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Originally Posted by momoffour not really looking at LACs since she likes science and math better at this point. |
My daughter is also a science and math oriented kid and the chance to do UG research and having no unintelligible TA's has tipped the scale against Uni's and for LAC's .LOL. It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?
Based on the parameters as given, I would agree with Rochester, Case, and Tulane and would add RPI (of course all are varying degrees of urban) but with one substantial caveat for all of them.A Half tuition scholarship at a $43K school does not bring tuition down to instate UC pricing. More like $28K. Also, I don't know if you would consider those schools as they are all ranked below all three UC's you mentioned.
Of the merit schools ranked higher on USNWR than UCSD, the lottery effect comes in (for big scholarships) at WashU, Chicago, Rice, Vandy, and Emory. CMU (especially in a male dominated major) and Wake are a tiny bit more predictable. There are just a whole lot of kids chasing a very few carrots and a whole bunch of them have similar to better stats.
The only advice I can give it is to apply often and find someway to separate herself from the normal high stat app that they see. Good luck in your hunt, it's truly a bear of a task.
Edit: I agree wholeheartedly with Jack's post. That is an example of what I mean by "separating herself from the normal high stat" applicant. But in being true , that IS the lottery or more correctly the statistically indefinable trigger of the lottery effect. The same lottery effect that exists at HYP, only numerically this can be much worse.