Why did you pick your college?

hockeydude68
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:05:36 +0000

ok, i guess i will give my input.
I am planning on majoring in business so the quality of the b-schools played a big factor.
I applied to Washington St. Louis, Emory, U of Miami (FL), Tulane, Brandeis, U of Texas, Baylor, and SMU.
I was accepted to all except WashU.

WashU- (ED) my first choice, visited it first and loved it. Hated it after they rejected me. lol. funny how that works…

SMU- (money awarded)This is about 20 min. from my house and has a great atmosphere and a highly ranked undergraduate b-school, although all things considered, the prestige of it and reputation didn’t seem to leave dallas so I chose elsewhere.

Baylor- (money awarded)- again, atmosphere wasn’t bad except I wanted a more free thinking school and this one is highly conservative and I wanted something more well known outside of texas as well.

U of Texas- I really just didn’t like the large atmosphere and wanted to be more than a student id number at a school.

Brandeis- the oddball of the group, basically, the only reason i applied is because i received about a 100 emails over a year and a half and i was a blue ribbon applicant or whatever. (free application) i never really liked the school that much and i am not jewish so i felt very out of place.

Tulane- great reputation and all but the only reasons i turned them down was the lack of merit money and the fact i did not feel comfortable or safe living in new orleans after a visit down there.

U of Miami- my fun school, my favorite school for several years, mostly because of their football team. i felt i would get too caught up in the miami lifestyle of partying among other things so i ended up turning them down.

Emory- well, very good reputation, had everything i was looking for in a college really. my grandparents live out there so it makes a lot of things easier (ie. shipping and storage, hotel costs for parents). Goizueta is amazing so it really sealed the deal.

In hindsight I wish I had applied to more schools, but it seemed like a lot at the time. I am absolutely thrilled to be going to Emory, don’t get me wrong, but I will always be left wondering about a lot of schools. If I had to apply again today, not knowing I would get into the schools I did I would also apply to these schools:
NYU(stern), Michigan(ross), UVA, CMU, Wake Forest, and USC.

But, Emory is where I belong and getting rejected from WashU was a good thing afterall.