<p>Where should I go?</p>
<p>Upenn (wharton)
stanford
johns hopkins
harvey mudd
berkeley</p>
<p>i'm not really sure what my major is. im thinking of physics + math or comp sci.</p>
<p>can you give me a reason for your choice?</p>
<p>Well if you like the small campus atmosphere then I'd say go with Mudd.</p>
<p>how good is the harve mudd campus? i heard its crappy.</p>
<p>i'd like to go to a school with a beautiful campus</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
<p>can you give me a reason?</p>
<p>Stanford.</p>
<p>Surfs up, dude.</p>
<p>i say the question is between stanford and harvey mudd.</p>
<p>wharton if you want to work in the business</p>
<p>You've already been accepted by all of these? Holy crap! Congrats! If money is no object, I say Stanford, followed by Penn, then Berkeley. Reason for the rankings: national reputations, beauty of campus, wide variety of great departments (you seem quite undecided about majors).</p>
<p>UPenn Wharton or Stanford.</p>
<p>how is the upenn's campus?</p>
<p>If you're pretty sure you want to do something business related, I'd say Wharton. I'm at Wharton now and it's simply amazing. We et so many great speakers and CEOs (Donald Trump being the most obvious, followed by the CEO of Citigroup, CEO of McDonalds, and a lot of cool random visits) and they really set you up to succeed. </p>
<p>I'm a freshman and when I made cold calls, everyone took me seriously after they heard the Wharton name. They have so many connections in the business world, and they really make it easy for you. </p>
<p>Besides that, Penn in general is just awesome. Philly is full of life, everyone's really involved on campus, and people are just really happy in general. </p>
<p>The only thing Stanford has working for it is that it's warm =)</p>
<p>Wharton or else I will think twice about your brain-structure.</p>
<p>Wait, Wharton, not CAS, for math and physics??? Go to Wharton if you want a business degree. </p>
<p>Assuming you meant CAS, then it is at least closer to your expressed interests. But Penn, Berkeley and Stanford are all big universities with lots of graduate programs, and questionable dedication to undergrad education. This is great for people who do not mind that environment, but drastically different from Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Among the Penn, Berkeley and Stanford, Penn has the weakest math and physics at the graduate level, but it is hardly bad. </p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is famously demanding academically, not that majoring in your chosen fields would be easy anywhere. Hopkins is a fine university, but its scientific strengths are in biomed. Again, not bad by any means, but the graduate programs in math and physics are not at the Stanford/Berkeley level.</p>
<p>You could always double-major with Wharton and a math degree, which would be a REALLY strong and highly desireable combination.</p>
<p>wharton dude, keep a decent GPA in wharton ur practically guaranteed to be recruited for an awesome NYC business job</p>
<p>Wow everyone is assuming that a person who is looking into physics, math, and cs wants to be in business - that's certainly not always true.</p>
<p>Based on strength of programs in your interested areas, I'd actually narrow it down to Berk, Stanford, and Mudd.</p>
<p>Between those three, acadmically you're picking hairs, but I'll tell you what I personally think:</p>
<p>For CS choose: Stan > Berk > Mudd (assuming you can excel at a big school for Berkeley).</p>
<p>For math/physics choose: Mudd > Stan > Berk</p>
<p>However, the differences in programs aren't enough to just go where you feel comfortable, and hey, if a pretty campus will make you happy, by all means take that into consideration. All three campuses have completely different 'feels' to them - hopefully you can visit a couple or at least find some online pictures. </p>
<p>Overall I'd say the 'safest' bet is Stanford in terms of a balance of overall strength, diversity of options, and good campus life. Berkeley is awesome if you can deal being in a big school environment. If you stand out, there are really strong opportunities there, but it's also possible to be lost in the crowd. If you want a challenge and you're pretty sure you want math/physics/cs then Mudd could be the perfect place for you.</p>
<p>you will find mudd beyond rigorous in any and all of these fields. every freshman at mudd is required to do: </p>
<p>computer science (phython, semester),
intro to special relativity/quantum mechanics (semester),
classical mechanics (rotational and waves, semester),
general chemistry (year),
chem lab (year),
physics lab (semester),
math (calc I, lin al I, DEs I, multi V I),
an elective (engineering, bio, cs, math, etc),
humanities/soc sci (2 terms).</p>
<p>if you are competent in cs, you'll can test out of the intro course (my roommate did) and go to the next level. </p>
<p>basically, the academics here are way TOO amazing. i'm learning so much... my brain feels like a sponge. </p>
<p>i have 10+ friends at berkeley and a few came down to visit over their spring break last week. this is an actual quote from a person who is in (and doing really well) the EE/CS program over there:
"i feel like i am such a slacker compared to you guys." said genuinely on 3-26-06 by J.W.
my other friend in the molecular biology premed program there said,
"your college is crazy smart. i'm such a slacker compared to you." (-D.S.) which sounds a lot like my other friend (they said this around the same time). </p>
<p>i don't want to scare you but this place is a REAL challenge if you wish to accept. i say go for it... you seem capable.</p>
<p>oh, mudd has a math/cs joint major, if you are interested.</p>
<p>I say Stanford, hands down
I have a friend who goes there and loves it, every new term there's a preview period where you check out classes to see if you want to take them - and every time, she ends up in at least 5 classes because she doesn't want to drop any. Of course, this is just an opinion, but that's what you were asking for, right?
I hear Stanford students are really happy in general.</p>