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though! i am applying to unc, the obvious financial safety, but i am really trying to avoid staying in my hometown for another four years. UNC-CH is an excellent safety, but since you don't want to go there, you really should have 1 or 2 more financial safeties - just in case the money doesn't work out elsewhere. No one wants to feel like they had no choice and ended up going to their hometown school when they could have had some...

OP might get into ASU but would have to pay $25K+ annually and they only meet 63% of need. And that doesn't count the OOS factor on how much of that would go to him (little to none).

You have an excellent safety in UNC. What I see in common among the 4 schools you listed is that all of them attract students with a high level of intellectual passion and commitment, and each is a little iconoclastic in its own way. I think that is true to some degree of the LACs I suggested. Any that appeals to you is worth a shot for merit aid.

Quote: Rankings don't really have any effect on a school's quality, and in reality you can probably get a much better education at an undergrad focused school like Dartmouth than at Harvard... but it doesn't matter. Someone has posted the results of GRE/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT broken down on a per school basis and HYPSM grads lead the rest of the pact. If Dartmouth is claiming that they provide a better undergrad education, how come...

Quote: Originally Posted by RML If Dartmouth is claiming that they provide a better undergrad education, how come their grads fail in comparison to HYPSM grads in those exams? It was just a few points higher than Berkeley's and Berkeley has like 8x more than Dartmouth has. As I have always said (and gotten attacked for), quality of education correlates much more closely to selectivity and academic quality than the size of the university....

Have you spoken to your guidance copunselor? Time is short. The advice above is very good. Other PA options include Pitt; Elizabethtown; Albright; Lycoming; in MA Endicott; in CT, Salve Regina Giving you rinfo to their websites may generate application fee waivers.

Thanks RML.. Well.. RML..As it has been shown...UC Berkeley...has done studies.. compiled the data.. observed the data... analyzed the data....formed some conclusions from the data...and has implemented admission policies (grades are more important...SAT scores are affected by a student's background) that take the data into account. And that is what counts. UC Berkeley does what UC Berkeley thinks is best after doing research. And does...

RML, All of your arguments about the usefulness or not of standardized test scores have been turned over and turned over and turned over time and again here on CC. As far as I'm concerned, this horse is dead. If it makes you feel better, stick with your myopia with GPA and class rank and acceptance rates and continue to shun the most obvious correlated link in reviewing admissions data. And btw, the crack about morality and Emory students...

@ghostbuster: Sorry, I wasn't in any way targeting you, if that's what you thought. I agree with the points that you're making!

"unless he has something non-numbers amazing to offer." what would qualify for that anyway?