Vanderbilt or CU-boulder

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<p>Having recently completed a visit at vanderbilt and living in CO, I am faced with a very difficult decision. </p>

<p>I loved both schools with respect to their location, and feel that I should force myself to leave the state of CO- but I am also reluctant to do so and also to leave the mountains (I love mtn biking, skiing, camping, etc- but I also hate the long snowy winters)</p>

<p>As for cost, I should be able to graduate in three years (? at vandy) b/c I took/will take AP history (4), Gov (4 or 5), Calc BC (5), macro-econ (4 or 5), and Physics C (5 for mech, 5 electrical). Also at CSU I took Calc 3 (A), Diff eq (A), Matrices (B), and micro-econ (A)</p>

<p>Cost is as follows</p>

<p>CU boulder 18k per year (1.5k scholarship) in the engineering honors program</p>

<p>Vanderbilt with ROTC (full tuition, fees, books, and a fr6000->9000sr stipend). Additionally, I can apparently decide not to do the ROTC program after the first year and incur no military committment (I would feel unethical doing so though). Cost would be (fr6000->3000sr)</p>

<p>Vanderbilt non ROTC (17k in grants per year- cost is 33k per year)</p>

<p>My desired majors are at CU Mechanical engineering, and at Vanderbilt Mechanical engineering or economics.</p>

<p>My desired carreers are (out of 10)
-I-banking or other dealings with the securities markets (9.5)
-petroleum industry-upstream project development/design and feasibility (9)
-vendor management or supply chain management (9)
-project management, consulting (management or other) (8.5)</p>

<p>My questions are as follows

  1. would it be possible for me to do a 3 year degree at vanderbilt? (the cost would be too high for four)
  2. which school would you suggest (academics or other reasons)
  3. should I consider the ROTC program- I like the prospect of service, athletics, leadership development, and personal development. But…the prospect of 4+ years away from friends and family is scary. Also, I am a bit doveish.
  4. My mom is really good friends with one of the better connected CO elites. He is a great guy-very ethical, holds me in high esteme, and wants to help me as much a possible. Am I stupid for passing on this opportunity? (I mean he passed on CEO at a top dow component 2 years ago), and the engineering honors program will be very elite at CU (30 ish students a year)</p>
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<p>Sorry for only focussing only on this question, but I just wanted to say that Vanderbilt, down south at least, has an amazing academic reputation. I go to one of the most prestigious prep schools in the south, and we’ve sent our last five valedictorians to Vandy. I personally got rejected from there, even with a 35 on my ACT. I’m not sure where you plan on living after you graduate, but I think that a degree from Vanderbilt carries a lot more weight than one from CU, unless you want to work in Colorado. </p>

<p>Anyway. good luck in your decision making process… :)</p>

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<p>You’re not going to graduate early from Vanderbilt with only five APs, sorry.</p>

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<p>Really,</p>

<p>my understanding was that I would get 18 credits for AP from A&S (maximum allowed), but I would also get credit for Calc 3, Diff Eq, Micro-econ (each was a 4 credit class at CSU, and I would get additional transfer credits there-right?). That would be 30- 1 year.</p>

<p>PS, that supprised me that you didn’t get in. I only had a 32, and my class rank wasn’t great (5%). Others have said that very strong canidates got waitlisted b/c of low likelyhood of attendance. Was that the case? Oh well, you probably still have some great colleges that you are looking at attending</p>

<p>Also, how does the Vandy Economics program stand? Relative to Mech Engineering?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, your AP credits won’t be of any use to you in terms of fulfilling your AXLE requirements. There has been a lot of disapproval over this, but hey, you can’t fight with the administration – <a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/academics/axle/index.php[/url]”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cas/academics/axle/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Vanderbilt’s Econ department is one of the strongest in the country. I’m sure you’re aware that Vanderbilt does not have an undergraduate business school, so looking for Vandy in “BusinessWeek” rankings will be misleading. It is a very well respected program; many top consulting firms and i-banks recruit at Vanderbilt. Buckles, an Econ prof at Vandy, is regarded to be one of the top in the country (word is, he’s also one of the highest paid Econ professors - I’ll let you connect the dots).</p>

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<p>Nobody was waitlisted because of a low likelihood of attendance. Get that out of your head. Vanderbilt isn’t WashU.</p>

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<p>You’re making things too compliated. Vanderbilt is a much better school. The students you will be surrounded with there are from all around the country and are brighter than those at Boulder. You are who you go to school with.</p>

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<p>arrogant like Willow55</p>