UMN v Vandy in midwest Forum

[taw856]

This is a purely hypothetical question, as I did not apply to Vanderbilt -- can't see myself living in the South again and probably wouldn't have had a great shot at admittance anyway.

Nevertheless, I'm wondering out of curiousity, outside of Minnesota but still in the midwest, would you consider UMN or Vandy to be a better buy?

EDIT: To include poll.

[Aberzombie1892]

If you are either:
1) from the midwest
2) have connections to the midwest
then Vanderbilt would be the credited response.

If you have no connections/never lived in the midwest, then Minnesota would be better.

It's really that simple, trust me.

(well, given that you did not mention scholarships, long term goals, etc).

[taw856]

Hard to attach money with it being hypothetical, but let's guess Vandy gives $15K/year less than UMN gives.

And I'll hedge this hypothetical on the other two requests for information, too:

Let's say undecided career path and from the midwest but not well connected.

[taw856]

bump for poll goodness