<p>Also, I foudn out that Cornell’s financial aid office takes into consideration other schools offers while Duke does not. I’ve been trying to apply for outside scholarships too, but apparently Duke doesn’t count any of it because they’ll subtract whatever amount you get from their grant award. Which really sucks. </p>
<p>Sigh. I wish I focused my attention on other schools apps instead. I put in most of my effort on Duke and pretty much bs-ed my columbia/penn apps, because I thought at the time I’d choose Duke over all its peers. Oh wells.</p>