<p>christiansoldier: I hope your friend revises his reasons for turning down H and S because of their “ugly campuses”. The shallowness of that answer shouts out and his credibility would plummet in anyone’s eyes. Certainly we all can have dumb thoughts or even publicly deplorable opinions. But to so casually spout them off – it says something about his common sense.</p>
<p>OP: there’s no formula. You submit the same items as everyone else. Frankly what you are is already been set. GPA, scores, transcripts, LORs, you know the deal.</p>