Which Top College did You Turn Down???

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<p>Turned down Cornell and Georgia Tech down for Tufts.</p>

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<p>i turned down brown, dartmouth, u michigan, nyu, ucla, and usc to go to u chicago</p>

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<p>I turned down Notre Dame and Cornell for Bowdoin (I think Bowdoin’s just as good, but the other two are more well-known).</p>

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<p>Turned down Chicago and NYU for JHU</p>

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<p>Smartbrotha07:</p>

<p>Son also turned down UVa, Berkeley, UVa, Brandeis for</p>

<p>University of Miami (full ride). (Singer Scholarship?)</p>

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<p>Turned down Bucknell, Lehigh University, and Gettysburg College for my dream school Penn State.</p>

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<p>The salutatorian of my graduating class turned down Columbia for Stevens.</p>

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<p>new college of florida. i didnt fit in. i’m not a pot smoking hippie. :D</p>

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<p>i turned down Carnegie Mellon (Tepper), Umich (Ross) and MIT (Sloan) for NYU Stern!</p>

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<p>Turned down cornell and others for </p>

<p>the university of florida go gators!</p>

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<p>My D turned down Tufts & Vandy (as well as other good, but lesser-known schools … Rhodes, Centre, Denison, DePauw, & Hendrix) for Furman. Fit was best!</p>

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<p>Turned down Vanderbilt, Tufts, and Case Western for (drumroll please!)…</p>

<p>The University of Michigan! LET’S GO BLUE!</p>

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<p>Turned down Harvard and Princeton for Stanford.</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd, Washu, Amherst, and Caltech (I really loved Caltech too :(, maybe grad school?)</p>

<p>For Yale.</p>

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<p>Turned down Princeton, Dartmouth, UCLA (Regents), UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, UC San Diego (Regents), and UC Davis (Regents)</p>

<p>For Harvard.</p>

<p>Princeton was amazing but their financial aid was a bit weak–and it is just hard to say no to the “H-Bomb.”</p>

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<p>UCLA & Berkeley for USC (financial aid + better program for my major)</p>

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<p>Son turned down MIT, Cornell, WUSTL, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Loved Harvey Mudd and figures he’ll have nice options for grad school.</p>

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<p>D turned down Tufts for UR</p>

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<p>This is all very fascinating. It goes to show, its not just about rankings or stats, its about fit and feel for people. What I want to know is this: if you (or your kid) had such stellar stats as to get into all these schools (some had multiple Ivy admissions), then why did they apply to so many schools and not simply narrow it down to the two or three that really caught your fancy? Was it ego driven? Just wondering. Congrats to all.</p>

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<p>Anyone stupid enough to turn down Cal Poly San Luis Obispo?</p>