Right now I’m deciding between two colleges and I really can’t choose. They are both colleges in the same city.
College A is a public school that I always had my sights set on before I found the other one. It is a huge school, with huge class sizes. It is the cheaper of the two. I like the amount of clubs and orgs on campus, but I’m not sure i want to be a nameless face in a crowd in classes. It has a highly ranked program for my selected major and has many great options I can choose from if I choose a different one. I already have friends here so I have connections for a social life. However when I visited, Im not sure i loved the campus vibe. I could probably find my niche, but I think it would be harder.
College B is a medium-small private school that is more expensive, about double the amount of loans, but they gave me a scholarship. It has a lot of wealthy students so I don’t know if I would feel out of place in that regard. Major wise, it has my major Computer Science, but it is only a BA and is not a very big one since the school is primarily a business school. They also don’t have as good of a selections of majors that I can choose from. I like that it has small class sizes, because i feel like the teachers are more enthusiastic about teaching and i can make friends in classes more easily.
I don’t know anyone at this school so I would be alone, but I feel like the school is lively, the campus is much more beautiful, and has a lot of athletic students like me. However, a lot of people at this school like to party, and im not a partier really. I’m more of a stay-in type and I’m afraid my friends would not like that about me here where at school A most students are like that.
I bet I could see my friends at the other school sometimes because its only 10 minutes away. But is this school worth the price and not as good of major program?