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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a "strong standard" boy (junior) who is trying to flesh out his college list a bit. We are looking for target-ish schools that might be a good fit. He's most interested in mid-size to medium-large schools in the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, or Midwest. Really likes William & Mary. We're also considering Case and U Rochester but I don't know as much about them and we haven't visited yet (planning to). Are there others to consider that are roughly in this category of percentage admitted and average stats for admitted students? He's not sure what he wants to do after college right now, but considering law school.[/quote]

Case and Rochester both give merit, so the COA will be lower.  Sometimes Case gives as much as 50K merit.  
You probably are not interested in LACs, but Grinnell and Macalester also give generous merit to high stats kids.[/quote]
Mentions two colleges that have nothing to do with the conversation and do not have majors in cognitive science. The boosters are getting worse.[/quote]
Of course they do!  
[url]https://case.edu/artsci/cognitivescience/[/url]
[url]https://www.sas.rochester.edu/bcs/[/url][/quote]
Why are you not mentioning Grinnell and macalester- which was what was commented on?[/quote]

Cognitive science is nothing special. In a liberal arts college setting, you can usually take whatever courses you need to cover the same material. It is basically an interdisciplinary mix of psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. A cognitive science major just packages those courses under one umbrella. That’s it.[/quote]
So none of that really answered the question. There are many colleges who do support cognitive science and have departments with faculty dedicated to it. Why would you recommend two schools where that isn’t true? A mix of psychology, neuro, and cog sci doesn’t mean much if your course isn’t actually integrating those into the field that is cognitive science.[/quote]

OP is going to law school, not a PhD in cognitive science.  Psychology, cognitive science, or neuroscience will do just fine.  Interdisciplinary is also fine.  The primary issue is a lower COA.[/quote]

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