<p>TKsmom especially thanks for the info! I have briefly looked at all of the Colorado Universities preceding this post. The Academy intrigues me a lot, though i know you can’t compare it to really any non-academy. I’ve talked to representatives and they seemed very impressed with my EC’s (eagle scout, fireman, All-State football, other leadership ec’s, work experience ect.) and pretty good grades. Do you have any other information regaurding these Colorado schools? Also looking at U of Washington, U of Portland, U of Minnesota, and now looking into Cal-poly. By the way, i have considered Purdue a lot to, especially their graduate program in acoustics. But if i went east i think i would only go there for Cornell or Penn State</p>