Gonna CRAZY!! UIUC vs PSU vs UTA vs Drexel vs OSU!! HELP!!

myhay
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:50:18 +0000

Since May 1st is coming and I haven’t got my final decision, I turn to CC for help~PLZ!
PLZ help me to select the best-fit school!

I wanna know more about these schools from people who are studying in/graduadated from these schools, only then I can fully know the pros and cons of them, instead of browsing the schools’ pages, u know, only good things flourish.

I picked up these schools after full consideration:

---->University of Illinois at Urbarna-Champaign
---->Penn State University
---->University of Texas at Austin
---->Ohio State University ($6600 Scholarship + Honor Program)
---->Drexel University ($20000 Scholarship)

Waitlist:
---->Washington University in St.Louis (Accept the WL or not??)
---->University of Michigan ( I like it except the weather, terrible)



And below come with some of my requirements of schools (huh…)

FAMOUS
I’m an international student. well.
So I want my school to be very famous, at least nationwide.
LOCATION
big city will be the best choice, but it doesn’t matter if the surroundings are convenient, well-accommodated, entertaining etc.
I come from a city with millions of people. :)
MAJOR
I love business-related majors, such as Finance, Actuarial Science, management
and I am also interested in social sciences and engineering.
So my school had better be well-rounded. ( and I can LEARN in its business school besides its fame)
CLASS
I hate classes with hundreds of people, or even thousands of people.
and I hate classes which usually the TAs teach instead of professors.
TRANSFER
Weird/Hard Transfer Policy? I hope not, I plan to transfer to California/Boston after my freshman year. So I expect the freshman year won’t be EXTREMELY hard for me to get a satisfying GPA
SCHOOL
Racial Discrimination?
Unhelpful Faculty?
Unfriendly Student?
lol…nobody likes it




I like UIUC for it being famous nationwide esp the engineering, but its location and business quality are what matters ( hundreds of people crowd in one class, TA

I like PSU for my uncle, who lives in Pennsylvania right now, strongly recommends it to me, but I hear that it is a party school…student unfriendly and likes drinking, not so good for study?)

I like UTA the most for its great location (intern opportunities? ) and its great business school ( I am not admitted to the business honor program, sigh, could I apply for it after enrollment?) , but discrimination…well

I like OSU, the scholarship and the honor program

I like Drexel, mainly for the scholarship ( does Drexel have the policy that share credits with Upenn?)



To choose a school is pretty hard.
Both have their own pros and cons. and I don’t know too much about schools except what they have offered in their web pages. So I really really needs your help.

THANKS A LOT!!!

PLUS:

Can I accept both UIUC and UTA’s offers???
(since UIUC doesn’t need Deposit if I accept it, my friend tells me to do that, but I’m not sure about it)