JOHN NEEDS YOUR HELP!
 

Ok guys....I've come to the point in my life where I need to make a major decision....Sometime in the next few months, I must decide where I'll be going to college. Obviously I can't take it lightly, and I know many people who dont like where they are going, and I dont want that to happen to me. If any of you go to these colleges, went to these colleges, know anyone who goes there, please let me know what you think. I'm not asking you to make the decision for me, I'm just asking for facts, such as: music scene, education, transportation, community, etc. Of course I asked these questions when I visisted these colleges (I visited them all) but of course the college is going to give you a bias answer. Be honest.

Here are my choices, I applied to them, and got into all of them.

James Madison University
+ I loved the campus.
+ I loved the surrounding community and environment.
+ Their education looks promising, and I know a few people who go there and they love it.
+a brand new chemistry building, and a nice bio building
- 5 hours away
- no public transportation home

Marist College
+ Nice campus
+ On Hudson River (nice atmosphere)
+ really nice buildings (especially their library)
+ Only 2 hours away, with a lot of transportation
+ Good education, and a well known name
- Poughkeepsie NY is a slum, or so im told
- Its mainly a liberal arts school, im going into biology

I also got into Marywood University and Binghamton University, but those are safeties. I havent recieved a response from American Univesity, but I'm fairly confident in the response. Thats up there with JMU and Marist.

I applied to UPenn, and they called for an interview...So thats a good sign I guess. They are at least considering me. I dont want to go there though.

i dont' know anything about Marist College, but my guess is that it's a lot smaller than JMU. No? If so, I'd suggest JMU...the whole bullshit about how "you get a better education at a small school due to the personal contact." At any larger school, you can do the same. Some classes can have only 10 people in them at Big 10 schools for example. You can also get to know your prof and TA's...you won't be just a number on a piece of paper. I love being at a large school. I couldn't see myself going to a school with only 6,000 peiople.

you come here for help on major life decisions?...

JMU!

You can get a bus ride to Northern Virginia which would make it less of a car ride home. THey have buses every weekend that go to Vienna in NoVA for like $28 (one way)

The only thing about JMU that I don't like is sometimes it smells bad when it rains because there are dog food factories and chicken farms in the valley that waft over campus whenever it rains for some reason or another. It's not intolerable, but it's just kinda weird. We do have a new science building that is supposed to be pretty nice, I haven't had any sciences yet so I couldn't tell you what the classes are like. I can tell you that everyone here is very nice and there is a huge party scene if you are into that. Sometimes the party scene gets annoying because everyone is always out and it seems like there are only a few people who don't feel it necessary to go out every weekend.

People don't give JMU as much credit as they deserve academically. It has become a lot harder to get into JMU so it's become much more competitive and it's a much better school than a lot of people think. It's no UVA, but it's not VCU either...

Marist is around 16,000 students, coleman....i think.

as for JMU, its my #1 choice so far. I really loved the campus. I went in mid-August and the weather was beautiful. It looks like someplace I can see myself at for the next 4 years. I'm coming to visit again on Feb 20th if you wanna meet up c312. I think its a day for all the people who were accepted on early action.

Another thing I forgot is tuition. JMU is significantly cheaper than Marist. Marist is $35,000 a year (but I got a $6,000 a year scholarship from them if I go) and JMU is only $21,000 a year, and I think I'll get scholarships.

I'd go JMU, but if u were to get into UPenn, why not?

to both of you, no im not asking for any of you to make a decision for me, im asking for any info on these schools to help ME make the decision.

what are you majoring in? you should make your decision on that. go to a college that offers a variety of courses in your field.

but don't you think that YOU or friends and family around you would make a better decsion. I mean...maybe I'm just speaking for myself, but I dont know jack shit about either of those colleges. Not enough to offer advice on them

if I could offer anything, don't get hyped up in names. My friend went to school 6 hours away rather than to Eastern Michigan with me, because his brother went to U of Michigan and kept ragging on him saying Eastern is the worst school ever, etc.

