Yale vs NDame vs Vandy vs Northwestern vs SMU with a 50% ride

<p>struggling to decide between some great schools that cost a lot of $ and will cause me to go into debt about $40M. also in the mix is a state school with a great reputation and little costs allowing funding for future post grad.</p>

<p>I am academically strong and want an academically challenging environment. Each school has its pluses. I love the theatre, acappella, residential colleges and atmosphere of people at Yale. Thinking about communication studies but dont want that to be the driving factor as i know majority of students change their minds in college. Drawbak of Yale is the Ivy Image and location</p>

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