What College to you go to, want to go to, or went to?

[True Democrat]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

[nclib]

North Carolina State University, class of 2004.

[CultureKing]

I am applying to:
Claremont McKenna
Boston College
Gonzaga University
Univerity of Portland (bach up ish)
University of Washington (back up)

I have started sending our stuff and I am getting a bit aprehensive, though hopefully the IB diploma will get me into one of my top two.

[Sensei]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

damn.. Johns Hopkins is your safety?

[Gabu]

University of Victoria '08.

[ilikeverin]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

damn.. Johns Hopkins is your safety?

No, Pitt would be his safety.

[Sensei]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

damn.. Johns Hopkins is your safety?

No, Pitt would be his safety.

I read it as Princeton being in the group "my reach" and the rest in the group "safety".

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

My top choice was the University of Minnesota, but didn't get in. This was a backup.

Other backups:

St. Cloud State University
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
North Dakota State University (WAAAAAY BACKUP. I even said that if I ended up there I'd transfer out as soon as possible just because I didn't want to spend another day in ND. Plus Moorhead is basically in the exact same location.)

Actually I didn't even apply to NDSU because I got accepted to here and the other two Minnesota ones before I bothered to apply there.

[Gabu]

I read it as Princeton being in the group "my reach" and the rest in the group "safety".

I think it was just in descending order of desire, with the top being his reach and the bottom being his safety.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Anyone applying to any private college must have uber-rich parents.

[Jake]

Or have gotten significant financial aid.

My scholarships paid for around $23,000 of my projected tuition/room-board, leaving the remainder as a few hundred more than a local state school would've been. A less wealthy kid with my grades and resume could've gotten more financial aid as well, especially if they had been eligible for state aid that I wasn't (as my school was outside PA).

[bullmoose88]

Or have gotten significant financial aid.

Jake is correct.

Private Universities and Colleges tend to have quite a bit of grant/loan/aid money to throw around.  Certainly made my undergrad do-able.

[Sam Spade]

Or have gotten significant financial aid.

Jake is correct.

Private Universities and Colleges tend to have quite a bit of grant/loan/aid money to throw around.  Certainly made my undergrad do-able.

But, of course, you must also realize that there is no way in hell that a private university is going to give money to someone like BRTD, so really the example is inapplicable in that situation.

I went to the same university as the poster in reply #10 and graduated five years before him.  The advantage at that university at that time was that tuition was about 1/2 your average private university in the NE, etc.  Now, it's only about 2/3rds your average private university in the NE.

[Platypus]

Australian National University; easily the best in Australia for what I want to study-probably in the top 5 worldwide.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Seton Hall for the 6-yr law program, but also considered G'Town, Rutgers, and George Washington

[ilikeverin]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

Princeton and Georgetown are amazing.  The entire area of Georgetown is great and the school is also very impressive.  Same can be said of Princeton of course, but I'm kind of biased.

Georgetown also forces you to take two philosophy and two theology classes.  kthxbye.

[WalterMitty]

UNC-Greensboro

my alma mater.

[ilikeverin]

I'm applying to Princeton (my reach), Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Pitt (safety).

Princeton and Georgetown are amazing.  The entire area of Georgetown is great and the school is also very impressive.  Same can be said of Princeton of course, but I'm kind of biased.

Georgetown also forces you to take two philosophy and two theology classes.  kthxbye.

I think that's actually a good idea.  It fosters critical thinking in students that may not be there for students just going for the name.  My college requires a lot of things like that.

Hint about my leanings:

Top Tier (for this certain characteristic)
Brown
Amherst
University of Rochester
Michigan State Honors College
University of Virginia Echols Scholars program

Mid Tier
Swarthmore
Indiana

Lower Tier
Michigan State
University of Virginia

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GODAWFUL TIER OF HORROR
Columbia

[Sensei]

I'm in the FSU Honors Program, and I like it pretty well. I advise any high school students who like to work to get into honors programs.

[Jaggerjack]

UCLA

[Nym90]

Undergrad--University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Masters--Northern Michigan University

[opebo]

Check out Thammasat University in Bangkok.  It is, on balance, a freedom fighting institution, which is amazing.  Its founder, Pridi, is one of the few freedom figthers in Thai history.  Of course he was hounded out of the country by US-supported right wing thugs.  But they could never quite get rid of Thammasat.  Anyone know about the 1976 massacres there?

[Joe Biden 2020]

Northwestern Oklahoma State University, June 2001-May 2007, in the wonderful small city of 5,000 -- Alva, Oklahoma.

[opebo]

Northwestern Oklahoma State University, June 2001-May 2007, in the wonderful small city of 5,000 -- Alva, Oklahoma.

Wow, eight years!

[Joe Biden 2020]

Northwestern Oklahoma State University, June 2001-May 2007, in the wonderful small city of 5,000 -- Alva, Oklahoma.

Wow, eight years!

Did you forget your math?  Thats 6 years, lol.