Smaller schools can be terrific

Biology

I really wish I had the grades to get into Johns Hopkins. One of my best friends applied early decision to Johns Hopkins for Biomedical Engineering, and was accepted. It was the happiest day of his life, and he really deserves it too. He's a genius.

simply a joke bro...

come to york uni up here with me in canada.

York is gay.

I know a number of people at marist and they love it there, and its also quite good academically.

\\brampton is gaaayyeerrr

Apply to John Hopkins University...

rock:

i'd tell ya PSU, but go with JMU.

do u go there?

I wish, may apply just for the hell of it.

Weird, I just had to make that decision!

apply to Harvard just so you can frame the rejection letter rock:

what do you want to do in biology?

[quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":ae041]I'd go JMU, but if u were to get into UPenn, why not?[/quote:ae041]

Yeah no joke. Penn is ranked #4 in America, whereas neither JMU or Marist are even in the top 120. This is going by The Princeton Review and U.S. News.

BTW I'm thinking of Virginia for my graduate studies in a couple of years.

Also yes, Johns Hopkins would be an excellent school, but they mainly focus on medicine.

They also have a leet international relations school.. http://www.sais-jhu.edu/

May have a chance getting in, because american universities add 8 or so marks to my percent (because of the canadian education system)..my current percent is 88% so the american universities see 95% rock:

All I have to worry about is doing good in the SATS, and worrying about the 32 grand a year to go their... eek:

[quote="Chronic Diarrhea":5bcc8][quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":5bcc8]I'd go JMU, but if u were to get into UPenn, why not?[/quote:5bcc8]

Yeah no joke. Penn is ranked #4 in America, whereas neither JMU or Marist are even in the top 120. This is going by The Princeton Review and U.S. News.

BTW I'm thinking of Virginia for my graduate studies in a couple of years.

Also yes, Johns Hopkins would be an excellent school, but they mainly focus on medicine.[/quote:5bcc8]uva rock: spank: beer: rock:

UVA is full of douchebags.

rolleyes:

why not just go to UIC? (University of Illinois at Chicago)

I did, but I dont think I finished the application....I forget. Anywho, I wouldnt get in.

I dont trust the Princeton Review. Everyone has different opinions, and I think a school like Marist or JMU is perfect for me.

I know people who go to both, and they all love their schools.

What were you going to take there? at JHU

I dont really know. I dont know what to specialize in. Molecular biology and genetics are my favorite....but they are the best bio school in the country so I dont think I could take it....my friend got into their Biomedical engineering program, their hardest program to get into. pretty impressive.

Not to mention the cost. oOo:

yea, its up there....

i think George Washington University is the most expensive school....$48,000 a year or something like that.

Re: JOHN NEEDS YOUR HELP!
 

Not sure about others, but I live in poughkeepsie lol.... The town of Poughkeepsie aint that bad, depending on where you live, but IMHO the city of Poughkeepsie is crap. I have friends that go there, and most of them are satisifed... But it is a lib arts school like you said, so I wouldn't go there if I wanted to major in biology. Personally, I wouldn't attend Marist, theres not a lot to do in the town/city of poughkeepsie, since they are both fairly small...but thats the only college that I really have personal experience with/that my friends go to.

thats probs just the in-state tuition too, i bet out of state is ridiculous

and if you do get into upenn and dont go there, i will find you and burn you, i would have killed to get into wharton there...

and coleman is right about small campuses, i mean you wanna be sure that you go somewhere that people have heard of, JMU is fine and ive also heard of marist, but i wouldnt mess with anything smaller

Headup...... psu>pitt biggrin: the_finger:

lol i'm just startin' shit.

It's not in a state, it's in DC so the price doesn't change.

I have a friend who lives in DC and she gets in state tuition anywhere since she technically isn't in a state.

haha i held back my first post the_finger:

im high right now so i cant think of a good comeback

Fuck it I'm going to school in London...maybe get a degree in history from some university in the states later on.