Here’s where we ended up:
Acceptances: UVA, Berkeley, UCLA, London School of Economics, St Andrews (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Kings College (London), William and Mary, NYU
Wait listed: Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt
Rejected: Cornell, Tufts, Wash U, Wesleyan, Amherst, Williams, Colby
Trying to decide between UVA, Berkeley, and London School of Economics.
She wants to study Political Science/Economics and eventually go to a top law school – any words of wisdom are greatly appreciated!
I’d pick UVA it W&M over UCB due to the budget cuts that will make things uncomfortable for undergrads.
LSE is heavily quantitative so it’d depend on her love for calculus.
@MYOS1634 - thank you for that information about Berkeley. How do you mean “uncomfortable”? As in lack of services in terms of career help, etc.? Also, regarding LSE, she had read that it was quantitative. That’s a good point. We are going there next week so will learn more. She already turned down W&M.
Yes: no advisers, very large classes with very little contact to instructors, reduced hours in support center and library, etc. The budget cuts are, unfortunately, huge. The state refuses to return to pre-crisis funding levels per student despite the surplus, and has mandated deep cuts everywhere that will especially affect the undergrad experience. For instate students it still is a great value but oos it’s absolutely not worth the pricetag.
I’m providing an update, in case it is beneficial to anyone out there. My D will go to UVA. The London School of Economics did not have any sort of campus – it felt more like a business trip than a university visit. It was super depressing. And we don’t believe Berkeley is worth the OOS tuition, as compared with in-state UVA. Finally, with her 48 credits she will have after AP exams this year, she will be able to complete the 5-year accelerated masters program in Public Policy in 4 years. So UVA it is … Thank you again to everyone to helped me in this process.
Sounds like a great decision!
I feel like since it was an Rx prescription medication, I don’t see a problem with that. My friend has hundreds of medical problems and was ‘caught’, per-say, by the drug dogs at our school, but it wasn’t any drugs or illegal substances… It was her prescription medication.
I got my phone taken away once in high school freshman year – no big deal. A guy in my grade was expelled for putting his (junk) into a birdhouse, which was in one of his classes when he had a substitute teacher haha.
I wouldn’t worry as much 
^ Since the OP already has a final solution and college selection I don’t think she will.
Thank you for letting us know. Congratulations to your daughter!