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LoremIpsum
Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:27:10 +0000

CMU is another great school you should consider putting on your application list.



I’m pretty much obsessed with NU



I think you’ll get into NU, if you stay as determined and hard-working as you are now. But nothing is a guarantee these days, so consider what aspects of NU make you love the school so much and seek out other schools that also have some or many of those aspects. When your happiness depends on some stranger saying yes to you, then you don’t really have full control of your own destiny.

My son was in love with MIT: their aggressive math and science coursework, combined with their quirky humor and well-known pranks. But Williams has a strong math and science focus with quirky humor; NU has the ISP program which some have described as "a mini-MIT within a broader liberal arts curriculum. And both Brown and Amherst have open curriculums where he can choose any bizarre mix of classes that interest him, without having to take specific classes he might not enjoy – or be challenged by. So, these other schools may turn out to be as good or better a fit, because he’s not just a math and science geek, but one who’s curious about almost everything.