What location provides for the better college experience-- Southern California, or Boston, Mass.?
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Boston, MA... it's the best college town.\n\n1/5 people in Boston are college students/professors.
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Well, Boston University is a private school and Richmond is public. While most will agree that public and private does not matter with the quality of education, there still is a stigma. Having just graduated from Boston U, I learned that there are a lot of people who think a school is better simply because of that.\n\nThat said, BU is highly competitive once you get in. There is grade deflation (despite what they say). You will have to work just to get B's. BU is also a very urban campus. If you're looking for the "typical" college experience, then it's prob not for you. The Greek life is small but there. If you want to be in the city, BU is the better choice.
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For campus atmosphere, consider Auburn University. \n\nFor academics, consider Birmingham-Southern.
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Truth be told - both campuses are generally college towns. UCSC and Riverside are the two campuses with "business" as an actual major. That said - if you're going to school in Econ - you should select Davis because academically - its the superior school. However - if you're looking for the generic business major - sure - SC might be better.\n\nAs for dorm life - as trite as this may sound - you make your own experience. Both schools keep in mind are generally commute schools on the weekend. Also - just keep in mind who you want your peers to be. The difference between the two UC's academically is not substantial - but UC Davis is in between very selective and selective whereas Santa Cruz would be considered selective - in some cases, not very selective. \n\nAs for demographics - UC Davis has a much stronger Asian American population than UC SC - UCSC's Asian population is not as prominent. \n\nSure Davis has cows - but its pretty college town. Santa Cruz is right next to beach board walk so you'll have better weather in general.
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Nope, its not just there.  I live in Massachusetts and out here, the rich (sometimes smarties, too!) kids go to Harvard, M.I.T., UMass Amherst (BOOHOO) or WPI.
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It really doesn't matter so much where you go to school; what matters is how you do while you're there (and the MCAT). The better the sciences at the school, the better prepared you will be. Go somewhere decent, but go there and seriously tool it up. Baylor and A&M are both plenty good enough to go anywhere if you max out there. If you have the grades, Rice would be at the top of my Texas list. UT is also probably a good bet to be as strong academically as the two you're considering. \n\nGo here, they expand on the same idea as above:\n\nhttp://www.premedonline.com/HS%20advice/hscollege.html
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Boston College is in Chestnut Hill, MA, which is right outside of the city limits and the last stop on the Green (B) Line of the T.  It offers the combination of a suburban-like campus with the excitement of a major city nearby.
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Northeastern University is a great university. It's right in Boston near transportation systems (bus and train) and the Food Court is nice. They have many very interesting public seminars and speeches there, too. It's great. I think you should go there.
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Being from the Boston area, I can recommend, Boston College, Boston University, or the University of Massachusetts.  The latter has had very good teams over the last several years.  As to the West Coast, I can't help much there, as I don't follow there teams.
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EASY ANSWER: EMERSON COLLEGE IN BOSTON, MA.\n\nIT'S FREAKIN' AMAZING IF YOU'RE INTO WRITING/JOURNALISM.
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try philadelphia , Queens NY, Boston MA, California\nI heard these are some of the top states.
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Why not Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo? It's the best CSU in CA (and actually considered the best school in the west), therefore it's not as expensive as a UC. CP San Luis Obispo is bigger and gets more funds, therefore they can provide a better education.\nIf you still want to stay around LA, Cal Poly Pomona is definitely better than CSU LA, since it is better ranked nationwide.
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california has hundreds of colleges, in the cities and country side. the ones in the cities have especially diverse backgrounds, and you should fit right in.
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I think I would choose either Boston, Massachusetts, or Savannah, Georgia, probably leaning toward Savannah.\n\nBoth cities have a great deal of history, you will be able to find tons of information on each one, and they are both very interesting.\n\nI hope this helps.
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If you are referring to Cal State University, in my opinion the best one is San Luis Obispo. Its even harder to get into than some UC's.
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University of Southern California.
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I would say both PCC and Santa Monica City are good..but i attended East Los Angeles College and I liked it alot.  Many people i went to school at ELAC got accepted to UCLA etc.  Mount Sac should be good too.  Good luck!