#UF vs Olin

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peak widget
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Schools: University of Florida and Olin College of Engineering
Intended major: Chemical Engineering (+ Linguistics?)
Similarities: great engineering programs
Costs: coa for Olin is ~$3,000, coa for UF is ~$5,000

UF

Pros:
-close to home
-ACTUALLY HAS BOTH MY MAJORS
-very good chemical engineering and good latin/classics since a bunch of latin kids go to uf
-best school in florida - respected in the south
-lots of project teams supposedly - opportunity for diverse research
-higher chance of making friends

  • probably better food than olin
    -school spirit + big alumni network
    -beautiful campus

Cons:
-SO FREAKING HOT!!! i was there for one day and got a sunburn and i LIVE in florida..
-competing with MANY peers for internships in the small city of gainesville
-job security not guaranteed
-housing is a nightmare
-will have to buy a dining plan, bike, and dorms
-communal bathrooms…
-i’ve been trying to escape florida my whole life

Olin

School 2 Pros:
-basically guaranteed research + prob internships
-VERY good outcomes (and my priority is getting a job) - high salary, good grad schools
-small, so i could form connections with professors
-professors are goated!!! smart and will help w opportunities
-FOOD COMES WITH COMMITMENT
-ONE BATHROOM PER DORM
-not super competitive; very team-based
-small campus so easy to navigate
-safe
-near boston so opportunities there
-far from stinky florida (RELEASE ME!!!)
(minor pros)
-pretty massachusetts
-snow!!!
Cons:
-DOESN’T HAVE MY MAJOR!! WOULD HAVE TO GET MASTERS IN CHEME FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL POST-GRAD
-i’d have to abandon linguistics
-SUPER small so social scene sucks
-very far from home ☹️
-literally nobody has heard of it
-ugly campus and lowkey mid food
-honestly a risk

Tiebreaking considerations

-how often do people get their masters in cheme after getting their ba in meche?
-how good are the linguistics/chemistry programs at babson and wellesley?

dense sentinel
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How strongly do you want ChemE? How much do you like thermo?

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Wouldn't bioengineering be closer to chemE

peak widget
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i mean yeah but meche is more versatile

peak widget
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but i’m open to it

queen grail
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ok so like the olin major thing is the biggest ditterence

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you could also head up babson and possibly wellesy for the social scene and food

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i know a lot of people who mostly go to babson for that

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the campus thing does suck… but a lot of forest if ur into that

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you could also minor in things at wellesy and babson

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idk minor in bio/chem or take classes at wellesy and try to appeal it to when ur looking for jobs etc

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like coming from ny to boston or even the mass area has taught me sk

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also the babson scene is pretty good if ur into parties and what not

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olin is very in of a better lack of a word (?) caring? like my friend got heavily wasted and they kept him off alc entirely

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so again! that’s an option but ya shit goes around and evb would know

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but like as long as you’re socially aware you should be fine? don’t look into drama

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uhhh one thing abt wellesy is that it’s an all girls school and while not assuming ur gender, some may not be that keen on guys in their classes

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esp bc of a certain individual

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but ya

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pretty great school

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but i did choose neu over it mostly bc of scholarship access to humanties and a bigger student population

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do feel free to ask questions

peak widget
queen grail
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mostly bc i ended up changing my major LOL

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but the scholarship esp w the current admin i rlly needed it

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bigger student population i can’t tell u much abt that lol