stuck in business (despite this whole idea of "business and more"). However, I think that the Wharton experience is beneficial to almost any career that you choose. You can switch to the college, but I think that the Yale SAS is better than Penn SAS. You should just disregard Brown : )</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is flexibility. Like the previous comment, you can switch to another school at Penn. The ability to switch is great for the unsure. For instance, if you get to Wharton and you hate it then you have the option of going to one of the best SAS. However, if you go to Yale and realize that you want to do business then sucks for you because they don't have that type of program: ) Please note that business and economics are not the same so please don't try to substitute them.</p>
<p>haha jk jk but a lot of people i know have chosen wharton over yale or brown, because no one can beat wharton in its field, but yale and brown are hardly/never at the top of anything. </p>
<p>however, whichever school you end up choosing, you'll be receiving a fantastic education.</p>
<p>If you are already in Wharton, pursuing a dual degree in the college is just a meeting with an adviser away. Many friends of mine are combining their business studies with a major in the college in philosophy, architecture, sociology and many more.</p>
<p>Also, you have to remember that the Wharton curriculum is to almost 50% composed of courses in the college so that the Wharton students get a liberal arts background as well.</p>
<p>lol 50%....ummmm we take about 10 courses out of 37 in the college. it definitely doesn't feel like you have the freedom to do whatever unless your willing to take a lot of extra classes or be creative.</p>
<p>Brown isn't a real school.
New Haven is the ass of America.
Penn is a real school and West Philly is where Will Smith is from in Fresh Prince.
Go to Penn.</p>
<p>Actually, 16 of 37 classes are outside of Wharton, which is about 43%. You don't have to take extra classes or be creative to have flexibility. The flexibility is built into the curriculum. It's easy to get a minor without adding any extra classes and about 15% of Wharton students do that. Another 30% get another degree while they're here, and that does require extra classes. But in general, a lot of students graduate with more than the 37cu's necessary to graduate.</p>
<p>The main thing that you need to do is see an advisor so that you have someone to help you plan things out. DShar it sounds like that might be something you want to do if you're feeling like you don't have a lot of flexibility.</p>
<p>hmm.. this is a tough decision.. but i feel you should go to yale.. im myself going to penn, so i should be biased again it, but actually, since u rnt sure abt wat u wanna do yet, yale wud not only give u a better ivy tag, but also an excellent liberal arts experiece.. im quite hell bent on business, so penn was always first choice for me.. hmm.. brown really never applealed to me because i thought it was too much of a hippie school..! so how u decide wat suits u best...!</p>
<p>hahaha I decided on Yale finally.
The reason for that is a mixture of so many different things (for some of these considered factors, Wharton and Brown sure were stronger than Yale but in the broader view of my specific interests and my impressions of the places, Yale seemed a better fit for me). Thank you everyone for helping me out so much :)</p>