Schools LIKE CMU - Where else are you applying?

Colleges & Universities Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I’ve been very impressed w/ CMU’s general approach to education. While I don’t care for the separation of departments (and the fact that you apply and are admitted to only one), I do appreciate their cross-disciplinary emphasis. They also seem to favor a unique mix of the “practical” with the “theoretical”. This appears to be true across the board, whether in the arts, engineering, or humanities.</p>

<p>Alas, it is also a VERY selective, and VERY expensive institution.</p>

<p>What other colleges are similar, but perhaps a notch down in both selectivity and cost?</p>

<p>Where else are you applying?</p>

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<p>I’m applying to UR too</p>

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<p>You can apply to two departments if you want, you just check two boxes or something and mention a second one in your essay. I was admitted to CIT and SCS.</p>

<p>I would suggest USC, because they seem very interested in getting/keeping good students and are generous with scholarship money, but the deadline for scholarship was today, I think.</p>