Ivy League vs The Rest. NEED HELP!!!!

goceltics33
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:17:44 +0000

Wow I am kinda shocked to see all the Caltech hate on hear. Caltech is challenging, but its not like any other top tier school is going to be a piece of cake. As someone who played a sport in college, I found that it was a good way to get acclimated with the new college. Unless you know people at the other colleges you are looking at, having a good group of people to hang out with right when you step on campus is great.

Plus, for as much as people say Caltech is exhausting and such it is perennially ranked as a top ten college in happiness. How they measure that I am unsure but here is the link for it [The 100 Happiest Colleges - Galleries - The Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/1515/1/?redirectURL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-11/the-100-happiest-colleges/#)

I went undergrad in the northeast and did my grad work in SoCal and I will say that the weather is so much nicer. I definitely would go after the better academic school (especially for math and science), with a group of kids that you already know, and a chance to play sports. Just my opinion though good luck!