As I mentioned in another reply here, my parents will fill out the NPCs for my top colleges in this week and meet with a Columbia alumni to discuss financial aid. I am probably going to grad school.
I looked into W&L’s poli sci and econ programs, and I like them. They also have resources for consulting, and I saw that they have many alumni that work at Mckinsey or Bain. Yes, I have seen some controversy about their Greek life and name, but I’ll take your word for it. I’ll also look into Macalester’s financial aid; their campus is really pretty, though.
LOL I had no idea it looked like an office park, but it’s ok. Also with SMU, my parents do not want me to go to Christian uni because we’re Muslim, but I personally don’t care, so I’ll check it out.
For ASU, it’s not that I can’t afford a dorm, it’s that I live like 15 minutes away, and my parents want me to stay at home because most of my family friends that went to ASU have done so. Barrett highly recommends its underclassmen students to dorm, which is a good point to use against my parents’ pleas, but I’m thinking about commuting for my upperclassmen years. We’ll see.