<p>Hey everyone!
I'm just trying to gather some opinions.
I got accepted to NYU, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Univ. of Chicago, & Cornell (waitlist)...</p>
<p>and i'm planning to major either </p>
<p>-double major in math & bio
- or major in biomath or mathematical biology</p>
<p>Which college should i go for :) ... and why?
I'm trying to move to the east coast, but Berkeley & LA is just too damn good to pass up.
Any thoughts or comment?</p>
<p>**Honest responses please :P</p>
<p>you should goto the school you see yourself the most happy in. dont get caught up in only names or locations.</p>
<p>Those are all really good schools. I think you should go to the one you feel most comfortable in.</p>
<p>it comes down to where you wanna live and how much you wanna pay?</p>
<p>there is no better city than LA if you've never lived there before! If you live in LA I'd go to Cal for a change....</p>
<p>I think chicago and cal will be very good if you're interested in intense research in anything math related. Just my opinion though.</p>
<p>....but do you like snow or sunshine?</p>
<p>Can you do any visits? I visited 3 of those schools and wow they were just so DIFFERENT. </p>
<p>UCB: Homeless people. Urban. Loud. Noisy. Dirty. Crazy people. 20++something thousand undergrads
UCLA: Sunshine. Rah-rahrah sports!!! Uggs + miniskirts. Balance. 20++something thousand undergrads. Extrinsic motivation. Beat the curve mentality. Work for the grades and numbers. Don't get weeded out. [Also I'm guessing the same mentality is at Berkeley...] Competitive in that sense. Grades. Numbers. Curve. Also, note I have only had 300-person lectures. V. pre-professional environment!!!
U of C: NERDY. Isolated. Cold. WEIRD. QUIRKY. 19th century American Literature specialists (and also, more obscure topics). Intellectual!!! More theoretical than practical. Gothic. Dark. Gloomy. Sombre. Close-knit community. Coffee-house conversations about academics. it seemed like it was half the size of ucla campus. 4000 undergrads. I almost transferred. Also, PURE MATH!!! omgomg... anyway wow i love this place but ndsjnfdkjsfjkds People I met there were just so incredibly passionate about what they were studying. It was wonderful. Also, this place is INTENSE!!!! It's more intrinsic than extrinsic... that's driving you. Not surprising that a large # of students go on to pursue PhDs or become academicians. </p>
<p>Please visit.</p>
<p>NYU: No sense of community... fragmented campus.
Cornell: Really good food supposedly. Pretty large for a private school</p>
<p>Also, what kind of learning environment do you prefer? I've learned that I might have benefited more from a large LAC or a medium-sized research university.</p>
<p>oh and yes definitely!!! </p>
<p>Those are all really good schools. I think you should go to the one you feel most comfortable in.</p>
<p>How large are the math classes @ LA (upper division)?</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.math.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ucla.edu</a>
Look up the upper division math courses
Go to <a href="http://www.registrar.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.ucla.edu</a>
Click on Schedule
Click on a term and year
Click on math
Press submit
Look at the upper-division courses that correspond to the ones you saw on <a href="http://www.math.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ucla.edu</a>
Find out how many students are enrolled (granted more probably enroll at the beginning of the quarter and students drop as they go along)
Do the same thing for however many quarters you are interested to get an idea what the typical number of students in a particular upper-division math class</p>