College Discussion - View Single Post - Opinions please: Cornell, Syracuse, Rice, UVA, UCinn, UMD

FatherTuition · 04-25-2008, 08:30 AM

Accepted in Architecture for all schools, but having trouble deciding. So far, the evaluations look like this:

Cornell: Good all round ("Ivy"), international reputation; pretty large --easy to feel lost?; party school reputation?

Syracuse: Good for a couple of specialties, but not impressive else --does this mean that elective courses will not be very good? Sleazy town. Got $ without asking.

Rice: Good all round, small and intimate program, Preceptorship year is like a co-op --good bridge between study and real world; study abroad limited to one location (Paris); maybe small faculty and class limits exposure to different opinions?

UVA: Good all round, large, lots of in-state (not our state) students, not a BArch, but better opportunity to take electives

UCinn: Good design school, low SAT's else, lots of in-state students

UMD: Cheap (in state plus $) but large, maybe average quality outside of Arch?

Any opinons on specific schools or decision methodology in general would be appreciated. Thanks --less than a week to decide!

04-25-2008, 08:30 AM	#1
FatherTuition New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8	Opinions please: Cornell, Syracuse, Rice, UVA, UCinn, UMD Accepted in Architecture for all schools, but having trouble deciding. So far, the evaluations look like this: Cornell: Good all round ("Ivy"), international reputation; pretty large --easy to feel lost?; party school reputation? Syracuse: Good for a couple of specialties, but not impressive else --does this mean that elective courses will not be very good? Sleazy town. Got $ without asking. Rice: Good all round, small and intimate program, Preceptorship year is like a co-op --good bridge between study and real world; study abroad limited to one location (Paris); maybe small faculty and class limits exposure to different opinions? UVA: Good all round, large, lots of in-state (not our state) students, not a BArch, but better opportunity to take electives UCinn: Good design school, low SAT's else, lots of in-state students UMD: Cheap (in state plus $) but large, maybe average quality outside of Arch? Any opinons on specific schools or decision methodology in general would be appreciated. Thanks --less than a week to decide!