What made you choose your college/university?

33girl · #1 01-21-2003, 11:08 PM

This might have already been a thread but i couldn't find it.

Anyhoo, I picked Clarion because:

-Far enough from home that I couldn't come home every weekend
-Great accounting program (my major when I entered)
-Not too costly
-Hardly anyone from my high school went there
-Felt at home as soon as I walked on campus

What about everyone else???

Dionysus · #2 01-21-2003, 11:17 PM

The devil!!!!!!!

This has to be one of the most retarded schools in the country.

OrigamiTulip · #3 01-21-2003, 11:21 PM

I didn't get into the University of Washington, and UF was the only other real college I had applied to. Hell, I didn't even want to go here. I had hated UF all my life, but once I got here and got settled, things changed.... Now I bleed orange and blue

librasoul22 · #4 01-21-2003, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BetaRose
Now I bleed orange and blue

*edited to correct facial expression*

I am so sorry to hear that!

But anyway, I chose FLORIDA STATE because it is CHEAP.

Nikki_DZ · #5 01-22-2003, 12:06 AM

Scholarship money.

I was totally set to attend Indiana U., my dream school. I applied to Bowling Green and Xavier back-ups. I got into all three, but didn't receive any financial aid from IU. BG and XU both offered scholarships, but in the end I choose BG b/c it was 4 hours from home, cheaper, and I liked the idea of a "college" town. I don't regret it for anything-my undergrad experience was fabulous! Go Falcons!!!

KappaTarzan · #6 01-22-2003, 12:08 AM

honestly, my then boyfriend. we've sinc ebroken up... i'm glad i came here though, two of my best friends from HS ended up here, and my wonderful sisters too!!

ZTAMich · #7 01-22-2003, 12:14 AM

Oh a few reasons...
~I was accepted to three SUNY schools but was moving out of state so it didn't really help that tuition was reduced for me
~I decided the two all women's colleges, one in allentown pa and one in aurora, ny near the boyfriend @ his college, were not the way to go for me for many different reasons...

...Which left me with only one other school I had applied to/been accepted to. I was happy bc I liked the town a lot and the really good Elem. Education program. The atmosphere and look of the college seemed like the upstate NY all women's college I applied to but with men! LOL Now just over 100 days from graduation I am really glad I randomly found Moravian at a college fair, went for a second tour, etc etc.

DeltAlum · #8 01-22-2003, 12:38 AM

It would be helpful to know which school we are all talking about.

Ohio University is the only place I applied. It had (and still does) the reputation as being one of the best broadcasting (as opposed to Journalism -- although it is considered among the best of that also) schools in the country. It was also in state for me at the time, which made if affordable -- barely.

It is one of the most beautiful campusus I have ever seen (and I've been on a lot).

And, to be honest, it had a party school reputation, too. It was far enough away from home, but not too far.

I really loved my time there and go back as often as I can.

KillarneyRose · #9 01-22-2003, 12:44 AM

Pitt is the only school I ever wanted to go to. I loved the location (20 minutes from home; close enough for laundry runs), adored the social life (I remember my mom saying to me, "Everyone seems really friendly here" when she came to take me out to lunch after my first week there and about ten million people stopped to say hi. She didn't realize that I'd been sneaking to parties in Oakland since I was about 15. Shhhh!), I was impressed with the writing program, loved the Panthers football and basketball teams. Oh, and I was eager to escape from the suburbs and live in the big city (well, it seemed like a big city then) but still have the safety net of dorm life.

Maybe not the best reasons, but I've never regretted it

valkyrie · #10 01-22-2003, 12:47 AM

I applied to only one school, The University of Iowa. I wanted to go there because of its reputation for having a GREAT writing program, and I was all about becoming a fiction writer. Hm, too bad I didn't follow up with that because I would probably be a lot happier! I also saw it as an alternative to U of Illinois, which was where most everyone from my high school went; I didn't want to hang out with people from high school in college. I thought it would be much better to go somewhere and have to meet new people, and for the most part, I was right.

juniorgrrl · #11 01-22-2003, 12:56 AM

I chose Tulane, my first college, because it had a good reputation and was close to home. I loved the idea of being in Uptown New Orleans. I didn't take a close look at the students, the quality of life, the programs, etc.

I chose LSU because it was free. Louisiana has the TOPS program, that provides a tuition waiver to basically any HS grad with a pulse (2.5 and 20 on your ACT) that's taken a certain number and type of HS credits. (wow, TWO whole years of a foriegn language

) Plus, because of my grades/ACT, i got a $400/semester stipend for books, etc. And, a lot of my close friends from high school, and my boyfriend were there. I don't regret the decision. I got a semi-decent education that cost next to nothing, and I had a great time along the way.

I picked LSU law because they gave me a full scholarship. BIG MISTAKE. I should have taken the 8K/year hit to go to another school that doesn't have the reputation for beating the will to live out of its students.

prospectiverushee · #12 01-22-2003, 01:01 AM

I picked Louisiana Tech because it was the only school I had applied to. Everyone else from my hs was going to LSU, so La Tech was far away from home (6 hours from New Orleans) without being so far away from home.

I'm probably going to go to University of North Texas for grad school because, I took a tour in '96 and fell in love with the campus. Denton is about a hop, skip,and a jump from Dallas. It's pretty cheap compared to UT-Austin, and it has a good school of library science

UF_PikePC98 · #13 01-22-2003, 01:01 AM

I picked my 1st school because of all the a$$ I knew that was there and the a$$ that was soon to be.

Eventually I had to leave that school because getting a$$ was getting in the way of the goal, getting a degree.

The school I was at last semester, I picked that one because I knew absolutly no a$$ that was here.

#14 01-22-2003, 01:39 AM

My dad graduated from A&M in '73, so as soon as we moved back to Texas, he got season tickets to A&M football games. I came to all the home games and every Fightin Texas Aggie Bonfire since my freshman year of HS. Spending so much time up here, i fell in love with the Corps of Cadets and all of the A&M Traditions. When i applied to schools, i knew that no matter where i went, i would always be comparing it to the "other" education i would be recieving at A&M.

At the time i had recieved a 4 year Army ROTC scholarship and knew that the Corps at A&M would prepare me better for life as an officer than anywhere else.

Kitso
KS 361 hours i've spent working on Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire!

adduncan · #15 01-22-2003, 01:41 AM

I applied to Boston U, Rutgers, and Michigan State. Got into all 3.

Ended up in BU because of their science program (majored in General Biology, tailored my electives for a Molecular Biology specialty) and also because of Boston. It was 4 hours away from home (like most everyone else, far enough away to ditch the parental units, yet close enough to get home when you really need to.) I also fell in love w/ the history. I was in walking distance of the NEHGS on Newbury St and found a new hobby in geneaology and a new love of American history--because that's where a lot of it happened.

Boston is also a beautiful, walkable, liveable city. I get homesick thinking about it and working on a plan to visit again (w/ husband in tow, who has never been.)

Adrienne PNAM-2003