But WHY are you applying to that school?

College Search & Lists
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<p>Columbia-Love the NYC location, chances for cool internships</p>

<p>USC-SoCal baby, good business school</p>

<p>Coast Guard Academy-Want to be an officer in CG, this is the best way to go. Will also give me a leg up for flight school.</p>

<p>Notre Dame- Been my dream school since I was like 7, great alumni connections, good business school. Campus rocks, but South Bend blows</p>

<p>Northwestern-Good business, love Chicago</p>

<p>Miami-It’s in Miami(well Coral Gables is close enough), pretty good business, and good PoliSci.</p>

<p>FAU-right by the beach, good honors program</p>

<p>Ohio University-Nice campus, in-state, good honors college.</p>

<p>Dayton-Legacy, like the campus, pretty good PoliSci</p>

<p>NYU (Stern)-Love NYC, Great business school</p>

<p>LSU-good merit money, chance to shine in Honors college, SEC baby</p>

<p>Alabama-Good merit money, same in honors college, Roll Tide Roll baby</p>

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<p>I’m going to be honest.</p>

<p>University of Chicago: My Dad made me and they had early action.</p>

<p>MIT: it is the coolest place in the world. i love the people that it attracts. i want to be immersed in technology and science.</p>

<p>USC (South Carolina): because they will give me a full ride</p>

<p>McGill: Because Montreal is the coolest place I’ve ever been. I would like to be trilingual and being surrounded by people who speak French would help me.</p>

<p>Boston University: Because it’s in Boston and I’m pretty sure they will let me in, maybe with some money.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: Because of its strong science departments and because I have a better chance of getting in there than some of these other places.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon: The strong computer science department. Again, I love technology.</p>

<p>Harvard: because it’s Harvard.</p>

<p>Yale: I wasn’t going to, but then I visited. Holy cow.</p>

<p>Brown: I love the flexibility. I have so many interests, and I want to be free to pursue them all.</p>

<p>Georgia Tech: Again, I’m pretty sure they will let me in. I loved the campus. I want to be surrounded by geeks.</p>

<p>Northwestern: I loved the campus. I love the diversity of interests of its students.</p>

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<p>Awanderer: thanks for the honesty. It’s better to be frank than to make up excuses. (And who wouldn’t apply to a school that would give them a full scholarship?)</p>

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<p>whoever said ucsd is 45 min from the beach is dead wrong - it’s walking distance. you can see the ocean from some of the dorms and some of the property is oceanfront.</p>

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<p>1st choice–Columbia: I like the Core, but it basically comes down to NYC+prestige. Also Edward Said used to be a professor there, though he died five years back. This is my big reach. </p>

<p>2nd choice, tied–UChicago: I like the Core (though not as much as Columbia’s) and I love Chicago (though not quite as much as NYC). Sorry Chicago =/ Martha Nussbaum works there. Already accepted. </p>

<p>2nd choice, tied–Brown: Prestige, Providence is an okay city, and the students seem really happy. Amazing range of majors and classes, though I feel like they lack survey courses in comparison with Chicago. The other big reach. </p>

<p>the 4 other schools–I don’t want to go to Chicago’s orientation in April, hate it, and be left with no other choices.</p>

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<p>I want schools that have good programs in what I want to major in. Oh, and I guess prestige kind of factored into it as well.</p>

<p>Plus two safeties which, though not quite as prestigious, are also very very strong in my intended major.</p>

<p>I also didn’t want schools that were too big (20,000 or above = bad…), but made an exception for one of my safeties, because I’m applying for honors there as well.</p>

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<p>Best reason for prospective history majors to apply to Columbia: Eric Foner (THE authority on US Reconstruction ;)).</p>

<p>Not that I’m a prospective history major or applying to Columbia.</p>

<p>Anyway…</p>

<p>Why I’m applying to MIT next year (lol, I’m a junior currently): the amazing people there (students/faculty alike) that are not only passionate, but also compassionate–how they’re incredibly intelligent yet down-to-earth and humorous. Also, MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, which is something I would LOVE to participate in, and Undergraduate Economics Association, which sounds like an interesting forum that features intriguing topics. And I have to get over my fear of chemistry, something that General Institute Requirements will force me to do, and I want to continue studying physics, though it is not related to my major, something that GIRs will allow me to do. :)</p>

