What PERSONALLY influenced your choices?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well, I know up here we always see people who wanna know which school has the #1 business school and highest peer assessment rating, etc., but for once I wanna know what other peoples more humanistic (that a word?) reasons for choosing a college.</p>

<p>For my #1 Choice (universiy of Miami) I chose it because I really started to hate the weather up here. Not only that I wanted to get farther from my family to start up my own adventures in life, and I can't deny the allure of tons of Miami women was on my mind. Plus the idea of feeling like its vacation for four years before I head out into the "real world" is pretty great. </p>

<p>Go.</p>

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<p>i ignored all rankings, friends/parents opinions. i imagined myself at each campus, and picked the one that seemed the best for me.</p>

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<p>compared to the other choice it came down to, the one I chose was further from home, in a city that is very affordable (so I dont have to rely on my parents as much), everyone isnt as obsessed with sports as my other choice, the program seems a lot easier, housing was better, better nightlife, better cities nearby for daytrips and stuff, and I'm in the honors program</p>

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<p>I refused to apply anywhere south of Philadelphia because I'm tired of hot, humid DC summers (it's that Swedish blood). I look forward to real winters, gentle summers, and air that isn't too heavy to breathe. I like low humidity and temperatures under 75 degrees; it's 63 degrees and 21% humidity in Hanover right now... to me, that is perfect.</p>

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<p>i actually got accepted to my dream college (new college of florida) and turned it down! My admissions counselor told me about Florida Atlantic University's honors college in Jupiter, FL and i applied for the heck of it. I got accepted (after i'd gotten accepted to NCF) and the 3500 bucks a year scholarship caught my eye....I visited and FELL IN LOVE. You never know. IT all depends on the visit in my opinion, the school is only how it feels for you. I felt at home at FAU, whereas at NCF I didn't fit in super-well and I realized later I pretty much loved it for the no-grades factor and the #1 best value princeton review label. It doesn't matter what rankings/labels/awards it lists on paper, if you dont feel comfortable there, its not for you.</p>

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<p>For me, it came down to academics. I was leaning toward Bowdoin but holding on to Tufts because of its fabulous location (come on, Boston is just awesome!). Then I remembered that, weirdly enough, we do go to college to learn stuff, and while Tufts gives an excellent education, Bowdoin is more one-on-one with professors, which fits my learning style.</p>

<p>Campus appearance was also super-important. I got really turned off by great schools that had incredibly ugly campuses. But Bowdoin is preeeeeeettttyyy.</p>

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<p>Visited Miami FL (hated it like no other), UConn (liked it a lot, but it's secluded), American (Too political for me) and Northeastern (See Miami).</p>

<p>My father is an executive in residence at Temple University (and an Alum). I took Honors Marketing there and did ok, but completely disliked the teacher and found the student population to be too...um...'ethnic' for my liking. Not to mention the fact that they lost my application, which was incredibly insulting to my family. So obviously Temple was out.</p>

<p>I visited Boston University after hearing about a program that pretty much was the perfect fit for me. I absolutely loved it and applied early decision.</p>

<p>I ended up applying to BU EDI, Pitt, Temple (but got my money back after they lost my app.), UMass and Indiana.</p>

<p>UMass and Indiana were good choices for me because they both have large Jewish populations, have good business and sports management and are good schools.</p>

<p>Picking one didnt matter because I got in EDI to BU. </p>

<p>BU is perfect for me because it's in Boston, my favorite place
-I'm a huuuuuge Red Sox and Pats fan
-Very intellectual and cultured student body
-Very good school and great reputation
-The program that fit my needs perfectly
-Not exactly close enough where I can go home easily or my parents can visit randomly, but not that far (6 hrs. driving)
-Not a huge frat scene
-The most gorgeous and best Hillel in the world
-Decent sports (Hockey--thank god)
-Very good food</p>

<p>I really wanted to apply to the University of Florida, but didn't because I knew I had no chance of getting in, despite my dad being an alum (law school). Def. applying for grad. school like he did though.</p>

<p>Overall, i'm very happy with how things turned out. I cant wait to get to BU :)</p>

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<p>Woot! Same here. Going to BU mainly based on the visit. Was prepared for UConn but after visiting decided it was the place for me. Parents ended up agreeing as well...</p>

<p>-The Boston Coot66</p>

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<p>Freshman in Sept. Coot?</p>

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<p>I picked the school that felt right. I actually kind of visited on a whim. I was in Philly visiting Haverford and Swarthmore and had some extra time so I visited Penn. It ended up being exactly what I was looking. I wanted to be in a big city, but with an attractive campus, 5000-10000 undergrads, good diversity, and smart students that aren't obnoxiously intellectual. I visited twice and fell in love!</p>

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<p>I dont know why anyone would go to Haverford. There's nothing to do here at all. I'd rather be in the city. Good call adf.</p>

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<p>I looked for schools with the smartest student bodies and the best academics. Didn't really even bother looking at schools without both of those, as I had safeties in Canada (I'm Canadian).</p>

<p>I love the west coast and heat, so decided some California schools would be good, and ended up visiting Stanford and Caltech. Both of those went on the list, Stanford SCEA. Got into Caltech, rejected from Stanford after SCEA deferral.</p>

<p>Visited Yale, MIT and Carnegie Mellon. Hated Yale, loved the other 2, applied RD, rejected at MIT and accepted at CMU. </p>

<p>Applied to Princeton, though with no formal visit - my Dad is an alum and I've been there a ton. Got in.</p>

<p>My reasons for most schools ended up basically being reputation of the academic programs. I figured once I had acceptances/rejections I could move on to other factors. I ended up choosing between Caltech and Princeton. </p>

<p>I loved the weather and environment at Caltech, and also loved how incredibly tight knit the students are. The openness of the students was also amazing (almost every inside door in the houses is always open, people do Psets together all over the place, people are in and out of each others rooms to talk and chill and work - it's like a big family living together in a house), as was the incredibly rigorous academics. </p>

<p>I loved Princeton's campus, though not so much the weather, and also very much liked the engineering buildings, academics and strong opportunities for diverse studies (especially the certificate programs). The big factor at Princeton, though, was the #2 nationally ranked squash team. Being an avid squash player, and knowing the coach well, this factor more than many ended up pushing me over the top to go to Princeton.</p>

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<p>Its good to see some people don't care solely about rankings. Keep em comin.</p>

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<p>Hells yeah! See you in Boston loslobos!</p>

<p>-The Freshman Coot66</p>

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<p>loslobos, are you attending haverford right now? My friend just decided he's attendin in the fall- I hope he's not disappointed. :( He's going mostly for the intellectual aspect of it, tho, i think.</p>

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<p>No, i'm going to BU. I live right near Haverford though (literally 5 mins. away).</p>

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<p>Rejection letters from schools I wanted to attend.</p>