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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what do you mean by social/quality of life? My penn seas DD picked it because of social fit and ability to continue music and be an engineer. She just finished freshman year with a 3.91. The two other top-12 she got accepted to had a similar feel but Penn edged them out with arts and collaboration among engineering evident at admitted days. UVA is very Greek-forward, fewer club spots for freshmen than penn, arts are not easy to do as an engineeri and not at all the quality of life she wanted. [/quote]

In this and your previous descriptions, your DD and mine sound like twins. If that’s true, my vote is to stick with UVA.

Your DD has done extraordinarily well with the expectations and challenges of high school and the college admissions process. She’s clearly going to excel wherever she goes.

Given that the college she chooses will be her home for the next four years, let her choose the one that feels the most comfortable to her.

Finally, my DD is class of 2026 and is not even applying to Columbia or Penn. Would she find her people and find a way to ge happy at either school? Of course. But it would be a harder path given that neither fits what she wants in terms of campus personality for all the reasons you describe. (Wants bigger sports focus and less of an urban setting.)

UVA is an excellent school. Let her decide where she’d FEEL the most at home.

I think by social I mean friendly, laid back kids, lots of parties, lots of hanging out on the lawn. And there is probably some element of wanting preppy and mainstream. 
Greek forward is viewed as a positive to her. She is very smart but isn't a striver (if striver means pushing the envelope beyond what is asked) or an academic and she isn't quirky at all. No obscure interests or passions. Little career direction. She is very well-liked, very hard working, and a perfectionist. She has done very well at a challenging magnet school in highest rigor courses. But she is not entering college with passions about economics or philosophy or robotics or anything really. [/quote][/quote]

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