<p>If you were guaranteed admission into </p>
<p>Stanford University
Amherst College
Brown University
Columbia University
Bowdoin College
Dartmouth College</p>
<p>which would you go to, and why?</p>
<p>Out of that list I guess Amherst because it’s the southernmost small LAC in the list, though none of those would be my top choice.</p>
<p>Dartmouth.</p>
<ol>
<li>School is focused on undergraduates.</li>
<li>Apparently their teachers are amazing there.</li>
<li>I love the campus (that’s my own personal taste)</li>
<li>D-Plan</li>
<li>Alumni there are so helpful!
And there’s more, but Ican’t think of anymore right now.</li>
</ol>
<p>Stanford because I’d want to live in CA.</p>
<p>The D Plan turns me off.</p>
<p>I couldn’t afford to live in NYC so Columbia is out.</p>
<p>Dartmouth or Bowdoin.</p>
<p>Stanford and Columbia…I think both California and NYC would provide too many distractions for undergrad.</p>
<p>Brown too liberal.</p>
<p>Amherst gives me the creeps for some reason…too small? too elitist?</p>
<p>I like Dartmouth’s proximity to mountains and Bowdoin’s proximity to ocean.</p>
<p>Columbia University-
The Core <3
The City
Networking
Great internship/research opportunities for undergrads
Pretty good engineering program (not the best but very good still)
Friendly/helpful staff</p>
<p>Probably Columbia, although I’d have a hard time turning down Stanford.
Reasons:
I’m looking for a bigger, more metropolitan school than the other three.
I like the Core Curriculum a whole lot.
NYC is amazing
Stanford would be a plane flight, and I’d rather not deal with that. Columbia, on the other hand, is one of the 5 or 6 closest colleges to my house.
Oh, and my parents went to Brown. It’s kind of a turnoff for me.</p>
<p>Stanford all the way!
The campus is beautiful, the science and psychology departments are legendary, and its near one of the best cities in the world (San Fran).</p>
<p>Columbia, probably. NYC + Core Curriculum = incredible. Maybe Brown, because the open curriculum seems cool too. And there’s a Chipotle two blocks from campus <3</p>
<p>Dartmouth! I love it…the setting, the undergraduate focus, the diversity, the social life…</p>
<p>I think it combines all the good that an LAC like Bowdoin offers with the opportunities and connections of an Ivy/Stanford.</p>
<p>Bowdoin (it’s my top choice now) but maybe Brown… Ahh I don’t know! </p>
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<p>i’ve spent time at stanford before… it’s a nice school but I dunno i’ve lived in cali forever and the weather and town is just no.<br>
it would def come down to darthmouth or columbia- just because it’s in NY ;)</p>
<p>I totally agree with you DCU!</p>
<p>Either Columbia or Dartmouth. Columbia because of its close proximity to my home (I live in New York) and Dartmouth because I love how isolated yet inviting it is.</p>
<p>The only two of these that I would not consider attending are Dartmouth and Columbia. I perceive Dartmouth as being populated by stuffy, preppy people who get hammered at what is an alarming rate for stuffy, preppy people – this may be absolutely incorrect, but it’s the way I perceive it. </p>
<p>Stanford would be nice because I’m on the west coast and it’s Stanford… which is nice. It seems to me that Brown is the best fit for me as a person/student, though, so I’d pick Brown. If I had to pick any non-LAC in general (every single school I’m applying to is one minus a financial safety), I’d pick Brown.</p>
<p>Bowdoin</p>
<p>Best mascot</p>
<p>Thanks for posting everyone! Everyone is so different, the decisions are so divided. Dartmouth has seem to attracted the most interest though</p>
<p>That’s because Dartmouth=love.</p>
<p>Haha definitely.^</p>
<p>Another vote for Dartmouth. I love Hanover. I couldn’t do college in NYC.</p>