treehugger1

Also, if you are so "well off", you won't get any aid. And loans are such a nonstrategic move to make. you will regret it when graduating because you'll have a burden over you, either you will have to constantly be making payments until you're 40 (because you will not be making enough money until at least 5 or 10 years out), or you will have to still rely on mommy and daddy.
and i agree with the user who said just because they paid half of their tuition is nothing compared to now. Half is also still a lot for someone else to support--either through aid, your parents, the school (which won't happen if your income is so high, unless you get loans, which will be a burden).
Why don't you try Rice university? If you can pay 75% of the tuition, they pay the rest for you. A lot of kids with wealthy families go there because they can afford the absurd cost with the 25% taken out. And they are an excellent school with good programs in what you want, they're well known, etc.

Helvetica

University of Arkansas is in Fayetteville, and it is BEAUTIFUL!!! Fay has to be one of the coolest parts of the state. It is in the Ozarks, but there is a huge hippie/bohemian part of the demographics of the area that accompanies the typical Southern atmosphere. I'm a big fan of Northwest Arkansas. My friend took Mandarin at UofA and loved it! He said is was extremely challenging. My two cents.....

res ipsa

Penn: a big reach with a 3.3 GPA
Kansas: More of a suburban location; great school spirit; affordable OOS tuition; big foreign study programs that allows OOS students to enroll at in-state tuition rates
DePaul: Great location in Chicago – don’t know much else about it

I wouldn't assume that the OOS public schools are more expensive than the private schools. I also agree with your parents that you should narrow down the list.

marie03

If I was you I would just get rid of the schools that already have the negatives listed next to them. Your list is so long that if you were to get rid of those schools you would still have too many schools. So:

1) delete any schools with negatives currently next to them
2) break your schools up into safety, match, reach and then set goals for how many school you want in each category and cut it down to that number keeping in mind what you TRULY want and some of the suggestions others have stated

P JAMISON

From your listed schools with which I'm familiar, I'd delete Canisuis and Old Domninion as being a full notch below the others. Do they have a strong program for your intended major? Have youy ever been to Buffalo in the winter (it lasts from December to April, with HUGE snow)?

If you like Temple, look at Drexel. I second the vote for Fordham. What are your SAT's? Boston must have something that fits, too.

Dr.G

my sats are 2010 - I think I'm well off with that sector. I actually have a different list now, having changed my intended language from Arabic to Hindi, which narrowed the list down a lot. I thank you all so much for your help!

And actually if you look at the threads I started (if you even still want to help me lol) I post 2 colleges at a time and ask people for help deciding... if any of you have any input into the colleges I've posted PLEAsE respond. Thanks =]

snorlaxative

These seem like a bunch of pretty decent schools and BAM! UPenn gets thrown in there. Huge reach, don't apply if you're too worried about cost