<p>I have received my acceptances and I've narrowed my choices down to these three schools. I'd like a school that has a good social scene and is not hypercompetitive. Has anyone on this board had to make the same choice? I don't know how I am supposed to pick between these options.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what you want in a social life. ND has a bigger focus on sports than the other two; however ND is also father from a “big city”. WUSTL has a greek life, the other two don’t. Kinda depends on your preferences.</p>
<p>I will say that washu tends to be fairly cooperative, rather than competitive. Not sure how this compares to ND and Rice.</p>
<p>I’m also torn between Notre Dame v. Rice…</p>
<p>I received a financial offer from ND that is too good to turn down.
I’ve been in love with Rice for so long, so now I don’t know any more… This is too hard!</p>
<p>But OP, I heard Rice is non-hypercompetitive… It’s also #1 student happiness (according to Princeton Review) School.</p>
<p>I’ve visited Rice and WashU but it was last year and I’m going back to see all three in a week. I’m surprised no one is advocating for WashU here on this forum, considering that this is the WashU forum. If anything, WashU is the school I am slightly leaning towards.</p>
<p>Just wait until happyasever sees this thread ;)</p>
<p>But seriously, my goal isn’t to recruit people to washu if they could be happier elsewhere. I personally love washu, and think it’s the best school possible for my interests, but clearly not everyone shares my passions. I’ll convey what I think are the pros and cons of washu and hope it helps people make good decisions.</p>
<p>I chose Washu over Johns Hopkins and Rice. I liked Johns Hopkins better at first and I heard from many people that Johns Hopkins premed is a cut-throat. Now I am so happy at WashU. I posted my opinion some where(Washu vs Rice) regarding Rice, Rice is a good school. No doubt about it!. Having a friend at Rice and knowing her personality, I can tell that she is more stressed than me. I guess the reason is that WashU is more cooperative while Rice is competitive. I have a good friends at here WashU and we are working together by giving and getting help from each other. We all agree that we made really a good choice. I can tell for sure that Washu environment is the best! This is true from the bottom of my heart.</p>
<p>I have an interest in business but also in life sciences and humanities. WashU is appealing in its flexibility, but I’m not sure how flexible Rice and Notre Dame are. (Before anyone mentions, I am aware that Rice has only a business minor). It’s hard for me to get a good feel of how the environment at WashU is. I could tell that Rice had a pretty quirky environment, but I myself am actually somewhat more of a conformist. All three have very nice campuses. </p>
<p>Would WUSTL be a good fit?</p>
<p>Specifically, I was wondering about triple majoring. How reasonable is it to triple major, and is it overly difficult? I’m in ArtSci.</p>
<p>@Jersey, what is your goal? Why do you want to triple major? What arw the three majors you are considering?</p>
<p>I guess three majors might be excessive. I would probably end up double majoring in a humanities subject and a business subject and maybe add a science minor. WashU has the “rule of 3”, so this would be very possible to do, right?</p>
<p>I think a lot of incoming students tend to focus on multiple majors. A double major is doable. I triple major makes no sense to me. I would suggest seeing how the course work goes in our first year and then evaluating from there. </p>
<p>Depending on your major the workload can be significant. Ryan and I usually have different opinions on that. I am guessing that Ryan is one of the top students at WashU (and not the norm for PreMed). </p>
<p>I am majoring in PNP and am PreMed (not a major). Because of the PreMed I only needed to take two more Bio classes to meet the Bio major requirement. Therefore it made sense to double major. I am not sure it gets me anything.</p>
<p>Honestly, there are students who triple major, and the fact that they find time to do so amazes me. It’s possible, as evidenced by the fact that people do it, but it definitely takes dedication and planning. I find that even two majors and a minor is more than I wish to do, but to each their own.</p>
<p>(And onecot: thanks, I appreciate that 
I don’t consider myself a top student, rather a little bit above average)</p>
<p>Great Greek life at WUSTL. There are Frat parties on almost every day of the week and anyone is welcome. And unlike schools like Hopkins, students at WashU are collaborative and competition is not cut throat at all. WashU seems like a good fit for you, but I personally recommended that you visit all three before making your final decision. Also, washU is slightly more reputed than rice or ND if that makes a difference to you.</p>