conflicted and confused

unalove
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:41:15 +0000

OP, I think you’ve done a great job in outlining the reasons you would choose each school, and you will like either school because you’ve thought both of them through.


I didn’t find core limiting, but somebody who comes into the school knowing they want one major and only that one major might find core tiresome. I’m interested in almost everything, so I really saw core as more of an asset to me than anything else.
The intellectual-ness was an important aspect of my coming here. It’s not quite as storybook (or as intense) as I think it’s made out to be. Still, there’s something about my friends and I pre-gaming a party and on the way over, talking (in a loud, slurred manner) about Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” which we had all read for Core.
I don’t know exactly how you would fare out engineering-wise, but I imagine a key would be getting related employment or summer internships. I wish I knew more about engineering and how blendable the majors are to various fields of study (as in, can a math or physics major pick up engineering easily?)


I can’t make your choice for you, but I wish you the best of luck wherever you end up!