College comparison

koshkas
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 18:22:47 +0000

Yes, we are aware that Urbana-Champaign will be “the worst of all worlds” as for the weather and location but it seems very advanced academically while still being in his stats’ range. For those reasons (weather, lack of outdoor opportunities) we didn’t even consider anything in IL for his initial list but he went to a presentation from UIUC and liked their program very much. And we are aware of the cost of UIUC - ouch!

He is not exactly “high stats” (I listed them in the original post - definitely not in the top-25 area) but quite ambitious in terms of the level of technical education. He is the type who would rather get Cs in the harder class than As in the easier one and that “harder” part is what he wants to see in the college. And xc-skiing, too