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Tell me where you are going or where you are currently a student and why

By Vayne (Vayne) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 06:09 pm: Edit

Texas Tech........money

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 06:32 pm: Edit

San Diego State....best climate in the world, offers a business program unlike most of the UC's.

By Fiza (Fiza) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 08:03 pm: Edit

Tulane...I'll second the weather thing

PLUS Its one of the more prestigious southern schools

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 08:12 pm: Edit

One of my good friends...shes going off to Tulane..awesome school from what I hear, congrats.

By Bluestar86 (Bluestar86) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 09:06 pm: Edit

i thought savedbythebell7 was going to nyu?... o well, have fun at sdsu.

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 09:12 pm: Edit

im going to Lehigh ... i guess it's pretty elite (ranked in the 30s) but its not really a big name school except in the tristate area

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 01:37 am: Edit

nope, but i'll be going to new york city for the first time next week! I'm not a big fan of snow, I prefer to avoid it at ALL costs. 71 miles of beach in San Diego is good enough for me.

By Takanawajoe (Takanawajoe) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 02:49 am: Edit

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Best value for what I want (EE). Got a great scholarship.

By Kellygirl (Kellygirl) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 03:46 am: Edit

Syracuse University (pending NYU waitlist) because they gave me a good financial aid package and I loved the campus. I didn't choose my other schools because: a) too many of my classmates would be attending, b) didn't like the campus, or c) too expensive.

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 05:33 am: Edit

University of Wisconsin.

why? my alternative was Indiana

By Ndcountrygirl (Ndcountrygirl) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 11:08 am: Edit

North Dakota State University.

Money, and my parents refused to let their youngest child go out of state.

By Jinhamasaki (Jinhamasaki) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 11:44 am: Edit

University of Florida

Money

By Perintastic (Perintastic) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 11:58 am: Edit

university of delaware.

best i got into.

By Synapse (Synapse) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 12:12 pm: Edit

Suny Buffalo

I got waitlisted at 3 schools, Suny Binghamton, BU and UMD CP and my dad won't pay for the other schools I got into cuz he feels it is too expensive.

So either I wait and get off a waitlist or I go to Buffalo and I transfer after a semester or 2

By Valerie (Valerie) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 06:48 pm: Edit

So Far:

Texas Tech
San Diego State
Tulane
Leheigh
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Syracuse
University of Wisconsin
North Dakota state University
University of Florida
University of Delaware
Suny Baffalo

Anyone else?

By Dontgouc (Dontgouc) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 09:01 pm: Edit

University of Washington. Beautiful campus and surrounding area, great academics, one of the top public schools in the nation, pac 10 sports, and loved seattle.

By Starchybean (Starchybean) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 09:18 pm: Edit

"71 miles of beach in San Diego is good enough for me"

Man, I thought tourists only knew how many miles of beaches we have... random fact! :P

How many students are enrolled at SDSU?

By Lkjhgfdsa (Lkjhgfdsa) on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:55 pm: Edit

make that lehigh x2
=)

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 12:02 am: Edit

lehigh yeaaaaa
lkjh what you college at lehigh are you going to? I'm in the college of business and economics

By Lkjhgfdsa (Lkjhgfdsa) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 12:39 am: Edit

arts and sciences

By Michael1104 (Michael1104) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 01:12 am: Edit

University of Delaware....$24,000 scholarship money

By Enarang (Enarang) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 10:51 am: Edit

Maybe Babson College (Yes your probably saying to yourself I've never heard of it) one of the BEST business educations in the country!

By Smartnsweet (Smartnsweet) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 02:19 pm: Edit

Scripps College ... love the Claremonts and Great Financial Aid, oh yah and nobody from my high school will be there!

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 04:59 pm: Edit

uh, there should be a class of about 4,000 going to SDSU.

By Orangeman167 (Orangeman167) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 05:49 pm: Edit

University of Scranton- Love the campus and the friendly atmosphere

By Almma (Almma) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 07:06 pm: Edit

scripps college...good choice smartnsweet

beautiful campus and gotta love the claremont colleges.

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Monday, May 03, 2004 - 08:34 pm: Edit

Lkjhgfdsa i got a question for ya... how do you confirm housing at lehigh? .. there was no info on the enrollment card..

By Nate8585 (Nate8585) on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 08:37 am: Edit

Holy Cross

By Valerie (Valerie) on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 05:29 pm: Edit

The List Keeps Growing!

Arts and Sciences
Babson College
Holy Cross
Leheigh x 2
North Dakota State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
San Diego State
Scripps College
Suny Buffalo
Syracuse
Texas Tech
Tulane
University of Delaware x 2
University of Florida
University of Scranton
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:20 pm: Edit

its lehigh not leheigh

By Smartnsweet (Smartnsweet) on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 11:36 pm: Edit

Thanks Almma!

