Vandy we just saw as such an incredible reach in admissions and $, gave it little consideration. Rice also a reach, but D has it on her list as a reach and will give it a shot. Boulder- the three kids we know there came home after freshman year all for same reason - they saw it as full of rich party kids. May be great engineering but that might be a tough culture to pursue such a tough major in. Mines could be a thought. Thanks for that one.
I hear you loud and clear on CPP. Unfortunately, she eliminated Cal Poly SLO last night reluctantly. The haul to and from the east coast was going to be a significant and costly journey each time home. I do suspect it makes it back on by the Fall though. It will be a very tough admit though as SAT is not considered and there are probably an abundance of kids with 4.0 and 10 APs applying. She has no STEM related EC’s so that could hurt her but who knows.