<p>my own two cents…</p>
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<li><p>if you went early decision to WashU, that’s a binding committment, unless WashU has radically changed their admissions process in the last 4 years from when I applied to college…</p></li>
<li><p>as someone who has lived in St. Louis…yes WashU has a nice campus, yes they have good academic programs. Does Notre Dame have comparable academic programs. While there engineering isn’t of the name caliber as WashU I would still argue it’s a good program.</p></li>
<li><p>on a more serious note, 1)you sound motived and determined to do a dual degree…good for you, but I hope you know what you are getting in to with the engineering program as far as classes and level of difficulty. 2) If you decide to change programs both schools have enough variety you should be able to find a major that interests you. I say this because of the number of people who started engineering as freshman who I know, most aren’t in it anymore. Or there like my roommate freshman year, an alcoholic who barely went to class yet scrapes by with b’s and c’s…but who is only in engineering for the money. </p></li>
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<p>Personally the atmosphere up here at times can be amazing, yes football weekends are fun, but this place is special. WashU = great school in its own right. Alumni connections with ND as have been mentioned definitely do exist…</p>
<p>You have to make this decision, don’t do it by a committee method based off of responses from this board…so good luck, hope things work out…</p>