Yes, but Cornell, as an example, is a few miles from the heart of Ithaca whereas Ithaca College is close.
They can leave them, of course,…but then another metric must be used.
No matter what, I think the list will need to get smaller. There are 20 schools on that list.
But there’s still time to research, investigate, and go on some visits if the student hasn’t. That’s what the student is doing - trying to figure out a way to reduce the list.
And they will - with some time and effort - maybe they can make a charge of the 5 or 6 most important things - weight them - maybe ease to get to is 10%, niche rating on dorm food 10%, etc. - and come up with a scale.
Lots of ways to figure this out…