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<p>Wow! I hadn’t heard about getting accepted early before. Seems like your S is a highly competitive applicant! He’ll most likely make it to NU and Rice; and since Amherst and Williams are as hard as the Ivy League schools, Princeton and Brown look good too. :)</p>
<p>And yes, I agree with you about the LAC-advantage. If I were to choose b/w UIUC and Williams/Amherst, given that neither of them are giving me any aid, I’d choose the LACs.</p>
<p>As for me, I’d prefer UCLA infintely to UIUC, but UCLA does not give any fin-aid/scholarship to Int’l students, so as of now I’m not certain about anything.</p>
<p>BTW, did your son apply to MIT?</p>