<p>Good luck with the college application process, everyone. Don’t forget to keep it real!</p>

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<p>In order of top choice:</p>

<p>U Florida - Great school of journalism (looking at broadcasting as a career path), strong SEC athletics, campus is what, IMO, a college is supposed to look like</p>

<p>Georgia Tech - High salaries for graduates, HOPE Scholarship, Computational Media program will give me humanities and technology, know the campus well from many visits</p>

<p>Penn - liked the campus, I know a guy that works there, my cousin-in-law might go for grad school and he’s a cool guy, Philly is one of the coolest cities I have ever been to, Annenberg School of Comm, and known as the most “spirited” Ivy. (also, my parents would not let me apply to Northwestern due to cost, saying the only college they’d shell out for is an Ivy)</p>

<p>Miami (FL) - “The U” is a resort with a school in it, ACC athletics, strong in Broadcast Journalism, Miami IS the coolest city I have ever been to.</p>

<p>UGA - Grady College of Journalism, HOPE Scholarship, SEC Athletics</p>

<p>FSU - Great Marching Band (I’m the Drumline Captain @ my school), nice campus, ACC, beautiful stadium, decent comm/journalism program.</p>

<p>USC (Gamecocks, not Trojans) - SEC, Parents made me…</p>

<p>Auburn - Safety, SEC, I have a few friends there.</p>

<p>Drexel - Co-op, Film & Video program (my other possible career path)</p>

<p>Winthrop - possible internship possibilities with ESPNU, safety, hoping for acceptance into Honors Program</p>

<p>Alabama - Well-Known communication school, Honors program, SEC Athletics, safety</p>

<p>Georgia State - Financial Safety, near a favorite shoe store of mine (Walter’s)…</p>

<p>*Anything marked with SEC or ACC athletics, add BEAUTIFUL WOMEN as well.</p>

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<p>Unless it was a safety, nearly ever school I applied to was because I visited and felt like I fit the community etc. Most schools have decent if not great Bio just because it’s so popular, so I wasn’t especially worried about that. Percentages accepted to med school were factored into my personal top choices though</p>

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<p>being completely honest here</p>

<p>Brown: basically my dream school. open curriculum, interesting/diverse student body, Modern Culture and Media concentration, RISD classes, pass/fail courses. thayer street. I won’t get in :/</p>

<p>Yale: because my parents are making me. I actually think I’d like it there, but I know I’d never get in. they only want me to apply because they think I have a chance since my brother attended, and if I got in I could leverage financial aid against another school. But if I get into Yale I’m sure I’d get into one of the others that I really want to go to.</p>

<p>Wesleyan: College of Social Studies and Film department, funky intellectual student body, larger than other LACs while still a small community feel, very flexible curriculum.</p>

<p>Vassar: because it’s fairly similar to Wesleyan, I guess.</p>

<p>Bard: because my parents wanted me to apply to safeties and I thought I could get in (I did). I decided to apply EA so I would at least know I have one acceptance and wouldn’t have to apply to safeties RD. also, I think I’d fit in with the student body, etc.</p>

<p>Bowdoin: it’s probably not the best fit for me but it sounds so great I couldn’t pass it up. good facilities, strong social science departments. also in a pretty nice little town. no loans.</p>

<p>Swarthmore: students are involved and intelligent, beautiful campus, near philly, tri-college consortium, rigorous academics (honors seminars, etc). no loans.</p>

<p>Reed: it sounds like a really awesome place even though I’ve never visited.</p>

<p>Oberlin: because of conservatory the music here is great, the co-op system, exco, quirky students etc. I had a friend who went there that told me I’d love it there. (haven’t visited)</p>

<p>Brandeis: possibility of merit aid, though my parents think this is more likely than I do.</p>

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<p>Harvard-How else will i get a well-paying job?
Princeton-My dad wants me to
Yale-Really prestigious</p>

