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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carnegie Mellon for economics/business. The rigid separation of the colleges and all the socializing beyond Greek life is based in your academic cohort. I also hated the core curriculum - that was so heavy when I went that I barely could pick classes until the end of sophomore year. One DC absolutely did not put it on their list of colleges. Another younger DC could easily be attracted to a specific program in the College of Fine Arts but I would worry even with them that the lack of real school spirit would be depressing.[/quote]

I have a kid who is a senior at CMU now and my husband is a CMU grad.  Both of them have the perception that the business school has the least amount of work, so if you thought your experience would overwhelm your daughter, I would steer her elsewhere. Especially if that specific program is architecture. My husband had, and son has, friends in that program, and it is 24/7.

Pretty much all of the CMU grads we know say they have never worked as hard in their careers as they did at CMU. But while CMU is definitely challenging, it is also collaborative. All of the classes have study groups, kids set up text chats with classmates, professors and TAs are very available, etc. [/quote]

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