<p>desi_chick, how are you?</p>
<p>ahh junkie i am fine. how are you…and what is this i hear? obsession with meadow36, no longer gosh?
=O</p>
<p>I don’t know Gosh’s username on CC!</p>
<p>I applied to my universities because I like them all, they are great in my area of studies, and each are unique in their own way.
To mention one other thing about each school ( besides academic related):
University of Iowa Iowa City- Great and distinctive college town
University of Minnesota Twin Cities- Distinctive location<br>
Boston University Boston- World class city
George Washington University District of Columbia- A prime location for my studies
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign- Great college town
University of Michigan Ann Arbor- Instate
University of Arizona Tuscon- Distinctive location</p>
<p>As you see, I guess I just decided to mention about the schools location because I coudl evaluate on the schools by so much more.</p>
<p>Gosh, this looks fun.
University of Massachusetts Amherst- It was a safety at first, and almost full ride. Then I searched into it a little bit, and I liked the vibe when I first visited. </p>
<p>University of Massachusetts Darmouth- My other safety. For a state school, it have a pretty good nursing program. In case I’m interested in switching into it. </p>
<p>Oberlin College- Where do I start? Overall, I like this college most for its very liberal background. Not to mention that a lot of students, so far, are interested in Politics! I always dreamed of going to a college and debating till midnight over the subject of Politics or History! Also, they have plenty of activist club that are continually active,
( so says a student that I talked to) Love it!</p>
<p>All SUNYs – financial reason and major fields, and I don’t have good GPA/SAT score to get in to tops.</p>
<p>@Millanclad</p>
<p>You can but only in closely related subjects. For example I think you can switch from natural sciences to material science or something like but. You may be able to swtich from linguitics to philosophy or a specific language but probably not art history.</p>
<p>I withdrew all but the top three applications, but this is fun. Here goes.</p>
<p>Stanford University - With academic rigor as a given (and a requirement for all schools), I applied to Stanford through QuestBridge because it was intriguing, non-binding, and free (I don’t mean the application, I mean the entire education). Financial aid was my biggest factor in choosing any of my schools. The weather helped, too. Of course now I’ve fallen in love with the school for it’s charm, it’s quarter calendar, etc. But to be honest, it was never the top of my list.</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis - WashU has been the top of my list for awhile now. The location (urban), the rigor, the atmosphere, and the facilities drew me in (as well as the financial aid… remember I was limited to 25 schools, tops). I visited for Discovery Weekend and… wow. I am usually anti-sentimental, but I walked on campus and literally felt like I was at home. It became the school against which I judged all others. I’ve been able to block it out for Stanford in the last few months, but visiting again in April is going to make it extremely difficult to pass up.</p>
<p>University of Pittsburgh - It’s a great safety. The location is good, it has an Honors College, I liked the B. Phil, I got guaranteed acceptance to grad school, and the merit money is decent.</p>
<p>Rice University - I was intrigued by the location and the residential colleges, but I think it was the atmosphere that got me. Rice is a serious school in a non-serious way. It is also extremely well known for race/class interaction, which was a big one for me.</p>
<p>University of Chicago - I like the school for its love-of-learning ideal, even though it was a bit quirky for me and the core doesn’t quite sit well with my needs. But, that said, it was another match level school with great financial aid. And it was in a city. A really cold, really cool city.</p>
<p>Yale University - I’m not particularly interested in any of the Ivies, but given their financial aid, I narrowed them down to the least offensive. I actually came to like Yale. I mostly liked the residential college system, as per Rice. It was certainly an agreeable choice, but nothing stood out to me.</p>
<p>Boston University - Just another safety. Decent location. Decent to good merit aid. I’d be in the inaugurating class of the Honors College.</p>
<p>George Washington University - Location, location, location. I really wanted an urban school or a school that was located on urban turf. Plus, given my interests, D.C. was the best place to be. However, upon visiting a second time, I was really turned off by the atmosphere and the facilities.</p>
<p>It had to be in California or the Midwest (with a few exceptions), and had to be big w/ decent journalism program.</p>
<p>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: My mom went there, my dad went there, my two older brothers are seniors there, and my sister is a sophomore there. Two generations of grandparents on BOTH sides went there, anddd several aunts/uncles went there. Nice school too. I got rejected.</p>
<p>Indiana University-Bloomington: J-School, Campus, proximity to Chicago/other big cities.</p>
<p>USC: only because of Annenberg. I got accepted but I’m not going.</p>
<p>UC-Berkeley: Because I live in CA and have over a 3.0. What the hell, might as well try…</p>
<p>UCLA: See UCB</p>
<p>UC-Riverside: Safety. It’s not a horrible school either.</p>
<p>Michigan State: Just like the school in general, thought I could get in (which I did) </p>
<p>Purdue: I was bored and submitted an app. </p>
<p>University of Washington: Communications Department, Campus, I like Seattle, lots of friends applied there</p>
<p>UW-Madison: Really liked the school for about 2 weeks. Got rejected.</p>
<p>JMU: Far away. Good communications. Nice campus. Close to DC. 70% girls.</p>
<p>UMich: Bored and submitted the app, then got a slight interest in going and followed through with the supplemental materials. Won’t get in.</p>
<p>Mizzou: #1 Journalism school in the nation, nice campus</p>
<p>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities: Last minute application</p>
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<p>That hurts. I wasn’t expecting that last sentence AT ALL.</p>
<p>^ Yeah that was a major downer hahah</p>
<p>These are only my top choices.</p>
<p>Brown: Open curriculum, IVY status. Love how it is near the city, and loved the feel of the campus.</p>
<p>Cornell: Cornell in Washington Program, IVY status. A bit rural ,though.</p>
<p>Penn: Less concrete about this, IVY status, location is kinda shaky, however the campus is pretty.</p>
<p>Northwestern: Good Poly/sci program, ideal location.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt: I fell in love with the campus when I visited. Not only was it gorgeous, but the class sizes are small and it’s smack dab in the middle of Nashville (not that you really notice). It’s only an hour away from home, but after the little student tour presentation, I knew that I wanted to go there. </p>
<p>University of Colorado at Boulder: good safety for NROTC scholarship. I absolutely love the library, though.</p>
<p>All my schools have good academics and good sports teams (preferably football). DI, big stadiums, in good conferences, are on TV, you know. I’m not looking to major in sports management or anything, I just like watching college games and stalking the teams.</p>
<p>I love University of Tennessee football games. Luckily, my twin sister is going there. (seriously!) So I can still get my fill of UT football.</p>