By Chavi (Chavi) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 08:20 am: Edit

D going to Univ. of Miami. Well thought of in Florida, good international atmosphere and good scholarship money.

By Lkjhgfdsa (Lkjhgfdsa) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 08:31 am: Edit

scuba - if i remember correctly... on our accepting their acceptance, they had a box if we were going to be housing?
..unless if i'm completely making this up. in which case, i think we are getting more stuff in the mail in a couple of weeks.

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 01:09 pm: Edit

yah they has a box but thats all... i want a damn housing form already

By Yackityack (Yackityack) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 06:35 pm: Edit

UC Irvine. because i got deferred to spring admissoin at Berkeley and i got a chancellors(7k a year) scholarship at Irvine. I hope i like it.

By Synapse (Synapse) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 06:38 pm: Edit

Change my Suny Buffalo to Suny Binghamton. I just got off the waitlist at Binghamton. :D

By Hill (Hill) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 10:49 pm: Edit

Lehigh - Mechanical engineering and great finaid package.

By Dallasstar (Dallasstar) on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 12:46 am: Edit

There's a good chance that I'll be going to the University of Texas at Austin, but I'm still waiting for my response from the waitlists of Northwestern and Washington University in St. Louis. I was accepted to Carnegie Mellon, but I decided that I wouldn't be happy there, so I declined their offer (on top of the fact that CMU costs 43k, but UT costs 10k minus 4k scholarship per year, and that UT is ranked 12 for engineering versus CMU being ranked 11). My undergraduate major will be biomedical engineering.

By Crazyandy (Crazyandy) on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 05:50 pm: Edit

Virginia Tech (my personal "reach" and they have ocean engineering, a major I'm strongly considering)

By Talrasha (Talrasha) on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 09:32 am: Edit

University of Toronto (B.B.A program)

One of the best, if not the best school in Canada.

By Cmck (Cmck) on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 10:03 am: Edit

M.C.P.H.S. (Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences). I was supposed to go to B.U., but that didn't happen. It's all because of money.

By Addaheyez (Addaheyez) on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 05:19 pm: Edit

William and Mary b/c it's the coolest place on earth and I like to wear colonial garb =) Also b/c Cornell is coooold and not as cool-lookin as WM!

By Frustrated24 (Frustrated24) on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:17 am: Edit

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Got a good scholarship. Immigrated a few months. This best I could do within a month.

By Valerie (Valerie) on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 12:18 am: Edit

Do I Hear College Cheers?

Arts and Sciences
Babson College
Holy Cross
Lehigh x 3
Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
North Dakota State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
San Diego State
Scripps College
Suny - Binghamton
Syracuse
Texas Tech
Tulane
University of California - Irvine
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
University of Delaware x 2
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of Scranton
University of Texas - Austin
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Virgina Technical
Williiam and Mary

YEAH!!!!


Keep them coming....

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 11:33 am: Edit

now that I think about it, I have a hard time believing some of these schools, being top 50 (in certain polls) are not big name:

Lehigh x 3
Tulane
University of Florida
University of Texas - Austin
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Wisconsin
William and Mary

By Talrasha (Talrasha) on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 11:59 am: Edit

hehe the University Of Toronto is most certainly reputable, but not as reputable as HYP.

I feel that it was the best choice for the time being because tuition costs only 4185 CANADIAN a year (8000 in upper 2 years) and I have the privilege of driving to school in my luxurious vehicle. =D So I won't have to pay for a dorm...

It's like.. a free ride to a prestigious school!!

Still, I'd rather go to Yale =)

By Valerie (Valerie) on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 12:03 am: Edit

Do I Hear College Cheers?

Arts and Sciences
Babson College
Holy Cross
Lehigh x 3
Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
North Dakota State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
San Diego State
Scripps College
Suny - Binghamton
Syracuse
Texas Tech
Tulane
University of California - Irvine
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
University of Delaware x 2
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of Scranton
University of Texas - Austin
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Virgina Technical
Williiam and Mary

YEAH!!!!


Keep them coming....

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 12:19 am: Edit

uh... see my post from above

By Mochaweb85 (Mochaweb85) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 01:41 pm: Edit

2nd for Tulane here.

By Iflyjets (Iflyjets) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 05:32 pm: Edit

Furman University in South Caroloina (for my D). Beautiful campus, great people! A true gem.

