Cal
Someone said this to me: "have fun at berkeley. you know going to cal day would make you want to go to UCLA even more"
How true. Berkeley did not impress me at all. I was surprised because the weather was actually significantly nicer than I expected. There's actually sun over Berkeley during the day. The campus was also significantly prettier than my first impression. That's cuz I was wandering around the outskirts of the campus.
At any rate, I didn't run into people who seemed that enthusiastic about Berkeley, whereas people seemed very happy about going to UCLA and wanted me to go there as well. =D
It also seemed very dead. Now I realize Harvey Mudd is a tiny school as well, but if I were going to a public school, I was expecting there to be a lot more people. Friday night, I saw one person other than Matt, my host, and his roommate in the dorms.
BioE sucked. All they did was say yay great you're at Berkeley we're ranked so high It's berkeley great prestige yadda yadda UCSD sucks forget their number 1 bioE department. Yeah.
The area around it was depressing. There were a lot of good places to eat. But the area wasn't that nice... and I keep wondering about the homeless guys... What do you do to end up standing around outside berkeley???
On the plus side, I ran into 3 of my COSMOS friends. I spent most of Cal Day with one of my friends, actually. I got annoyed by bioE very fast, and I already decided against Berkeley by Friday night. So yeah.
No Berkeley.
UCSD, much as I love that college, has annoyed me too much with its perpetual lateness. Sigh. Quite unfortunate. I would have loved very much to go there. All those memories. Yet perhaps... perhaps it is best to let the time of my life remain the time of my life. Not to diminish it by spending another four years there, which might affect my memories of COSMOS.
UCLA. My dad still wants me to go there over Mudd. I want to go there, just not necessarily over Mudd. It's a great school. I've got no problem going there. And yet... I want to go to harvey mudd more. And yet... should listen to my parents. Right thing to do. Yet I should also make my own decision. Also the right thing to do. >.< great I'm stuck in another one of those traps. UCLA offers a lot. Regents (this include about 5 other things), big college environment, my life will probably be significantly easier... much much cheaper Mudd offers a lot too though. Clinic, engineering, small (tiny) school, small community, great education, tough courseload...
Sigh.
How true. Berkeley did not impress me at all. I was surprised because the weather was actually significantly nicer than I expected. There's actually sun over Berkeley during the day. The campus was also significantly prettier than my first impression. That's cuz I was wandering around the outskirts of the campus.
At any rate, I didn't run into people who seemed that enthusiastic about Berkeley, whereas people seemed very happy about going to UCLA and wanted me to go there as well. =D
It also seemed very dead. Now I realize Harvey Mudd is a tiny school as well, but if I were going to a public school, I was expecting there to be a lot more people. Friday night, I saw one person other than Matt, my host, and his roommate in the dorms.
BioE sucked. All they did was say yay great you're at Berkeley we're ranked so high It's berkeley great prestige yadda yadda UCSD sucks forget their number 1 bioE department. Yeah.
The area around it was depressing. There were a lot of good places to eat. But the area wasn't that nice... and I keep wondering about the homeless guys... What do you do to end up standing around outside berkeley???
On the plus side, I ran into 3 of my COSMOS friends. I spent most of Cal Day with one of my friends, actually. I got annoyed by bioE very fast, and I already decided against Berkeley by Friday night. So yeah.
No Berkeley.
UCSD, much as I love that college, has annoyed me too much with its perpetual lateness. Sigh. Quite unfortunate. I would have loved very much to go there. All those memories. Yet perhaps... perhaps it is best to let the time of my life remain the time of my life. Not to diminish it by spending another four years there, which might affect my memories of COSMOS.
UCLA. My dad still wants me to go there over Mudd. I want to go there, just not necessarily over Mudd. It's a great school. I've got no problem going there. And yet... I want to go to harvey mudd more. And yet... should listen to my parents. Right thing to do. Yet I should also make my own decision. Also the right thing to do. >.< great I'm stuck in another one of those traps. UCLA offers a lot. Regents (this include about 5 other things), big college environment, my life will probably be significantly easier... much much cheaper Mudd offers a lot too though. Clinic, engineering, small (tiny) school, small community, great education, tough courseload...
Sigh.