This article will help you
select a US University from multiple admits. Use the following tips to select
one University when you have received many admits. Since students generally
apply to as many as 10 Universities, the number of admits received from US Universities
are at least 3. Hence selecting one University from many admits is a difficult
task.
Check the rankings of US Universities from
where you have received admit
You must compare the
rankings of the Universities from where you have received admits. Do not check
the general rankings of US Universities but check your program specific
rankings. Most of the times, the general rankings might not reflect the actual
ranking of the degree program that you are going to pursue in that US
University. Check the rankings thoroughly. For more about the US University
rankings, check the following resource:
Compare the locations of the US Universities
Your preferences regarding the location of the University
will help you decide from multiple Universities. You will have to stay in the city
where your University is located for a minimum of 2 years. You might have some
preferences regarding the climate, atmosphere, crowd or type of locality
whether cosmopolitan metro or a countryside area around the University. You
must make sure what kind of city you want to live in base on the multiple
admits that you have received.
Your relatives or close friends in your US University
location
Having some known persons or acquaintances in the city where
you are going helps a lot in the initial few months of your stay in the US. You
feel a lot more secure knowing that you have some close friends or relatives in
the city that you are travelling to in USA. So, consider selecting a University
where you might have some close friends.
Higher ranked
University or University with Scholarship or financial aid
You might have a US University with good ranking and a
University which is providing you some financial aid in the form of scholarship
or assistantship. In this case deciding between the two is very difficult. If
there is no significant difference between the rankings of the Universities, go
for the University which is providing some financial aid. But, as a rule, you
should not let go of a higher ranked University. The rankings of the US Universities
are very important as after completion of your degree, you will be judged based
on the ranking of the University wherever you apply for jobs or internships in
US. Also, the faculty and fellow students that you will interact with will be
better in a higher ranked University. So, if the other US University is higher
than about 20 places in the rankings than the US University granting you financial
aid, choose the higher ranked University even if you have to pay much higher.
