<p>^^ Why GTech over U of I ? (coz I have to make a decision b/w the two soon)</p>
<p>Everyone I know who had an option between the two chose GT over Illinois. GT is more respected IMO. Don’t go by the acceptance rate. In America, as my sister said, people look at Georgia Tech Engineering in the same light as MIT, Stanford, CMU. Illinois doesn’t really strike a note for most people- GT does. Plus GT is in Atlanta man. I’d rather live in a huge bustling city than live in the middle of a cornfield. I love GT’s campus too. See all the campuses on Google Earth.</p>
<p>Notice how ani keeps reiterating what a great eng school CMU is ;)</p>
<p>Smartass ;)</p>
<p>Anyone requested his/her I-20 ?</p>
<p>@MEGAXLR: Why not UT Austin? What’s your major?</p>
<p>Hi all.
This thread has shocked me, i did not there were soooo many indians going to the US for undergrad and that too in such prestigious universities, which is awesome !</p>
<p>Anyways, i got into penn state, uconn and SUNY binghamton and i will be attending Bing.
A recent e-mail from Bing mentioned that there are 2100 internationals enrolling this year so i was hoping if there are any other indians (any Delhiits?) enrolling in Bing, i would love to know more about you guys. </p>
<p>Thanks for creating this thread.
Omesh</p>
<p>Soo, is it actually referred to as* bing * or it’s something that you came up with ?</p>
<p>Bing …</p>
<p>@compscifan: Most people choose GT over UI simply because of urban location and friendlier weather. Georgia Tech also has a strong reputation internationally. Plus, overall more number of Indian students would mean you’re more likely to find people with similar lifestyle or eating habits - which would mean you’re more comfortable there. And if you can’t find food you like on campus, you could surely find good food in the city on weekends or whatever.</p>
<p>You’ll be in a city having a major airport (infact the busiest in the world), that in itself is a huge advantage.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the quality of the teaching in either college, or the approachability of the professors. But given the large student body of Illinois (and its status as a public institution - albeit a very good one) I’d imagine it’s advantage Georgia, but I don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>Rankings are updated every year and they may easily shuffle around by the time you get your degree, so don’t make your decision based on ranking alone. The above factors are also worth considering - and should be considered imo.</p>
<p>Both are equally good man you need to see where you wanna go</p>
<p>It is preferable to go to a private school with similar rankings and cost in the department of your choice if you are paying for it. Public schools such as UT, UI and Georgia Tech (the school is much smaller since it is just for engineering) have large student bodies and multi tiered tuition structure where for the same education, the in state people are paying 1/2 to 1/3rd of out of state and internationals pay (because it state means their families have been paying taxes for years to the State which provides a majority of the funding to the school). If you go to UT or Illinois, you will find 70% + students from that State which means at the undergrad level, you do not interact with a diverse group of student body. This changes at the graduate school level because in-state vs out of state is not a primary criterion for your admission.</p>
<p>CS dept at CMU is the best in world and probably has been that way for the past 30 years. Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech has been pretty high for a while too. </p>
<p>Usually private schools have smaller number of admissions and also class sizes (there are a lot of freshman classes taught in auditoriums of 500 people or more in large schools). If you look at CMU, it has 1500 students each year vs around 7 to 8000 for UT or UI, and so comparatively GT is smaller as a state school. </p>
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<p>compscifan, it is referred as bing as no one would want to type SUNY Binghamton everytime.</p>
<p>I don’t know where you guys are getting your facts but, Urbana Champaign does definitely “strike a note” with recruiters in the US. Most schools like CMU,UIUC,Michigan and GTech will be pretty similar in terms of the prestige. Chuck prestige out of the window for a while, and take a decision based on what you want to do once there. Try writing a why essay for each of them, that should clear your mind out as to what school you really want to attend. And prestige won’t help you if you end up sucking at some top notch school. The four years you spend at the school will matter</p>
<p>hello people.</p>
<p>I got in at :
New York University
Purdue University, wl
Colgate University, Hamilton
Washinton & Lee University, Virginia
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Boston University
Drexel University</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Claremont McKenna
Davidson </p>
<p>Now for obvious (low ranking) reasons, Drexel is out for me. I was just using it as a safe school. Since i got LSPed at NYU, i missed the deadline for affirmative action and its not an option anymore. From what i have gathered, Purdue and Boston aren’t as great as the other 3 left. So the question pretty much comes down W&L, Colgate and USC.
