Rice or Vassar?

blankk
Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:24:22 +0000

Yeah, these schools are really different. Many of the schools I applied to though were pretty different, I guess because I wasn’t (and still am not) sure about what I want. Anyway I have narrowed down a few options (most begrudgingly Bowdoin… Their financial aid package was good but can’t see myself there) and I have these two.

For what it’s worth…
-Planning on Comp Sci and Applied Math (Advantage Rice)
-Don’t like the cold (Advantage Rice)
-Don’t plan on drinking (Advantage Vassar)
-I live in New England, so travel expanses (Advantage Vassar)
-Residential College System (Rice)
-Off campus life (Rice)
-I reeeeeally don’t like the cold (Rice)
-I’m not sure if the artsy hipster thing is me (Rice)
-More racially and geographically diverse (Rice)
-I’m gay and I think Vassar would give me a lot more options there… I feel this is a really important factor but obviously can’t be the only one…

I know some of this is stereotypes but I really don’t know how to judge… Both colleges will give me such different experiences. I wish somebody could tell me which factors are silly and which are important because I feel soooo lost