College comparison

koshkas
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:21:33 +0000

Thank you, everyone!

Lots of very good suggestions - will try them out this weekend. There are some obvious things like size, location (of course, NY and MN look better as S wants cold snowy winters) or costs (hard to beat UMNTC). Unfortunately, visiting is out of question at this point - the school year started and we are in CA. On the other hand, I found that visiting is only helpful for the “external feel” of the place. We weren’t able to get any specific academics-related info on any college tours so far. And this is academics we are most interested in. For example, UIUC is pretty well-known - are RIT and UMNTC really in the same league? - We will look through the curriculum and course offerings.
Anyway, S is excited, especially so since UMNTC doesn’t require an essay