<p>There are only two schools that I know I’ll apply to- my in-state public university and MIT. I’ve never visited a single school, unless going to my local university every week for classes counts. My plan is to just apply to a ton of semi-random schools and visit them after (if) I get accepted. Looking at the pages for colleges on Wikipedia is the primary research I’ve done.</p>
<p>lol@ QuantumLipids…</p>
<p>The whole semi-random school’s part is basically what I’m planning on doing (except for the few that I know I’m definitely applying to), except I’m basing stuff on what my friends with similar interest from this year already applied to instead of just wiki. xP</p>
<p>I haven’t visited any colleges yet. (I saw a couple for my brother though.)</p>
<p>I also have no official list, because I really don’t know what I want, and I definitely don’t know what I want to major in. </p>
<p>Part of me really wants to go out of state, but I also really don’t want to graduate college with a lot of debt, especially if I end up wanting to go to grad school.</p>
<p>I’m so jealous of you guys that get to visit. I don’t have the time or money. Though, I’m from Cali, so East Coast weather might just scare me.</p>
<p>^ I live in Hong Kong, where winter lasts for 2 or 3 months and is super-super-super-mild, and I’m almost definitely going to school on the East Coast. When I raised my concerns with someone who’d gone to school on the East Coast, he told me, “Buy a coat.”</p>
<p>Lol I wish I could visit some West Coast colleges. Too bad, my parents are hard-set on me staying here. </p>
<p>And I’ve visited two so far. One Ivy and another not. The Ivy didn’t impress me that much tbh. Still it wasn’t bad.</p>
<p>Which Ivy did you visit? I’ve now seen them all and each has a unique charm that suits certain students. </p>
<p>I too am looking to visit some west coast colleges, specifically Stanford, Berkeley and UCLA, and might fly in to California with my dad on his next business trip.</p>
<p>I visited UPenn, and I have to admit I’m not a fan of the large university feel which is probably why. Seemed rather impersonal.</p>
<p>The LAC I also visited(Swarthmore) was far more charming.</p>
<p>I personally don’t mind the larger university feel and I thought Wharton was quite impressive. However, I can definitely see why you wouldn’t be so enamored by UPenn. From what I extrapolated about your personal tastes, Dartmouth/Brown/Princeton seem like they would be the Ivy’s that you would enjoy most. You should visit Princeton, it’s gorgeous lol.</p>
<p>^Mhmm. You have me figured out pretty well. And I actually live right next to Princeton, so I’ve been there a lot. The campus itself is gorgeous. Really nice Gothic architecture. And their programs aren’t so bad either. haha.</p>
<p>I just came here to calm myself down. I like this environment where competition, happiness and support mingle.<br>
CC really opens a much bigger world for me.</p>
<p>@ Wartsandall Yes sorry, pardon my spelling. My parents probably won’t let me go since they are extraordinarily against Liberal Arts colleges (or any college that all the Asian parents of the world haven’t heard of).</p>
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Heh… CC was the place that made me realized how much more I could be doing, and how little I’ve actually gotten done. =/
I’m in the exact same boat as you. Luckily though, I’ve got a natural math/science leaning, so even the liberal arts schools that I look at have enough of a shift towards what they’re okay with for them to consider it. Just make sure that when you mention any sort of liberal arts school that you start off with why that school is strong for you academically.</p>
<p>^^ Lol samee. I was like they’re really good colleges you know. Pretty highly ranked in the LAC rating. But of course their “friends haven’t heard of it”, so therefore it must not be good. And colleges like UIUC are better. -_-</p>
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<p>Despite the initial dread/shock many newcomers experience upon realizing how talented other HSers across the nation are, CC usually motivates most to achieve far higher :)</p>
<p>I really didn’t like Penn when I visited it…the environment made it feel very grade-geared, like people are just doing everything they can to get into grad school instead of learning for the sake of learning. Kind of like high school, actually.</p>
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<p>YES. (Well, my mom’s cool with LACs…she knows I can get a good education, so I’m glad for that.) But my dad actually had a srs talk with me a few days ago, saying that I have to go to a “famous” school. I was pretty p***ed off at that point and asked him that I wasn’t going to go to a school just so he could show off to his friends. Graaagh.</p>
<p>I’m backkk!! Last time i posted in here was around this time last year…</p>
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Um, me too… I’ll abstain from being more specific.</p>
<p>So, my dad has some idea that colleges generally aren’t as good as universities. :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Yep… My parents didn’t even know of Caltech at first, so I had to actually convince them it was a decent school. =/</p>
<p>Kind of sucks for me, cause UIUC is in-state, so even if I get into a school with similar academic quality, I’d probably have to go to UIUC (despite not wanting to go to a big school or a party school) just cause of money.</p>