College Sighning Desicion Help!!!

Those are ALL good schools. I received some good advice a year ago. Ask yourself, "where will I be happy?". That is where you should. When you are happy you will succeed, on or off the track.

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2) coaching situation at UCLA

You should anticipate a possible coaching "situation" at Stanford. It's no secret that Dunn hasn't lived up to expectations and might not be offered another contract after his current deal is up. You need look for a stable coaching situation (ie. a coach who isn't about to a) get fired or b) jump on the next offer that comes his/her way) as much as you need to look for a good school and team situation.

And I second what someone else said about the individuals on the teams. Get to know them. They will be your best friends for the rest of your life. Pick a team that is a good fit both athletically and socially.

My grades are good but definitely not good enough to get in to these schools if i was a regular person applying,

If you are the lone wolf type then you will fail at the PAC-10 world class universities (Stanford, UCLA, Berkeley, USC). If you join a house or join study groups then you will pass. It is virtually impossible to pass all of your classes by studying on your own at these campuses. The key is working in groups.

STEPHANIE BULDER, maybe Jessica Hilton, DANIELLE HERNANDO

not sure these are just guesses of who it might be.

confused why anyone would make this up/ confused why if this person is real why they would post this on letsrun but okay

I am a girl, sorry for not including that originally.

I'm a girl, hot chicks don't concern but thanks for your input!

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I am a girl, sorry for not including that originally.

so did i guess right?

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Los Angeles is the undisputed Track and Field Capitol of the World (with the Summer Olympics medals and IAAF OUtdoor WC medals to prove it).

UCLA : greatest sports school in NCAA history with the most championships, greatest T&F team wih 100s of Oly Medals, in the middle of the most visible city in the world.

USC: only school to serve as Main Host of the Summer Olympics Games once, and the only school to serve as Main Host of the Summer Olympics Games twice, in 1932 and 184. Most NCAA Football NCs, most Heisman Trophy WInners, Most Major Marathon Winners, greatest Olympics school with most medals, 2nd greatest NCAA championships, in the middle of Hollywood, for many years the Academy Awards were held across the street at the Shrine Auditorium, and you are only a few blocks away from the 16-time World Champion L.A. Lakers.

Take your pick.

Fellow runner, never think in terms of the "social scene." You can have a great time anywhere, even at a small college in a dry county in Kentucky (where I went to college).

I think that your best choice, all things considered, would be STANFORD, with a 2nd choice of UC-Berkeley.

In terms of many aspects of this decision, you should think LONG TERM. What's going to happen after you graduate? Can you still compete? Do you want to get a job? Do you want to go to med school or B-school?

As much as I dislike Stanford (probably out of sheer jealousy) I think it's your best option. Great weather, great facilities, first-rate academics.

Jason

For the girl's sake, I hope the coaches of these school don't see this.

UCLA has the most Freshman applications each year for a good reason, what happens in L.A. is front page news in every newspaper on the planet earth. If you choose to run at UCLA, you will be in a fishbowl. Can you handle that ?

southern runner111 wrote:

I am not biased towards any of these schools but I would choose VA. Voted numerous years as the #1 public school in the country. The weather of all the schools you mentioned will be colder but not unbearable. Really though, you need to choose also based on how you meshed with the team. Those will be your "brothers/ family" for the next 4-5 years. Good luck my friend it sounds like you are very talented and will probably excell at any of those schools.

When has UVa ever been rated the top public school in the country? Berkeley is on that list, too, and has something to say about UVa being the best public school in the nation..

I should add that Stanford doesn't have much of a social scene. Palo Alto is basically a residential suburb.

UC Berkeley is close enough to San Francisco to have a great social scene, although I am not a huge fan of the city of Berkeley itself even living in it (although I love certain spots).

UCLA has the best social scene IMO. Westwood is awesome, and the school is great. But I don't know anything about their program.

From an academic perspective, you'd be fine at Stanford. Like all the Ivy-like schools, Stanford has embarrassingly high grade inflation (the average undergraduate GPA's over 3.5). I know a couple of people who teach there now, and I myself used to teach at Columbia--same situation. You'll work hard, but you won't have to worry about failing academically unless you're a totally lost cause.

#2 on the list. One off.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public

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When has UVa ever been rated the top public school in the country? Berkeley is on that list, too, and has something to say about UVa being the best public school in the nation..

I'm pretty sure it was tied with Berkeley at #1 on US News' list when I applied for college. Considering the vast number of rankings out there, I wouldn't be surprised that on some other list at some point in time it was ranked #1 as well.

Any other questions you couldn't answer with Google?

Based on your grasp of the English language, spelling and grammar, I would suggest Community College.

Otherwise, you must be very very fast.

For federal contract labs (DOE, NIH, NIST, NASA, Pentagon) I believe the University of Californias, University of Southern California, and Stanford University are the highest ranked. But that's only of you want to major in the hard sciences.