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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to pay 400k, so either top 20 where we qualify for FA or jump down a level to a school ranked 50-60.

The only schools we're not looking at are those very good but no real merit and no FA (like BC) and OOS publics that give no merit.[/quote]

Yup, our family too. It's either an ivy or an in state public, maybe a merit-happy LAC. No in between.[/quote]

I mean Ivys are great but they suck a bit at the moment.  Rest of top 25 better IMO at the moment.[/quote]

I dont understand this. I went to college when students camped out in the quad all the time, made noise, etc. The issue du jour was divestment from South Africa - the kids were right about that. And I live and work near Columbia so I saw this unfold. I thought the media made a lot of it and the administration didn't respond proportionally (ie, make people show ID to get on campus, cut the electricity to the quad).  There were some bad days, but ... do you really think life on  Dartmouth or Brown or Yale in 2024 is a lot different than in 2018? I don't.  Kids dont care about admins comings and goings.  Or the alumni donator class. The dorms are the same, the faculty is the same, the food is the same, the location is the same, the parties are the same, the sports are the same ..

I could have made a case for this during covid, but not now.[/quote]

[b]It is not just the protests.  And yes life at an Ivy is different today than just two years ago.  Tour guides said as much[/b].  You should go someplace you love if you can go there.  Not saying don't go.  Just go eyes wide open.  Others in top 25 might be better.[/quote]

What else did they say?[/quote]

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