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<p>(Recent message error occured, so I will just explain reason for two schools)
Top Choice and Why: Michigan State University… great location, large and green campus, great school, etc…
2. University of Michigan- Ann Arbor… green campus, great school, etc…
Other universities I’m looking at:
University of Wisconsin- Madison, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, New York University, Pennslyvania State University- University Park, Ohio State University- Columbus, some University of California schools, etc…</p>

<p>Currently a junior in high school</p>

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<p>Northwestern - Everyone who’s visited said I would love it here. Huge diversity of majors, I love the location right next to the water and just outside of Chicago. Student body generally very bright, active, interesting people.
Johns Hopkins - Once again, student body is very bright, active and interesting. Located in Baltimore. Strong school all-round, with plenty of majors to choose from. Top lacrosse program is a major plus in my book, even if I won’t be playing!
Boston College - BOSTON, dear god. I really want to live near Boston, but still have a very college-y feel about campus (ie not BU middle-of-city). I love the campus!
Syracuse University - Strong programs all-round, not to mention plenty of them. Chance for merit aid, top lacrosse program.
Colgate University - Strong school, strong student body, the campus is soooo cool. Top lacrosse program, East Coast.
Santa Clara University - I’ll be honest, this is my top choice. I visited here and loved the feel of the school. The students seemed to me to be committed, hard-working people, with a variety of interests. They weren’t there simply to party, but of course knew how to have a good time. I felt right at home during the tour. The weather is great, internship opportunities are ripe in Silicon Valley, half an hour outside of San Francisco, 40 minutes north of Santa Cruz. Top 50 business and engineering programs (as long as we’re talking numbers, it’s also the #16 fittest school in the nation :P). Chance for merit aid. And, uh, I sorta already have a shirt I really like wearing with “Santa Clara” across the front…it’d be nice to be able to justify it.
University of Washington - I visited and loved it. Seattle is awesome, the campus is neat-o, there’s a large student population, big athletics, I have family there. I felt pretty good about it, but not nearly as ‘at home’ as at Santa Clara.
University of Oregon - Won’t lie, really don’t want to go here. I like Autzen Stadium, the football team, the cost-of-attendance, and the greenness of the campus. Other than that, it’s just a financial safety.</p>

<p>Some footnotes - I don’t really know what I want to major in, hence the only academic factor influencing me is the whole ‘strong program’ thing. Campus is a big deal for me, I don’t know if you could tell? I feel really good about 7 out of 8 of the schools, and really hope the money works out somewhere besides UO.</p>

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<p>Amherst College
Brown University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Haverford College
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar College
Wesleyan
Bentley University
Binghamton University - State Univ. of New York— Best friends goes there loves it
Bucknell University
Colgate University—Visited, beatiful campus
Lehigh University—
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Muhlenberg College
Northeastern University
The College of New Jersey
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
University of Miami— The weather
University of Virginia-- Heard they were good for fin aid
Vanderbilt University — Already rejected
Villanova University— Love it , accepted
Rutgers
Montclair State-- Accepted
NJIT–Accepted
UMICH
Columbia</p>

<p>Why? Because it would make my mother cry from joy if I got into a top 20 college.</p>

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<p>From last year</p>

<p>University of Texas at Austin - It is everything I wanted in a university. Strong academics (underrated I feel) and athletics. Austin is a great place and I knew plenty of people before school started. The university is huge, which is a plus to me in that there are so many fields from which to choose classes. As a state resident, it is a bargain financially as well. </p>

<p>Texas A&M - I never intended to go there. It is a rival school for UT and the application was free. I knew I would be accepted, so I applied only because I wanted to lower their yield. Like they really care there about that, but I liked doing it. A&M is a fine school, but just not for me.</p>

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<p>Lets just go my first choice.</p>

<p>William and Mary:
Small - more attention to students.
Location - 1 hour from my house and near the beach/can visit friends and family.
percentage - about 80% of applicants get into medical school and law school.
Program - one of the best biology programs.
Cost - would be instate so it would cut the cost for me!
Other - not as preppy as UVa ;)</p>

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<p>Purdue-Great engineering school, fell in love with the campus when I visited
Colorado State University-I love colorado, my back up school, Just a beautiful campus. If Purdue was in fort collins it would be perfect.</p>

<p>Cool people only apply to 2 schools. lol</p>