<p>Speaking of dead threads. :)</p>
<p>Yesterday’s Daily Round-Up: 361 posts!!!</p>
<p>Fantastic about Cornell? The Food! (And the campus is said to be beautiful)</p>
<p>That said, what major Badman? What lifestyle. What study habits. What dyou want from your college. What social scene…</p>
<p>All of these + which college you feel a connection to should decide your choice.</p>
<p>Though of course, as a person stuck between 4 colleges, I really have no right to comment. :D</p>
<p>What do you want to major in? For me, that would be of the highest concern as the universities are all at par.(Maybe the ivy’s have a little bit more prestige)</p>
<p>Cornell and Chicago have really bad weather. The happiness of students at Cornell has also always been in question.</p>
<p>I would like to study Philosophy and Physics at college.
Social scene - I’m not too big on the whole partying thing. I mean, I enjoy a party once a month or so but not everyday. I’d like a place where people are friendly and open-minded. Somewhere I can make good friends but also engage in stimulating discussions with lots of people.
I would really like to be able to foster good relationships with my professors and try doing a bit of research (to see if I like it and would maybe like to continue with it).</p>
<p>The thing is - Brown and Chicago were both colleges I felt a huge connection with (thats why this decision is really tough). I guess in the end it comes down to whether or not I want a huge core curriculum.
Gut instinct tells me to go with Brown’s open curriculum, but I can’t help but wonder if the core maybe a great option…</p>
<p>If you guys are familiar with Brown and Chicago, you’ll know that both of them have something peculiar about them that doesn’t attract everyone, something quirky that i just can’t put my finger on</p>
<p>I’d go with Brown. I’ve always been in favour of open curriculum. :p</p>
<p>I’ve been to the Chicago campus and it is great. Though the location is a bit shaddy (i.e. predominantly black neighbourhood)…the campus was friendly and the atmosphere was great.</p>
<p>I know what you mean badman. Almost exactly what you mean. (Though I’d prefer one party a year instead of a month, and that party would be a collection of people discussing Douglas Adams. :D)</p>
<p>I’d say Chicago over Brown, but that’s a personal decision, which is in part because of the unrequited nature of my relationship with Chicago. (If only they had an engineering school, if only…)</p>
<p>In case of both Philosophy and Physics, U of C is superior to Brown and Cornell. I would have chosen U of C.</p>
<p>Like you said earlier, in the end, it comes down to open curriculum Vs core curriculum. I’d choose the former. :D</p>
<p>Abhi / Shrivats</p>
<p>Don’t you think the huge core would be quite stifling?</p>
<p>And I’d choose the latter. Although I recently read a post on CC that mentioned a course at U of C that used Quantum Mechanics to analyse socio-economic dymanics and as that combines Philosophy (just a little) and Physics :D, U of C could be the place for you! Disclaimer: This post is slightly farcical, but true</p>
<p>@badman89: I’ve heard that Brown has the happiest students. And not because they get to party every night, but because of the reasons you just mentioned a couple of posts ago.</p>
<p>Shri’s two cents: Any college that has Zen statements for an essay topic ought to be pretty good at philosophy!</p>
<p>you thread killer!</p>
<p>Apropos of nothing. I’ve just managed to wreck my computer’s theme, destroying the perfectly balanced system I had in place for years. Any suggestions on good themes/sites? (XP)</p>
<p>Is it just me or has K’s post formats become weird?</p>
<p>Hey Shrivats. </p>
<p>Lol, my favorite theme is either Win XP Silver or Win Classic ;)</p>
<p>but i fyou want ot try out some rad designs, check out Litestep: <a href=“http://www.litestep.net%5B/url%5D”>http://www.litestep.net</a>.</p>
<p>You have to register, and the program is a bit touchy, (at least it was when I tried it out a year ago 
) but some of the designs are amazing. It completely changes your desktop, not just a theme. And if you want, you can always revert to Win theme by a shortcut.</p>
<p>ok then…I killed the thread…</p>
<p>but inshallah killed it before me (actually, seeing as I posted, he put it in hibernation, or rather, aestivation )</p>
<p>Comment on the Indian Boy Genius (yes, gratituous capitalisation in order to be silly) thing – uh, that’s farcical. Totally. A ‘lepton’ is anything belongs to a class of light subatomic particles – for example, an electron is one. I’m fairly certain they don’t travel faster than light. :p</p>
<p>/physics-major-ness (I want to do particle!)</p>