Chicago, Charlottesville, Philly

[allmy$to930]

Go to UVA and then spend the money that you saved on tuition travelling to shows.
 
 If money truly isn't an issue, I'd go to NW.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

if I could do it all over again I'd go to NYU and spend four years pretending I was a Lower East Side bohemian.

[xneverwherex]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  if I could do it all over again I'd go to NYU and spend four years pretending I was a Lower East Side bohemian.

oh thats actually my new plan. im not quite sure how i can afford nyu but i can sure do a lot of pretending. but im always down in the LES anyway, and actually i prefer hells kitchen.
 
 i mean its a sad day when places like tonic and sin-e are having to close their doors to accomodate new luxury condos. (i will not get carried away with my nyc rant)    i like the grittiness of HK. hopefully it wont change too much.
 
 as far as school - id still go back to santa barbara in a heartbeat. life on the ocean for four years, lots of parties, little clothing, oh yeah! thats the life. oh i got a degree there too    
 
 out of those schools - id probably choose northwestern. have a lot of friends who went there and they all had positive things to say. but its the same with respect to the other schools. theyre all good choice and doubt youd make a mistake in either of them.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
  i fucking loved studying english literature and history, but i'm kicking myself in the ass right now for not taking a couple of basic finance courses.
 

I agree with Hoya.  I was an English major at a small college, and I LOVED it and it has served me very well (the ability to write well has carried me very far).
 
 That said, I wish I'd taken a couple basic finance/econ courses.  Keep that in mind, they can always serve you.  You may not work in a "corporate" environment, but you'll always deal with money and financial issues no matter where you are.
 
 My sister LOVED Penn and Philly.  I personally would have wanted more campus (she was also an English major with a minor in Art History, and she's got a smokin' job in advertising now).
 
 I don't know how Northwestern is situated in terms of its relation to the city around it.  As folks have said, all three are great schools, but if my parents were fine with the tuition at all of them, I'd go Ivy League.  (If you think you'll live in the midwest, though, Northwestern may serve you best).
 
 Good luck.  I know this part is SO stressful, but in the end you can't go wrong.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Probably the same for UPENN as well.

[/QB][/QUOTE]
 No no no.  Penn's in fact kind of in the hood.  My sister's lived in NYC for 10 years, but it was in west Philly where she was mugged twice, once at gunpoint!

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
  i fucking loved studying english literature and history, but i'm kicking myself in the ass right now for not taking a couple of basic finance courses.
 

I agree with Hoya.  I was an English major at a small college, and I LOVED it and it has served me very well (the ability to write well has carried me very far).
 
 That said, I wish I'd taken a couple basic finance/econ courses.  Keep that in mind, they can always serve you.  You may not work in a "corporate" environment, but you'll always deal with money and financial issues no matter where you are.
 
 My sister LOVED Penn and Philly.  I personally would have wanted more campus (she was also an English major with a minor in Art History, and she's got a smokin' job in advertising now).
 
 I don't know how Northwestern is situated in terms of its relation to the city around it.  As folks have said, all three are great schools, but if my parents were fine with the tuition at all of them, I'd go Ivy League.  (If you think you'll live in the midwest, though, Northwestern may serve you best).
 
 Good luck.  I know this part is SO stressful, but in the end you can't go wrong. [/b]

what year did your sister graduate?

[Bags]

Originally posted by SalParadise:
 what year did your sister graduate?

1993

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  Probably the same for UPENN as well.

[/b]

No no no.  Penn's in fact kind of in the hood.  My sister's lived in NYC for 10 years, but it was in west Philly where she was mugged twice, once at gunpoint! [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 the area has changed a lot in the past 10 years though. definitely not upper middle class by any stretch yet, but the change is similar to the whole U street phenomenon in dc.

[sonickteam2]

i was in charlottesville a month ago or so for work.  
 
   boy is that place full of a buncha hillbilly rednecks!
 
   i saw Northwestern for sure!  Chicago, is almost as diverse and culturally stimulating as New york city.  its cold. but its such a great town.
 
   i dont know much about the school programs themselves, but between the 3 cities.  Chicago should be the far and away clear choice!

[you be betty]

CHICAGO is the best music scene, i say

[bigyellow100]

lets be honest.  uva is going down the drain.  as a recent uva alumus, i must say that charlottesville is becoming a huge mess.  
 
 when i first arrived, charlottesville was one of the nicest small towns to live in.
 
 but after four years there, crime has been getting worse and worse, from the serial rapist to the homosexual peeping tom to name a few (not to mention the rise in theft amongst students in libraries; i remember when i was able to leave my laptop, calculator, and ipod sitting around while i went to the bathroom).  
 
 also, its starting to get a little slummier around campus, especially "the corner".  many of these houses and townhouses on 14th/15th st that get rented out many of these college kids (as fratty as they may be) should be condemned.  i have no idea how they pass fire inspection or how many of these rental companies get away with what theyre doing.  it makes the city and the school look bad.  this is only exacerbated by how we are accepting more students than the campus can support, leading to constant construction and thus distorting how beautiful our campus really is.
 
 if you go to uva, probably all the construction will be done by the time you leave.  but who knows, we constantly like to build shit.
 
 and most importantly the academics of uva has fallen quite a bit.  there have been some notable professors who have retired and who have left.  theres been a huge controversy about how we spend our money.  clearly, we dont pay our professors much and so many of them leave.  and also we're not attracting the best professors and researchers.  as a result our reputation suffers; for instance, like in the US Weekly college rankings.  
 
 as for the music scene, while its definitely not the best of the three cities, it is acceptable; about 1-2 good shows per month at either starr hill or the satellite ballroom.  and if anything finding rides to dc isnt hard at all if theres a show here that youd like to see.
 
 lastly, it does get kind of boring and so you have to get really creative in figuring out different ways to entertain yourself.
 
 and so, if i were you id take the hardest look at northwestern.  i dont know much about it, but when i visited penn, i hated the people there so much that i decided to go to uva, which was really nice back then i promise.

[mbg73]

I'd take Northwestern in a heartbeat, and Chicago is a great city.  On the other hand, since you're asking about the cities in terms of music, Philly is a pretty great base for all kinds of east coast action, as it's relatively close to NYC, DC, etc.

[Relaxer]

Go to wherever the best opportunities for internships are, which will surely be a bigger city. You'll get hands-on experience and you'll make connections.
 
 I've found over a 15-year professional career that the two most important components of getting a good job are applied experience and your network/connections. Nothing else has ever been very relevant.

[Venerable Bede]

which northwestern campus are you gonna be at?  the be fair, evanston campus is 20 miles north of downtown chicago, or a couple of rickety EL rides away.
 
 if all things are equal, i would lean toward the school that's furthest away from where you live, but then, that's just me.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

That's what I was trying to say.
 
 It's like saying George Mason is a DC school.
 
 

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  which northwestern campus are you gonna be at?  the be fair, evanston campus is 20 miles north of downtown chicago, or a couple of rickety EL rides away.