Just got accepted to Iowa State

superfan

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Re: Just got accept to Iowa State

What are you going for?
What scholarships/financial aid is available?
Where are you (location-wise) right now - assuming since you're on this message board, you live in or near Iowa, how do you think you would handle a drastic move to Cal?

There are many, many things you need to consider.
 
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sunset

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Be sure to visit Berkley before you make the decision to go there. It's an entirely different world.
 

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I'll take the sweet, feminine midwestern girls over the hippies that do not shave their legs.
 

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The SF bay area is a pretty nice place, and berkeley is one of the top colleges in the US. As much as we all like ISU, you obviously need to consider that in your decision. A lot of factors though, including what you are majoring in and what you are looking to get out of your degree.

Agree with the above on visiting berkeley. Ive been up in that area 2x in the last year, its a nice area, but it definitely is different. (I dont think ive ever seen more tie-dye, lol) You'll want to see if that is the place for you.
 

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Would someone that has been admitted to Berkeley make a grammatical error in a thread title?
 
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Tornado man

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Do I go there or UC-Berkeley?


If you've been accepted into Cal-Berkeley, the top public university in the country, I'm thinking you had a ton of other options as well.
How did you narrow it down to these two?
 

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If you've been accepted into Cal-Berkeley, the top public university in the country, I'm thinking you had a ton of other options as well.
How did you narrow it down to these two?
location/economics
 

cloneluke80

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go to Berkeley if you like tree hippies.

Go to Iowa State if you love women, beer, sports, awesome friends, good times and oh yeah.. a decent well grounded education to allow you set up roots in the midwest afterwards...
 

DolphLundgren

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go to Berkeley if you like tree hippies.

Go to Iowa State if you love fat women, warm beer, junior varsity sports, fraternities, good times and oh yeah.. a decent well grounded education to allow you set up roots in the midwest afterwards...

I only corrected some of it. :wink:
 

DolphLundgren

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Apparently you haven't walked around the Iowa State campus within the past few days. . . . There is a lot of "talent" in this freshman class, if you catch my drift. :biggrin:

My little sister is a sophomore. After moving her in (and she's not talented in that respect), I'm not impressed with it.

Aside from joking, why would you even entertain staying in Iowa if you got accepted as an out of state student at Cal Berkley? Christ, pack your van now and head west.
 

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I'll take the sweet, feminine midwestern girls over the hippies that do not shave their legs.

go to Berkeley if you like tree hippies.

Go to Iowa State if you love women, beer, sports, awesome friends, good times and oh yeah.. a decent well grounded education to allow you set up roots in the midwest afterwards...

Sounds like you guys are spreading your well rounded research here. :jimlad:
 
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UC-Berkley is a great opportunity. I'm sure you'll be fine either way but you only live once. Roll the dice and head west. If it didn't work out for some reason Ames and ISU aren't going anywhere.