<p>She’s a quadruple legacy at W&M, so it’s not attractive. 
We tried to sell it, but she wasn’t buying. We live in AZ and she grew up in SC until high school, and she wants somewhere cold. Go figure.</p>
<p>I like the safety of schools like W&M and Dartmouth. Georgetown makes me a bit nervous. Her reactions so far: She didn’t like Hopkins, but she liked UVA. She didn’t like Duke or UNCCH. She wasn’t feeling Yale or Harvard (although she thought Yale was attractive visually). She didn’t like Tufts. She liked Brown, but I think she’s a little too “mainstream” for Brown (I’m an alum.). She’s iffy on WUSTL. Loved BC and Georgetown. Iffy on Rice. We’re visiting Dartmouth and Northwestern this summer, and then she has a fall break to get in any final visits.</p>
<p>One of our big concerns is financial. Based on our experience, the more selective the school, the better the aid for us. She’s a reasonable candidate for merit $ at some schools like BC and UVA, but it’s still a bigger reach to get those than it is to fall in love with a school with significant aid and get in.</p>