should I have taken UCLA over vanderbilt for ib?
Got accepted into both but deposited at vanderbilt. Just did some looking around on wso regarding UCLA and apparently its a solid target whereas vandy not as much. Should I forfeit deposit and go UCLA?
For ug btw
I don't think deciding based on target or not is a good basis.... UCLA clearly has the advantage of LA and ranks after Stanford, Berkeley, and near par with USC. But it'll have more people as a public. On the other side, Vanderbilt is a private, smaller school but not sitting by a big metro in near distance
If you take a SA job for your summer of Jr. year, I think you'd have some good chances at both.
It'd be also helpful to think about your decision again without thinking about the gone deposit money.
Can't we bloody ban this idiot Shuang19?
I think your insult pretty provoking, but I'm not biting. Sorry.
It's not a no-name school vs. target school story. I already said that UCLA will be stronger with its location. But I think the OP just needs more time and thinking before making the decision, so that he doesn't regret again..
Which one is a no name? Vanderbilt? Vanderbilt is definitely not a no name on the east coast, and I'm pretty sure they do okay on the west for their location.
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South vs West Private vs Public SEC vs Pac 10 City vs kind-of-a-city
i know people from both at my EB In NYC so its pretty irrelevant. UCLA alumni will be harder to find in NY where as Vandy will be harder to find in LA.
If you are from LA or Cali Id say Vandy so you get to see another part of the country and you wont sacrifice your ability to return post-grad as you are from the area.
I have no opinion about the investment banking prospects from either, but if a school where 50% of the women are in a sorority and you're located in the middle of nowhere isn't the answer, I don't understand the question.
Also, for everyone reading this who is considering schools:
Just DO NOT pick a school over another because you think it will be easier for you to get laid at one. If your game sucked in high school it isn't going to magically get better just because you're in college. Hell you didn't even have to compete against college football players who are on TV and rich fratboys in high school. If you do have some game then even the most dorky, male-dominated schools are generally near at least one other college that has girls nearby. The only ones I can think of where your school choice will impact your odds are places like the service academies that have both an extremely poor number of women on campus, are located in the middle of nowhere, and restrict your movement off campus.
Make it a non-factor and focus 100% on the long term opportunities.
I think it'd suck if the college life was dull or full of academic work. (I had one and it was OK)
But I entirely agree that campus life is the most useless factor for jobs or graduate schools. Nobody asks anything about your campus life unless you have leadership involvements or volunteering acts
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