<p>Thanks for all the responses.</p>
<p>momrath- I have been considering LACs, but I’m not sure that I could handle going to a college that has fewer students than my high school. Plus, my parents being immigrants are still apprehensive about spending so much on a college they don’t know about/heard of; it’s gonna be a hard sell but I do like the idea of things like tutorials at Williams.</p>
<p>sally/tk- I mean, I could go through every school and say why I didnt chose it:</p>
<p>MIT- too focused on hard sciences; dont feel I could get a well rounded edcuation
Stanford- Parents arent comfortable with me on the west coast
Duke- I feel I could get almost the same experience at UVA, but it’d cost a lot more a Duke
Penn- Too pre-professional. Plus, since I’m not decided about engineering, I’m not sure whether to apply to SEAS or CAS.
Caltech-See MIT
Northwestern-too fratty
JHU- too close to home, cutthroat environment, Baltimore=not good college town
WashU-See Penn
Cornell- Aside from engineering (they dont have BME), i feel the experience would be the same at UVA
Vandy-i feel the experience would be the same at UVA
Georgetown-too close to home; not sure about engineering yet and gtowns engineering is nonexistent.</p>
<p>As for BME- I’m still not sure about it; it’s an option that’s nice to have, but it isnt going to be a tipping factor. </p>
<p>But again, thanks for all the replies; they are really helping me see other perspectives.</p>