By Sbhopeful (Sbhopeful) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 05:33 pm: Edit

UC Santa Barbara....California native=affordable tuition, not too close but not too far from home (2 1/2 hrs), and it's a top 50 school....easy decision :-D

By Valerie (Valerie) on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 07:24 pm: Edit

Fonzie

It's all in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?!

What is to one is another to others

So, I guess Big Name can be debated to some extinct - over what schools have earned their Big Names

Let's break it down after more results have come in

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 01:37 am: Edit

the results are in

By Acennace (Acennace) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 05:06 am: Edit

Illinois Wesleyan University for the money...
Actually I was accepted at UVA and UWisc Madison, but they were too expensive for my parents to pay. I envy those people in my high school whose parents can send them to big name univ. UVA has been my favourite since I was a freshman in high school, but I'll get over it... one day...

By Scubasteve (Scubasteve) on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 11:07 am: Edit

being ranked #37 nationally, lehigh is an elite school... however not too many people have heard of it so i felt it falls under the category of "not big name" thus i included it in this post

By Proofster (Proofster) on Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 05:56 pm: Edit

Georgia Tech... A steal for instate residents.

turned down Wake Forest

By Econrobot (Econrobot) on Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 09:03 pm: Edit

EMORY! Emory Scholar + a lotta money + Atlanta + tons of privileges (priority housing, class registration, paid cultural outings, possible FREE study abroad)

By Synapse (Synapse) on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 12:11 am: Edit

Emory is a big name school

By Bluestar86 (Bluestar86) on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 02:10 am: Edit

is Boston U considered a big name school?

By Kk19131 (Kk19131) on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 02:11 am: Edit

Northwestern

By Adxj220 (Adxj220) on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 11:24 am: Edit

Harvard.

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 06:42 am: Edit

Dude, go away.

By Adxj220 (Adxj220) on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 09:52 am: Edit

It's a joke. I'm not going to harvard. You know, because a lot of people are mentioning "elite" and "big name" schools, as if they aren't.

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 06:58 pm: Edit

I withdrawl my comment due to its excellent analysis of a problem I am seeing within the same thread.

My apologies.

By Sarasote (Sarasote) on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 07:09 pm: Edit

people are saying names such as "tulane, lehigh, university of toronto, and emory" because though they are excellent schools, most of them are underrated by the general population and the common person would not know if they were good or not. most people would be like oh emory nice. but its not like "HARVARD, PRINCETON, YALE, STANFORD" which have international recognition even among 10 year olds.

By Kwtortoise (Kwtortoise) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:31 am: Edit

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-its my dream school with everything I could want-gave me a decent amount of money but still a lot more than my other choices (Have you heard of it? Most have not. Its in Prescott, AZ)

By Kk19131 (Kk19131) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:40 am: Edit

One of my friends is going to Embry Riddle, however, I think he said his campus is in Florida...

By Iflyjets (Iflyjets) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:41 am: Edit

There is also a campus (I believe the main one) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 05:30 pm: Edit

haha Embry Riddle sent me a bunch of brochures. I remember driving through Prescott, it was a cute little town. But i don't know if thats the type of college atmosphere I want to be in.

By Kwtortoise (Kwtortoise) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 08:12 pm: Edit

I like/want a tiny town. I can focus on studies, and meet people with a well-defined area of interest. (airplanes/aerospace)

By Madameinsanity (Madameinsanity) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 03:46 am: Edit

University of Illinois.. at Chicago.
Guaranteed med

By Zevdebee (Zevdebee) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 04:03 am: Edit

university of southern california...


weather.

By Bluevartouhi (Bluevartouhi) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:23 pm: Edit

Most probably UC Irvine, although I'm still holding out for some of my reach schools on appeal, and also might apply for the spring semester to a couple LAC's. Not too excited about UCI, but it's the best UC I've been accepted to, and if I go there I'll have senior standing and I'll finish school in less than a year. (Before you go "huh," you should know that I'm a transfer student. ).

By Chapter322 (Chapter322) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 10:54 pm: Edit

Speaking of not being known, for some reason, many people know Tulane University. Maybe it's the whole MTV Mardi Gras thing, but besides that, Tulane is highly respected, especially when it comes to finding a high paying job. It is HIGHLY underrated by US News because of the low retention rate. Many people don't expect the academics to be very rigorous at Tulane, but they are EXTREME, and therefore many kids drop out first semester because of Bourbon Street and the likes.

I think the school is using its connections to change it's image. First they're on MTV and then they were mentioned on some WB shows. And now the class of 2008 is the most competitive admitted class in the history of the school.... I give them an A for effort.

By Jbizz (Jbizz) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 11:04 pm: Edit

UC Santa Barbara...Beautiful, Top Public School, Money.