The decision keeps getting harder! Advice

gdsdiscgolfer · #1 03-31-2007, 01:30 AM

So I got into: McGill, WashU, UNC, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, UC Berkeley (and maybe Duke)

I had pretty much decided that it was between Columbia and Berkeley.

But JHU just offered me $24k a year in a scholarship that only 20 incoming freshmen get. There's a disc golf course <1 mile from the campus and they have a great ultimate frisbee team to boot. Looks really enticing.

Do you think that it would be more impressive on future applications (jobs, internships, grad school, etc.) to say I was a "Hodson Trust Scholar at JHU" than that I simply got a degree from Berkeley or Columbia?

kmak · #2 03-31-2007, 01:42 AM

no.

Go ivy. Not even close.

emon87 · #3 03-31-2007, 02:15 AM

Hopkins ultimate team isnt that great, and don't base your college choice on ultimate (and yes, I play). columbia is the obvious choice here.

SuperUberBob · #4 03-31-2007, 02:16 AM

Aside from the really top-notch type jobs, where you went to college doesn't matter as much as whether or not you graduated.

Go where you think you'll enjoy yourself more.

Thremp · #5 03-31-2007, 02:20 AM

Ivy.

mikeczyz · #6 03-31-2007, 03:13 AM

baltimore sucks.

chisness · #7 03-31-2007, 04:57 AM

what major are you thinking? i'd almost definitely go w/ columbia regardless.

00gene · #8 03-31-2007, 05:09 AM

[ QUOTE ]
i'd almost definitely go w/ columbia regardless.

[/ QUOTE ]

NU Star · #9 03-31-2007, 08:20 AM

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
i'd almost definitely go w/ columbia regardless.

[/ QUOTE ]

[/ QUOTE ]

Columbia has tunnels from dorms to classes...so key in the winter.

dethgrind · #10 03-31-2007, 03:57 PM

Girls + partying + sports + weather = UCLA. At least don't completely ignore those factors in your decision.