Ambitious High Schooler with Interest in Cog Sci [WA resident, 3.99 GPA, 35 ACT (36 super), 1520 PSAT, <$50k]

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@jishm

Had no idea that so many other schools outside Ivies met full need. Some of these, like FSU, I’ve considered, but are less appealing in location.

Some, if not all, the NESCAC schools overlap the Ivies in terms of location and academic mission and are, generally speaking, twice as easy to get into. I’d definitely take a look at Amherst. There’s also Wesleyan University, just up the road from Yale. Most lean heavily toward the Dartmouth prototype. You may want to take a look at this thread:

NESCAC Spoken Here:

This is a continuation of a previously bumped thread, a place for discussing, comparing and extolling the virtues of the ten LACs and one university comprising the small college athletic conference: NESCAC Spoken Here - Parents Forum / Parent Cafe - College Confidential Forums