Standardized test scores question -- which scores to send?

mathmomvt
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:22:41 +0000

CMU is on his maybe list, but I think he is leaning against. We haven’t visited as it’s a bit far. For Cornell and Penn do they have a “techy school” feel like most of the other schools on S’s list do? That seemed to be the one common thread between the schools he really liked on our visits, and those he was ho-hum about. Even Northeastern is borderline in terms of “feel”, but they did have a nice looking game design program and their excellent co-op program that is keeping them on the list at least for now. He doesn’t really have a first choice (I do, and it’s not MIT, but I’m keeping my mouth shut) and plans to put a fair bit of weight on financial packages. We’ll re-visit (or visit for the first time if he ends up applying somewhere like CMU where we haven’t visited yet) schools that are seriously in the running when he finds out who wants him.

Are the schools like Cornell, CMU, Penn really “better” than the places like RPI, WPI, RIT and Drexel for a kid with my kid’s interests? Or just harder to get into?

Thanks again!