Narrowing Schools on My List-Marine Bio

jkorgood
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 22:19:03 +0000

@warblersrule Well I am down to my final 3 (my dream school, Duke, rejected me). My top 3 are Northeastern, U Miami, and UC San Diego. I absolutely adore all of the schools, but the campuses and climates of Miami and San Diego do something for my psyche that the cold, urban nature of Boston just doesn’t. On the other hand, the opportunities for career development and global educational opportunities at Northeastern are simply unparalleled-especially as their program is quickly expanding to include the three seasons program, semester at sea, and freshman semesters at James Cook in Australia. I could spend 3.5 years of my 5 years at Northeastern working, learning, or researching in warm, coastal places around the world that no other school would allow me to. UCSD, everything about their school itself I just adored, but opportunities at Scripps seems really limited for undergrad students, plus it’s on the other side of the country. Still, I adored their campus and school. U Miami which I just visited impressed me so far beyond than I expected. I loved the campus and the students there seem so absolutely happy. Miami is so well situated for my favorite hobby, fishing, and also has boundless opportunities for internships and jobs. Their marine science campus, RSMAS, was also stunning. While it is still graduate heavy, there are tons of opportunities for undergrad research. The school also requires marine science students to double major with another degree like biology, or policy, which I know is very useful for marine biology students. RSMAS also made me feel so at home, right on the beach, which only makes my decision harder. I have just over two days left and could use any advice I could get. Sorry for the rambling, thank you in advance.