<p>marvin100, no worries, I am definitely not planning to apply to all of those! I am hoping that advice from CC can point me towards which of the schools in this general genre would seem to be a good fit for me. As a student from the Northwest, I don’t have the same perspective on East Coast and Midwest colleges as those who live in the area, so I’m curious what the conventional wisdom is about the distinctions between those schools that often, from afar, look a lot alike.</p>
<p>tk21769, wow, thank you for pointing me towards the Common Data Set! I can already see that will be extremely helpful. Within section H, which specific entries should I be looking at for the statistic you describe about what percentage of determined need each school covers? How can I tell that?</p>
<p>And yes, University of Chicago is a little different from the other schools I’m looking at, but I agree that it has advantages I may not find other places. I think it’s a good option to keep looking at!</p>