Importance of Peer Group

lookingforward
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:34:03 +0000

I agree the big fish/little fish question is often important. But imo it has a lot to do with the department, itself, not the whole school’s rep. That’s what I always come back to: take a hard look at what the depts (his interest areas) at the various colleges actually offer. Look at the course offerings, the profs’ backgrounds and interests- and how active they are in those. It’s not just a matter of the competitiveness of the student body, but what he stands to gain within his specialty. Many colleges with less stellar overall reps can be surprisingly solid in various majors. Good luck.