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I'm assuming there are at least some other high school seniors here and I know there are many college students/graduates who can hopefully offer some opinions/advice.

So, I'm in the process of applying to colleges; already applied to 3, applying to at least 3 more but possibly more. And... I really have no idea where to apply, let alone how to make the decision of where to go, assuming finances isn't even a factor.

For those currently going through the process or already out of it, any advice? Also looking for college suggestions that have a good engineering program and/or are liberal arts.

So far I'm accepted in 2, but I have a reasonable chance of getting into all of the rest but one. Have a feeling I'll change my major many times, though... xp

Results will be coming in for me in about a month's time. Disappointment will ensue. sweatdrop

It scare me to think of it, but I'll be applying for Oxford soon. Fingers crossed!

So... you'll be in Missouri for a while then?

And how exactly are they paying you to go to Mizzou?

Helpful hint, don't go to a college that doesn't have your career program. It's a waste of time and money.

Truman does have a major Chem lab feature which will get your grades up and make it possible for you to transfer to a place like... Wentworth Tech... (which I HIGHLY recommend for anyone who wants to be an architect or a civil engineer, I should know, I went there.) However, you will have to slog through chemistry school to explore some avenue and how it relates to engineering, before transferring to an engineering school.

So, being someone who burned out at Wentworth and had to transfer with a useless degree because it was the only thing I could handle. Let me tell you how intense their engineering program is.

AND... you don't need a car while at Wentworth, it's on the subway line. Green Line E, takes you to Copley Center, symphony hall, and is a nice way to get around the city to explore. Also, Huntington Ave has like 20 colleges on it. (maybe an overestimation) but it's a small school in a big city.

Plus... the 66 bus runs off Huntington Ave, which takes you DIRECTLY to Coolidge Corner, and Harvard Square. Coolidge Corner is the Jewish neighborhood of Brookline, Harvard Square (which has been gentrified) is a great place to go to buy stuff.

So DP, being a Bostonian... I recommend Wentworth, it's right next door to North Eastern and across the street from The Museum of Fine Arts.

http://www.wit.edu/index.php

Also to clarify...

I have an Associates from Wentworth in Electrical Engineering, focus on Solid State

I transferred to here... http://www.ipfw.edu/ to get a BA in History

and then I went here... http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/ for my Associates in Communications with a focus on Writing for Publication.

I can rant about any one of those colleges if you need.

For those of us who don't know English Collegiate Lore... the Oxford/Cambridge rivalry, otherwise known as The Oxbridge Affair has more to do with the fact that in 1209, a group on professors and philosophers broke off from Oxford and went north to found Cambridge University.

They've been competing ever since.

They use the same teaching methods, they're both founded the Plantagenet era, they have very similar curriculum. It's just that they disagree on everything else. For example, one university calls their outdoor areas "Quads" the other "Courts"

The trimesters at one place are called "Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity" while at the other it's "Michaelmas, Lent and Easter."

Even the cleaning crews have different names. "Scouts" and "Bedders"

And then of course there's the Oxford English Dictionary, and the Cambridge Dictionary of English.

This competition between two universities has lead to some of the greatest discoveries and innovations known to mankind. Both want to be the best and both demand the best.

So Behatz, your dad's an Oxford man? is he?

well the real question is, what do you want to do when you grow up? Also, a double major AND a minor? I tried double majors at Wentworth, burned out quickly.



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