Heya. I might apply to these schools for national merit. Generally there have been mixed opinions on all of these. Tend to be not the best, but they aren't bad schools and it would ave me a ton of money. I'm trying to figure out which of these schools to apply to !!

I've figured out I'll apply for CS. It opens up other opportunities, and it's fairly interesting. We'll see how it goes. Can transfer into EE or ME or whatever if I decide to. Or finance, or whatever XD

If you are from

Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
University of Alabama
University of Idaho
University of Tulsa
Northeastern

please leave your feedback. It would be nice to know that there is somebody from one of those schools!

Help me save money, and bring a fellow nerd to your school <.<

GettingIt

1656 Posts

December 06 2011 07:33 GMT

I have a friend that goes to Baylor. I visited him once, and I found the campus to be small but neat. The city itself is kinda lame though. I don't know about the quality of their education though.

Frozenhelfire

United States420 Posts

December 06 2011 07:43 GMT

Apply for all of them, choose between the ones that accept you. No point in being selective for the application process because you may not be accepted, and if you are accepted you can still decline if you are accepted to a more favored school. Not having fallback options is one of the worst things you can do to yourself in any situation especially if the fallback plan doesn't actually cost you anything but the time it takes to fill out the paperwork.

trickery

United States37 Posts

December 06 2011 08:13 GMT

Frozenhelfire has the right idea, apply to them all or is the saving you money thing by only applying to a few? lol I dunno apply to them all and then make your decision.

Oh, I've heard OU has a great academic program... not sure about your field though, so uh? there ya go

Empyrean

17053 Posts

December 06 2011 08:13 GMT

I've heard girls at Baylor are super hot.

In any case, going to any of the UCs will probably be better for your career, and judging from your earlier blogs, it sounds like you'd be able to go to the UCs for free as well.

itsjustatank

Hong Kong9169 Posts

December 06 2011 08:37 GMT

I was very close to going to Baylor for undergrad years ago, but ended up going to a UC instead for money reasons. I liked the university, the people who were there, and the programs that they had available. Waco is a pretty dead town though, not much else there other than the university and the Dr. Pepper plant. It's also a Baptist school, if religion plays any role in your calculus.

On December 06 2011 17:13 Empyrean wrote:
I've heard girls at Baylor are super hot.

Yes.

Primadog

United States4411 Posts

December 06 2011 08:55 GMT

The co-eds at Baylor are super hot.

Do you like football? Otherwise I can't think of any reason for other schools on the list. Of course, apply to everything.

mOnion

United States5657 Posts

December 06 2011 09:56 GMT

not from Waco but I live in college station ~1.5 hrs away and drive through waco constantly. Baylor's great from everything I hear, town is pure shit though, just a passerthrough type town, very small with a large highway intersection right in the middle (hw 6 and I35 meet right there) basically you get all the traffic for anyone going between houston, dallas and austin/san antonio, which is all the important cities in TX lol

so ya, your entertainment/city value for baylor will be low, but the school is amazing.

On December 06 2011 17:13 Empyrean wrote:
I've heard girls at Baylor are super hot.

misrepresentation. it's not the baylor girls, just texas girls in general :D

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 06 2011 21:00 GMT

On December 06 2011 17:13 Empyrean wrote:
I've heard girls at Baylor are super hot.

In any case, going to any of the UCs will probably be better for your career, and judging from your earlier blogs, it sounds like you'd be able to go to the UCs for free as well.

No. UC are like still super expensive. 2.5x cost or so because of ridic cost of living.

Empyrean

17053 Posts

December 06 2011 22:34 GMT

#10

Going to be honest, I'd rather take out loans to go to a UC than go to University of Idaho for free.

mahi29

United States235 Posts

December 07 2011 00:20 GMT

#11

On December 07 2011 07:34 Empyrean wrote:
Going to be honest, I'd rather take out loans to go to a UC than go to University of Idaho for free.

Haha, I completely agree. I go to Berkeley and I'm so happy that I picked this school, even though I have to pay quite a bit, over some of the schools that offered my full rides

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 07 2011 00:41 GMT

#12

On December 07 2011 09:20 mahi29 wrote:

Show nested quote +

Haha, I completely agree. I go to Berkeley and I'm so happy that I picked this school, even though I have to pay quite a bit, over some of the schools that offered my full rides

U of I is not really likely at all. Just wondering...

Northeastern and baylor are the heavyweights in the category.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 07 2011 01:40 GMT

#13

And which schools offered full rides?

Livelovedie

United States492 Posts

December 07 2011 04:31 GMT

#14

Never been to Baylor's campus but have been to a football game (stadium isn't on campus) when I was rooting for the Texas Longhorns. The fan spirit their was pretty good and the whole RGIII thing has a lot of people into football there. As for Waco itself, I have yet to find a nice, non-ghetto residential area though I assume the Baylor campus is nicer. IMO, I could never go there especially with it being a Baptist university.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 07 2011 05:47 GMT

#15

Meh. It's not that baptist. Suck up a couple religious courses and...

Northeastern is certainly another option.

And yeah, Waco sucks. It's an established fact. Baylor campus is supposedly an oasis of not suck. People also leave for weekends. (wonder why)

Empyrean

17053 Posts

December 07 2011 05:52 GMT

#16

Oh, I had no idea what NErn meant in your title because you didn't mention it until now rofl.

I'll be in Boston next year, although I'll probably be living in Slummerville or something because I'll be broke. Don't know a thing about the school, though.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

December 07 2011 06:02 GMT

#17

Where did you go to school? Rofl, fail northeastern.

My main choices right now are

1) suck up UC tuition
2) get into princeton or rice and get financial aid (like a boss, a really incredibly lucky boss)
3) Go to baylor/northeastern.
4) Die a little inside and go to idaho XD