<p>@2200: What universities are you talking about?</p>
<p>I’m actually not dreading the start of school this year.</p>
<p>@quidditchcat I have a difficult time believing you’d have a hard time anywhere in the country for being Asian to be honest. The amount of racism in the middle of the country is exaggerated in the first place, and Asians don’t generally receive that much hate anyway. I don’t really see the food being any different either. I suppose there’d be more variety in the Bay Area or LA, but overall most campuses are going to have all the usual stuff. </p>
<p>I’m excited to be senior, especially for football and basketball games. The seniors are the leaders of the student section.</p>
<p>The ones in the thread posted by @Chet.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14551556-post33.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/14551556-post33.html</a></p>
<p>for instance…</p>
<p>I dunno what to feel… It doesn’t even feel like senior year!</p>
<p>@2200 They aren’t even comparable to the Ivies in prestige. If you plan on entering a career that requires a degree from a prestigious university (I-Banking), you might want to be hesitant with those. However, with engineering, you’d be safe as long as they’re ABET accredited. Beyond that, I’m sure those schools have certain areas that they are pretty solid at. Bama has a solid business and accounting department overall, if I’m not mistaken. Don’t confuse it to be on the same level as Wharton though. </p>
<p>@Tinny Same here, about Wisconsin. I visited on a gloomy 20 degree day when no students were even on campus, and I still really enjoyed my visit there.</p>
<p>Well, actually, since I’m extremely nitpicky about food, there’s probably few places where I wouldn’t refuse to eat the food. Except for like cereal, because that’s kind of hard to screw up. </p>
<p>Also, it’s not so much the college that is the problem, it’s the town/city surrounding it. So I would probably be even more antisocial, which totally defeats the point of going to school with dorms. </p>
<p>The only reason I would be excited for senior year is that it’s that much closer to not being in hell (at least not as much)</p>
<p>I can relate when it comes to the food, or at least I used to be able to. I’ve branched out a lot more the past few years, but I used to be pretty picky. </p>
<p>I guess I’d to agree to disagree on the race thing though. I could be ignorant on this being a WASP and all, but I think people would accept you regardless of race no matter where you went. Especially when we’re dealing with college-aged kids and educated faculty.</p>
<p>^ Some incredibly rural places might not. Especially if he isn’t Protestant.</p>
<p>Ehhh, I mean there may be a higher concentration of close minded people, but I still think she (she, right?) would have little to worry about. Especially if she were to choose any of the large schools, like the ones I mentioned. 55% if Bama’s freshman class is from OOS, so it is considerable less “southern” (however one might define southern culture) than most would think.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to be a pom pom waver or anything either. I would take the UCs over any of those schools any day of the week if it wasn’t for money. I would just hate to see someone dismiss those universities for the wrong reasons is all.</p>
<p>I would imagine that an Asian would have an easier time in California than in the South just due to sheer numbers.</p>
<p>If it’s for one’s own comfort, then absolutely. I could see how being surrounded by similar people would make someone feel more comfortable. I just objected to the speculation that people in the middle of the country would hate her for being Asian (which I realize was hyperbole, but I don’t think there would be any animosity at all). If someone couldn’t socialize in the Midwest or Southdue to their race, it would almost certainly be due to that person’s own misconceptions against the other people, not the other way around.</p>
<p>@Tinny and @Chet
I guess I’m in the minority about Wisconsin but I visited today and I didn’t like it much. Also, it reminded me a ton if UMD which is my state school. But I’m visiting Uchicago and Northwestern tomorrow and Wednesday so hopefully I’ll enjoy those as much as WashU</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m a she. Luckily though, since I’m in California, assuming I get in, the UCs are affordable for my parents. Well, obviously if I got into somewhere “better” my mom would make me go there without any regard for my happiness. </p>
<p>But then again, maybe it would be better to go somewhere outside of California so I can trick people into thinking I’m like 12 (the average age people think I am). And we have plenty of races in California (at least where I live) so it’s not like I’m not around other races. </p>
<p>My general discomfort is that if I wanted to maybe do something outside of college grounds, then maybe it could be bad.</p>
<p>My mom won’t let me apply to any southern schools. Anything below Illinois is a no-no in her book. Not that I would want to apply anywhere down there except maybe U of Texas Austin, Rice, and Emory. It’s not completely because of racial issues (although I will admit that does have some factor) but I just rather go to Cali, east coast or stay Midwest.</p>
<p>I visited UChicago this past week, I liked it a lot but did not love it (I had expected to love it), oh well, I am still applying EA.</p>
<p>My dad’s put whatever the opposite of limits are on where I can apply. Just the other day, he was like, “one of my co-worker’s son is going to college in Canada. You should apply there.” And last week he said “Europe has better universities than most of America. Maybe you should just apply there.”</p>
<p>Perks of being an immigrant, I suppose.</p>
<p>Well for me it’s not just the racial issue too. I don’t like the food there (again, if I decided to leave campus which is not completely unreasonable). </p>
<p>For UChicago, the essay topics are all really fun. Though it doesn’t have the major I want for undergrads, which sucks because if there was, I would definitely apply just so I could write one of those essays.</p>
<p>Everyone send your SAT/ACT scores to UChicago. You’ll get a free shirt.</p>
<p>lol okay but if it’s shaped like a box like all the other free t-shirts I get then I’ll pass. Also does UChicago have rivals? #seriouslyjustcurious</p>
<p>It’s not really free since I’d have to pay to have them sent. </p>
<p>And I’m not aware of any rivals. I don’t think they have a big enough sports scene for rivals.</p>
<p>Does UChicago even have sports?</p>