| Macalester, Carleton and Oberlin are all incredible schools that would offer as much challenge as anyone wants.
I don't think there's anything wrong with being interested in merit $$ and I don't think that anything necessarily has to be sacrificed quality-wise. I don't buy the notion that there are 20 (or 50 or 100) top schools and that anything else is an inferior product.
Beloit is another really good "safer" school that offers merit $$. |