Which of the unis would provide the best location?

[lucas9000]

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I do not count "snowshoeing" and listening to your favorite local granola grunge band at the local coffeehouse as legit activities.

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i will not miss reading stupid posts like this.

[partygirluk]

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What are you going to major in? PhD Econ

Does snow = good weather? Sun > Snow > Rain

Do you want a big city or a smaller college town in the middle of nowhere? Don't mind small town, want it to be within 50 miles of a big city preferably

How old are you? Do you need to hang with people over the age of 25?

[/ QUOTE ] I am 22. Most of my friends are 25+

[mason55]

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I do not count "snowshoeing" and listening to your favorite local granola grunge band at the local coffeehouse as legit activities. Cornell is a good school and a beautiful campus, but just the weather alone (which was listed as OP's first preference) and isolation disqualifies them from consideration.

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Agreed. Based on the considerations of OP, I would stay far away from Cornell and U of R.

People only go to Cornell because they either don't know any better, they're a dirty hippie, or it's far and away the best school they got into.

[nyc999]

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What are you going to major in? PhD Econ


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I would also consider NYU in New York. And a MUCH, MUCH cooler neighborhood than Columbia. Of course, I'm not 100% positive they offer what you're looking for, but their b-school is highly regarded.

[BottlesOf]

Can we get rid of the word "uni" ?

[xorbie]

I'm at Illinois right now, and I love it. The campus is beautiful, there are a ton of concerts (well, enough, and of all varieties). Ton of people, and the school is really strong in a lot of fields (not sure what you are planning on studying). Weather is pretty nice, can get cold in the winter, but you're gonna get that everywhere but California basically.

Columbia is ok, but I don't really like having a campus in the middle of the city. I've visited, had fun, but can't imagine actually being a student there for 4 years.

BU is waay too expensive, but I live right by it. Boston is pretty cool. Cheap housing absolutely not gonna happen.

[jakethebake]

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Can we get rid of the word "uni" ?

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Yes. This really should be lesson #1 to fitting in, regardless of which of these locales you end up in.

[beta1607]

A factor you may want to consider is your ability to get real experiance while getting your PHD. I think NYC and Boston are clearly the best for that.

Also have you looked into UCLA?

[samjjones]

How about Princeton/Harvard/MIT? Any of these doable?

[beta1607]

Lesson #2 on fitting in: Don't call soccer football - especially at a Big 10 school.