Brandeis U -Work Hard...Play Harder?

deispremed
Sun, 20 Nov 2005 03:16:38 +0000

Shoshie, you’ve obviously been more fortunate here than I have. I don’t begrudge that. To all of you out there, I guess the lesson is that different schools are right for different people. I came to Brandeis because I got merit money, and my parents forced me. In doing so I had to turn down my first-choice school, where I was accepted and would have attended otherwise. I know merit scholarships are not the topic of this thread, but maybe the way the school awards them isn’t the right way. Most other top schools don’t give merit awards–students enroll because they really want to be there, not because they or their families are bribed. Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Brandeis can be and is a wonderful place for most of its students; however the truth is there are also a lot of people here who aren’t happy here. That’s why in a recent Princeton Review book we supposedly ended up on the list of “unhappiest students.”*** (Or we just love to complain)

***This is only what I heard from other people around. I myself am not sure this is true.