ADVICE: Brown ED or Columbia ED or Stanford EA?

zed1994
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:33:45 +0000

Hi everyone,

So putting aside my stats and “chances of getting in,” I was wondering if I could get some advice on which school I should apply early to for admittance into the class of 2017. The three that I’ve found myself most taken with are Stanford, Columbia, and Brown.

A little bit about myself to give some perspective…

-I love traveling and being around people of different cultures/backgrounds. It’s definitely important for me to go to a school with a significant international population.
-I’m pretty into sports and hope to play club soccer and tennis.
-My prospective majors are international relations, political science, biology, and/or neuroscience (i know all three of these schools offer one or more of these in some form or another so that’s not TOO much of an issue).
-I hope to be able to double major with a social science and biological science or at least do a social science major with a pre-med track
-I do enjoy being in a city-like environment, but I feel like I can put that wish aside until grad school if I have to.
-I want to be part of an intellectual environment (which I’m sure I would get at any of these schools) but also want to have a good social life and be able to go out without feeling too stressed about it.

So, if you guys could give me your opinions on which school you think I should go for and why, I would really appreciate it! Thanks so much.