<p>Yeah that’s my dilemma too… Besides the money, I can’t seem to think of any reason for why Bing. is better. I guess being in a dead town isn’t that terrible cause it’s somewhat peaceful, etc. and you get use to it after a while. They have the fast-track MBA program which sounds good and my sister who goes to Bing. says she’s met quite a few pol. sci. majors, so I’m guessing it’s pretty popular, not sure if it’s a good program though. Well if Bing. has the highest transfer rate in the region, isn’t that bad? Doesn’t that mean that so many kids want to leave Bing. and not stay? Or do you mean highest transfer rate into good schools like Rice. U., UMICH., etc.? I think Bing. is somewhat misleading with it’s stat., in their brochure they claimed to have a 1 in 10 selectivity (which would amount to 10% which is simply not true). Yeah, I think people who enjoy Bing. are those who go in with their whole hs group of friends, which is cool, but it makes it harder for you to break away and meet new people. So in a sense, it’s just like hs. Even my art history teacher, who is so well-traveled and worldly, said that while Bing. is a good school, it’s just like hs, and he meant it in a neg. way. I don’t think it’s a terrible school, it’s just decent. Kids who absolutely hate it are prob. people who were rejected from better schools and view it as a safety school they were never suppose to go to. That’s my opinion. If you really want to transfer after freshman year, I think going to Bing. would be a good choice simply because you wouldn’t miss it as much.</p>
<p>However, Boston sounds pretty awesome and even though it costs more, I think that can be paid for with co-op earnings and a part-time job. You would be in Boston and it would prob. be a lot easier to find a part-time job there than in Bing. I’m not sure what type of internships kids in pol. sci. at Bing. do, but I’ve read that some Northeastern pol. sci. majors work at the White House or some other smaller pol. offices. My sis. is an environmental economics major and I haven’t heard her mention doing any internships this summer. If you look at Bing.'s list of internship providers, it’s mostly places in the local Bing. area, which isn’t great, while Northeastern has connections all over the U.S. and abroad.
<a href=“http://www.binghamton.edu/home/academic/interns/internships.html[/url]”>http://www.binghamton.edu/home/academic/interns/internships.html</a>
I’ve also read that Northeastern is drastically underranked due to U.S. News system. However, if you decide to do co-op for pol. sci., you’d graduate in 5 years due to the extra year of co-op, which isn’t bad since you’re gaining experience and things to put on your resume. I feel like Northeastern is trying to improve its image while Bing. isn’t doing much of anything. If you were to transfer from Northeastern, it might be harder since you might like Boston. But, in case you don’t get accepted to your first choice transfer school, at least you’d be in a place you didn’t hate.</p>
<p>Okayy, I wrote a lot since that’s what I’ve been thinking about for the longest time. Good luck with UMICH! =)</p>