<p>Any advice?
Bucknell seems to be the perfect school, but so far from everything.
UCSD - great reputation, but I am afraid that unless you are a regents scholar, it is hard to get the classes you want. I am also worried about the lack of a traditional campus.
Notre Dame - Also great, but maybe too Catholic.
Any suggestions for someone who has not committed to a major?</p>
<p>IMO the goal is to find the college that is the best “fit” for you.</p>
<p>It is very hard to offer useful advice in this regard when we know virtually nothing about you.</p>
<p>I think you would be more likely to receive useful advice if you were willing to tell us something about yourself and, in particular, why you chose to apply to the five colleges that you are now considering.</p>
<p>Thanks. You are right. My daughter was not accepted into her first choice and has had to rethink what and where she would like to be. We are new to this process and it has been eye opening.
UCSD has an excellent reputation for sciences, but may be too impersonal. I am afraid that the entire UC is under pressure and it may be hard for to get classes. She applied there as a back up to UCLA. She did not love the campus, but is willing to look at it again. She is a good student 4.4 gpa with 700’s.
I just do not know much about Bucknell and was hoping to hear about people’s experience there as well as at the other UC’s and Notre Dame. She wants an academic environment, but also I think would benefit from the full college experience. How is Bucknell’s academic reputation and what is the college life like. I am a bit concerned about the frat/sorority issue that I am reading about in the college guides. I was in a sorority, but worry that it might be too exclusionary in such a small school. Is that a concern? Notre Dame also has everything, but might be too religious for my child who is not Catholic. My child is thinking pre-med, but I would like her exposed to other options in case that is not the right path.
Thank you so much.
Thanks so much.</p>