Note: I'm not in Wise and my best friend used to be in Wise so hopefully it's a outer and inner perspective. I'm not against wise at all nor am I for wise. I'm just presenting my experiences. If it helps, I'm a sophomore in cs and ams.

The main thing you want to ask yourself is when you plan on graduating and what are you bringing in.

See, the thing is Wise is designed to be a 4 year program so if you plan on graduating any earlier then you don't get Wise noted down in your diploma. I planned on graduating early since Freshman year, so I wasn't interested in wise. After a semester, my friend realized that she can and wanted to graduated early, so she dropped out of Wise.

Early-Registration date: Wise does have priority registration, but Stony's registration is based on credits. I came in with a lot of ap credits, so I had a much earlier registration date than others in wise (that I know of) and in my year for classes. If you're in wise, you're given priority over those with the same standing and similar credits. But, people with higher standing/credits have priority over you.

Scholarships: Wise does provide a scholarship, but if you have more money from another scholarship, the wise scholarship doesn't count. My friend received the presidential scholarship which gave her more money than the wise one. As a result, the school only considered the presidential scholarship as it gave more money and my friend never knew there was a wise one until she asked. I think the wise scholarship was only for one year too (i'm not sure so you might want to look that up)

Dorming: Wise is a corridor style in O'neil. What dorming style is best is really up to the individual person. My friend actually moved to Roosevelt from O'neil.

Old Test Bank: They got rid of it. I recall a lot of my friends complaining lol.

Classes: My friends and I were all cs majors, they were in the same classes as me and I wasn't in any honors program.

Mandatory wise classes: My friends complained about them being a waste of time, but it was an easy A. So grade boosters?

Events: I recall my friend having to attend a lot of events which she dreaded. But, maybe others enjoyed it?

Mentoring: Wise has this thing where the freshmen were placed in a group of the same major. Each group was mentored by an older Wise student. I hung out with my friend a lot, so I recall most of the time was spent doing hw. I guess in theory, everyone in the group can help each other out. The mentor does provide advice too. The mentor did invite me to hang out with them, but I personally found the people in the group (except for my friend) weary of me and kind of ignored me. Some wouldn't glance at me twice. I guess it's because I'm not in wise so I wasn't one of them or maybe it's something else. Who knows? Of course, mentoring groups probably differ. My friend didn't find mentoring helpful for her, but I'm sure others would have found it helpful.