Why'd you pick UM?

ilak1551
Sat, 23 May 2009 15:11:56 +0000

Sadly I’m still deciding. On May 1st, I put a deposit on Miami, but had serious regrets almost immediately so i ended up putting a deposit on Northwestern as well. Then May 15th came around (the housing deadline for Miami) and I never sent anything, so resigned myself to the fact that I was going to NU. Again, I had serious regrets and called the housing office at miami and they said as long as I get the deposit in within the next few weeks I’d be fine. I’d even still be able to room with another foote fellow if I wanted. So my next deadline is the 25th, which is the housing deadline for NU and I have a feeling they won’t be quite as lenient as miami, although I haven’t called to talk with them yet. I’m not sure why I do this to myself. I guess I just have massive commitment/decision issues.

As far as my actual decision, it still comes down to basically the same thing. How badly do I want the prestige of NU? Part of me feels like I’d be throwing away my years of hard work if I go to Miami while at NU I’d have the satisfaction of completing my lifelong goal of attending an elite university. Plus it’s close to home which means comfort and convenience. At the same time, Miami is offering so many opportunities: the gen ed exemption, honors program, more majors, incredible flexibility, the chance to experience a different culture and climate, and the option of study abroad (at NU we wouldn’t be able to afford it after 4 yrs of tuition). And logically I know that which school I go to won’t make much of a difference in grad school/job options later, but a large part of me thinks that I could never be as proud about going to Miami as I would about going to NU.

Sorry. That response was much longer than I intended, but as you can see, I’m still very torn up about this whole thing.