Which University? Options

[IVIike]

Ok so I have been accepted into every university, but I have absolutly no idea where to go. I want to be in Philadelphia, I love the city everything about it. I am Looking to enter law school so i want a program that can prepare me for that. I also really want to go to a catholic affiliated university.

My dream school has always been Penn and regardless I will most likely go there for grad school... the is purely for under grad.

Here are my choices:

St. Joseph's University
Pros: Nice campus, small student body, good repuataion, catholic, jesuit
Cons: Older facilities, doesn't have a great pre-law program, not very social

La Salle University
Pros: Nice campus, good pre- law program, full academic/athletic scholarship, well respected, catholic, amazing parties, I love the atmosphere and student body as of now my #2 choice
Cons: Bad area of Philly, not as hard to get into as Nova and Penn.

Villanova University:
Pros: Awesome reputation, good athletics, beautiful campus, excellent pre-law program, catholic, averagely social
Cons: too far from the city and too close to home (main line), extremely expensive, the majority of the student body is snobby,

The University of Pennsylvania:
Pros: Ivy League, extremely social, excellent academics and athletics, globally recognized, amazing campus, center city, amazing parties, 6th best school in the country, dream school
Cons: Little to no money coming my way, huge student body, not catholic affiliated, heavy course load

opinions/ advice needed I want to commit by Christmas

[Tomates]

No offense but this is something that you should decide yourself rather than asking on forums to which university you want to go to. I mean when i was looking around and didnt know which to go to, i did the research myself and decided myself which university i wanted to go to.

[brooklyneast05]

No offense but this is something that you should decide yourself rather than asking on forums to which university you want to go to. I mean when i was looking around and didnt know which to go to, i did the research myself and decided myself which university i wanted to go to.

he didn't ask someone on a forum to choose for him. he asked for advice and opinions, probably because he thinks that someone here who has already gone through this might have some advice. maybe even someone here has considered one of this schools or gone there and could give more input. you never wanted advice or opinions from people who had already gone through the process of choosing?

if you read the first post you can clearly see that he's done research on his own about these schools, hence him having pros and cons.



my only advice is that i wouldn't put TOO much into pre-law preparation. i mean you should for sure keep in mind what kind of programs the school has for that, but i wouldn't put all my stock in just that. i only say that though because i chose a school and then ended up changing my major. so it's nice to have something you like in general and that way if one factor does change you don't feel like you're only there for a reason that's no longer a big incentive for you. but that being said i also wouldn't choose a school with a bad program either. that's what makes all this hard though is it's such a give and take kinda situation.

(i personally think you should always take your dream school if it's a viable option.)