How do these colleges compare?

Question

I would love to go to a prestigious college such as (Duke, NYU, UT) and I was also thinking about the College of Charleston, Because Charleston is beautiful and closer to where i live now.

But how does the College of Charleston compare to Duke, NYU, and University of Texas?

Answer 1

While College of Charleston, may be a fine learning institution, it does not have the name recognition as do some of the other colleges and universities that you mentioned.

Unfortunately, you may receive just as fine a education at College of Charleston as you would at some of the other universities, but when an employer is looking over your resume the bigger name universities are the ones that catch the eye of the employer first. No it isn't fair, but honestly if you were the employer and you had two prospective employees with one going to College of Charleston and the other went to Duke, which would you choose? They start thinking of the admission requirements, higher at Duke, the competition to get in, higher at Duke, the prestige of the university name, Duke has more name recognition, the degree of difficulty of courses, it may not be accurate, but the employer will believe that Duke is tougher on grades-So what could be a A at College of Charleston would equal a low B or high C at Duke-So a B average from Duke is higher than a A average at College of Charleston. From a purely business stand point the prospective employee from Duke would most likely be at the top of the employers Job offer list.

Answer 2

Duke is a top five or top ten university. If you get in there -- go there.

NYU is a very prestigious school -- not quite as good as Duke,

UT-Austin is a very good state school -- but UC-Berkeley, University of Virginia, UNC, University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin are all better.

All of those schools are major universities that grant PhDs and earn their reputation on their graduate programs as well as their undergraduate programs.

The College of Charleston is in a different category. It offers undergraduate degrees and some Master's degrees. US News ranks it as the 11th best such college in the South. Basically, that means that it is a respectable place to go to school -- but it doesn't have the prestige of the other schools you mention.

It might be a good backup school for you.

Answer 3

i got my bs from TEXAS A&m... its a very good school....duke and ut are also both very good schools...
good luck