DeLoggio Achievement Program

Selection of and Preparation for College and Professional Programs

How to Choose a College

Whether you're picking a college, a graduate school, or a professional program; whether you're doing so from within the United States or from Timbuktu, there are many more choices than you can possibly imagine.

• the Ivy League is a football league, containing only eight schools, seven of wished existed before the United States was formed.

  • It follows, then, that no state school is in the Ivy League.
    None of the premier technical schools and universities – MIT, Caltech, Johns Hopkins, Purdue, Rensselaer – are "Ivy League" schools. However, they are undeniably elite schools.
• addition to all of these schools, which are technically universities, there are over 100 highly-esteemed "liberal arts colleges;" these are schools that focus their attention on undergraduate education in the classical form. Most of them do not have law schools, medical schools, or business schools, and they may offer graduate degrees in only one or two programs.
• These schools are much easier to get into than the elite universities, because most applicants have never even heard of them; yet if you are looking for an advanced degree after college, attendance at Macalester, Wellesley, Oberlin, Grinnell, or Pomona can give you as good or even better a chance at getting into Columbia University than a degree from Purdue might.

There is no way that I can list all of the good schools in the United States; I couldn't even list all the good schools in a particular subject. Do your research, and do it repeatedly, on several different levels. Use YouTube to see campuses; look for student groups on Facebook. But whatever you do, don't rely on a single source of information for such an important decision.

CAVEAT: I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA UNDERGRADUATE ON A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP. ALL OF MY ANSWERS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE TAKEN AS BIASED IN FAVOR OF MY BELOVED PENN.

Use the Internet! It knows way more than I do.

Should I go to college abroad or in the United States?

You Don't Want the Ivy League!

What the Hell is so Special about Princeton

Is going to a top-tier college directly correlated to success?

Is an Ivy League education worth the cost?

What is the difference between a college and a university?

When choosing a college, you can only know 5 things about it. What would they be?

Did Ivy Leagues always have such low acceptance rates?

Do people go to Ivy League schools just to prove they are better than everyone else?

The “Top” Schools

And the Best School Is....!

World-Class Schools with Optional SAT

Don’t be Icarus. Set your goals reasonably.

What is the difference between national and regional universities?

How good does my College have to be?

Smart, Really Smart, and Genius

Can I see pictures of a University?

Is it possible to send in a deposit to two universities at the same time?

I have an admit from NEU Boston, UT Dallas and UIC chicago for Industrial engineering. Which one should I go for and why?

What makes Berkeley, CA liberal?

Are students at Columbia competitive?

When at top universities, e.g. Oxford or Harvard, are there still some students who seem to be a cut above the rest?

How can I determine which colleges are the right fit for me?

What do I gain from doing my CS undergrad at private school over a public school?

Should alumni wages affect my college choice?

What are some of the best and unique courses at the University of Chicago?

Should my brother go to U Chicago (Econ, Public Policy) or UT Austin (Business Honors Program)?

Does University of Michigan allow people to sit in classes in which they are not enrolled?

Is Duke Law recruited in NYC even though it's in North Carolina?

I got accepted to MIT and Stanford for Physics, which one should I go to?

Which is better between these "8 Ivies Vs. 8 non-ivies"?

Which university is more fun to attend? Princeton or Yale?

What is your favorite piece of public art in Philadelphia? Why?

Why is it important to have an art piece on university campuses?

Why is Stanford so superior to the Ivy League in athletics?

Which university is better in general, the University of Michigan or USC?

Where does Columbia University stand compared to the other Ivy League universities?

What is Cornell prestige among other ivies?

What is better, Princeton or Jefferson Scholarship to UVa, for an engineering student?

Is Philadelphia reminiscent of NYC in the 1980s?

Do universities and colleges located in New York lack the typical "school spirit" and "sense of community" that are present in other American colleges?

Can you visit New York City without a car?

What are the characters of Philadelphia people, if compared with the New York City people?

I have an admit from NEU Boston, UT Dallas and UIC chicago for Industrial engineering. Which one should I go for and why?

Should I attend Northeastern University or UW-Madison?

What is it like to attend Northeastern University?

Is the University of San Francisco an LGBT friendly school?

Which liberal art colleges have strong undergraduate classics programs?

Should I go to NYU Stern or Wharton for an undergrad degree in finance? How does student life compare among these two institutions?

Is Duke better than UPenn? \

Is getting into prestigious non-ivy schools like Duke, Bates, UChicago, Georgetown, JHU also crapshoot like the ivies?

Which university is better overall: Georgetown University or Rice university?

Should I attend Harvard Undergrad with no Financial aid or Georgetown on a large (almost full) scholarship?

Which university is better in general, the University of Michigan or USC?

What is the vibe at each of the Ivy League schools?

What are my chances of getting admitted into Brown /Yale University as an international student?

Should I go to Cornell or Cambridge for undergraduate degree?

My sister intends on studying pre-med and received full scholarships to Duke, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Rice; where should she go to ensure she gets the best education and the highest chance of getting into a good med school?

Should I attend high school in Norway as a foreign exchange student? (Korean-American, 16 years old, looking to try something new and meet new people)

Where should I go for my semester study abroad: Munich or Berlin?

Many of these (through June 2015) had been posted on my Facebook DeLoggio Achievement page -- Facebook or on the 5th Edition of this page. But they have never been posted on Quora, so only the DeLoggio Copyright applies.

Location

What what kind of campus is right for you?

Is it hard to get into a top Midwestern school?

Is population a major factor in school location?

How's the weather?

Politics?

Are Women winning the Gender Wars?

Data on Students and Faculty

Litigation Programs

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