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

[sixfive]

Oh and I guess some more opinions not necessarily on the schools but on the pros/cons you listed:

I think you'll find a great social environment at any school you go to, so I wouldn't worry too much about the social scene. Some schools have reputations for being party schools, i.e. UT, others don't. I go to a "commuter school" of 38,000 people or so and while a lot of people don't live on campus, I've met plenty of people at this non party school who I can party with if I want and plenty who are just good friends.

Catholic School - No real comments on this matter. I'm completely non-religious so that wouldn't really attract me, at all.

Location - I LOVE being near downtown. I'm about 30 miles from home so I can go home if I want but I can also stay away at all times. It's convenient. I don't know if you're worried about your parents always paying you visits and harassing you, but if not I wouldn't worry about distance from home too terribly much (unless you're in jeopardy of being forced to commute, f*ck that).

Course Load - I guess academics are kind of sort of important in school. What do grades mean, anyway? I think a lot of people are somewhat in control of their course load so long as they play things smart and register for classes early enough. The times my friends and I from all schools have run into issues has been due to late registrations and being forced to take a few different classes in one semester that shouldn't be taken together.

Money - I know it's easy to say it but, how willing are you to get student loans or assistance with school and pay it back post graduation? Is that a major concern to you?

Snobby Student Body - f*ck that.