<p>Thanks guys! It helps a lot to know that you guys had good experiences with financial aid from U Chicago, Columbia, and Brown. It makes me a lot happier to know that these schools are financially feasible, since I really feel that they each offer a unique education that is unparallelled at other institutions. In fact, regardless of what my username suggests, those schools may be an even better match for me than.</p>
<p>My son is going to apply to all eight ivies, and I am not discouraging him.</p>
<p>^^^ that is so bizarre! They’re very different schools! Dartmouth and Columbia have nothing in common (except the Ivy moniker) - neither does Cornell and Brown.</p>
<p>@harvardhopeful I am glad you realize that the Ivies+ all have different feels and that you will will fit at UC, Brown and Columbia more than Harvard! Unlike @hz kid. </p>
<p>@hz of course you should not stop your child from applying to any schools they want, but applying to every Ivy is as ridiculous as just applying to the top 10 schools for no reason other than they are the top 10 even when the schools are highly varied in location, student body, size, and campus vibe. Actually, it’s more ridiculous because the Ivies aren’t all in the top 10, they are simply bunched together because of a sports conference. Studens should apply based upon fit and type of school they want, not some predetermined-by-history list of colleges who share a fancy title and sports conference and have not much in common but academic excellence and NE location.</p>
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<p>My son is going to apply to all eight ivies, and I am not discouraging him.<<<</p>
<p>If you let the schools know about this full Ivy application, they will send you a special sticker for the car. It is really prestigious as it is not public knowledge. It is green with beautiful gold accents. The A of League has been replaced by a tiger head and the last E has a dragon tail.</p>
<p>Wow! Maybe I should do something here about my son. I have my own preferences, including quite a few non ivies. But I will let him do his research on colleges first.</p>
<p>Sorry about the rant, I was just hoping to explain well enough how strange that is. I’m sorry if it was offensive. And for some students, every Ivy could be a good fit, if the only criteria is a top notch school in the New England area, which is okay criteria for some. Most students could probably stand every school, but many will not like all of them equally.</p>