Comment on college list

orangecrayon
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:46:37 +0000

Thanks for your feedback! I think between BU’s merit aid and Binghamton IS I’m set with lower-cost safeties, though I may consider adding Pitt if I have time left at the end.
Brown is there for med, no distribution reqs, and the general academic environment. Columbia, Cornell, and Dartmouth are not there because of location more than anything else.
Though it’s true I would rather not have a core and excluded some schools because of that, UChicago made it because there are only one or two core classes I don’t look forward to so its research opportunities, academics, and merit aid made it still seem like a good choice. Given distribution requirements at other schools, the change is not all that large and the school seems almost universally loved by alumni. That is definitely something I will keep in mind though.