They are amazing no doubt but I am slightly (okay seriously) apprehensive about the LA crowd and am planning on dropping USC. Although i’d love to be in the heart of the party scene, i"m not sure if i should take the grave risk of alienation or depression in case i don’t fit in, being the righteous non-alcoholic non-doper non-smoker that i am. Not being judgmental here, but just stating what i’ve heard so far. So if anyone has any great things to say about USC, say them now, or it may be too late and i might choose some other college.
Now the decision is between Washington & Lee and Colgate!
Any advice is appreciated.
I’m seriously conflicted right now.
HELP?</p>
<p>Also, is there any point in taking a chance with my wait-listed colleges?</p>
<p>colgate is in hamilton-- a pretty dead town… with just a handful of restaurants, farms and the colgate inn. Except there, they have NOTHING.</p>
<p>I would strongly consider USC…</p>
<p>sunshine -
“So if anyone has any great things to say about USC, say them now, or it may be too late and i might choose some other college”. This is B.S. - you dont let someone on an anonymous board tell you why you should choiose a college or else drop it as a choice.</p>
<p>you have a crappy opinion of what happens at USC. It is a very prestigious school and is far superior to your other choices. I would nt be suprised if you join USC and by the time you graduate it is a top 20 school.</p>
<p>Just so you know, I have a nephew who graduated from there last year and is in medical school now. He gave up his combined admission at USC medical school although he wanted to stay back for family reasons. It is also the only one of the schools you are admitted to that my child may apply to at this time.</p>
<p>Washington and Lee is an excellent school.
I agree with you sunshine, USC might be too much of a culture shock. This was a major reason why I didn’t consider any schools other than Pomona (another school in the Claremont consortium) in cali. While I agree that a lot of things happen on both east and west coast, it gets more difficult to avoid it on the east coast.
I would consider taking up the waitlist with Claremont McKenna. One of my friends got into UChicago and CMC, and since she’s choosing the former, I know that one spot from India will be open. I would take CMC over all the schools you mentioned. But it also depends on major. Whatchu want to major in? CMC is good for IR, business, Econ and follows a very practical approach in all three which makes each of the three departments better than Pomona’s. However, CMC is also the “party” school of the Claremont consortium (people from all 5 head over to party there, although I do hear the ‘reputation’ comes from Pitzer boys…anyway it all happens at CMC).
Davidson is another very good LAC, but shouldn’t you be knowing yourself whether you like them enough to remain on the waitlist? After all, the waitlist allows you (even encourages) to join another school. There is also no compulsion to join if you are granted acceptance off the w/l.</p>
<p>“While I agree that a lot of things happen on both east and west coast, it gets more difficult to avoid it on the east coast.”</p>
<p>Did you mean west coast since you dont want this person to go to USC?</p>
<p>USC will give sunshine exposure to activities none of the other colleges can ever provide. Drinking and doping exists on every college campus and it is upto the student to resist that temptation instead of attributing it to happening at a specific college.</p>
<p>^Yes texas, I mean West coast. I always get confused between the two.
I don’t know texas, USC/southern cali is a lot free-er with regards to drinking, doping and sex than at the other schools. We all know that east coast has a more ‘conservative’ reputation. Levels of tolerance vary. Coming from India which is a very reserved country with regards to all of the above (especially the third, promiscuous behavior is a no-no in good society here), I think Indians would be more comfortable in say, Wash&Lee than at USC, simply because it’s less there. It’s like saying Dartmouth being a party school shouldn’t deter you coz binge drinking goes on every college. But the difference is that at dartmouth, one would have to struggle a lot more to find similar people who don’t drink, than at a school where greek life doesn’t hold so much weight. Similarly, I feel that at USC it would be pretty difficult to find people with similar principles and upbringing than at Wash&Lee (not saying Wash&Lee is full of saints). </p>
<p>@OT: My friend after giving the IIT exam which was today:</p>
<p>“So, Izzy … How was your IIT exam?”</p>
<p>Izzy: I’ll let you guess, my friend.
option a. it sucked.
option b. ----> option a
option c----> both a and b
…option d----> ALL OF THESE</p>
<p>Please note: there might be more than one option correct.</p>
<p>PP - A school does nt make you promiscuous, your personal values do. If you believe that, Harvard won’t be that different either. Will you give up your admission because you are worried Harvard will change you?</p>