Another annoying chances thread...

Transfer Students
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<p>I recommend middlebury and amherst due to need blind policy.
For Cornell, it depends, which would you like more, lac or univ?
Beloit's courseload is heavy. Here I mean heavy is serious, prob. its couseload is the heaviest among ur list.
Vassar should be good. And Oberlin has an emphasis in music study, also other branches such as econ, IR are awesome too, not sure about politic science.
I dunno much about W&M, but it is the most greek school among US while most LACs are barely greek. So plz ask urself, are u greek or not.</p>

<p>Hope that helps! :)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies, guys.</p>

<p>Cornell's size is the one qualm I have about it. So I probably won't end up applying. I don't feel like it's worth the application fee if I have such a high chance of not getting in, and if I did, I don't know if I could see myself happy there. I really prefer the smaller LAC atmosphere. I could probably talk myself into a smaller U like Rice or maaaaaaybe Emory or American though.</p>

<p>Yeah, I was pretty concerned about Greek life at W&M, that's why it's so far down my list. I like everything else about it, but that's a big turnoff.</p>

<p>Thanks for the heads up about Beloit, didn't realize that.</p>

<p>I hear history is really good at Oberlin, and it has a lot of the other characteristics I'm looking for. My one sort of silly concern that I need to look into with it is the drug use there (I don't care if other people do it, I just don't want it to be the dominating culture where I end up going).</p>

<p>Another thing I have to find out about several of these is how accessible the nearest town would be if I ended up flying instead of bringing a car.</p>

<p>I'll look into Amherst and Middlebury again. I ruled them both out for some reason but I can't remember what...</p>

<p>I feel like I'm never going to be done researching, haha!</p>

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<p>Most of these schools will take fee waivers, and based on the income you listed, you are definitely eligible, plus Cornell is need blind. Cornell has it on their site. I used one and saved the $70 and still got accepted. I don't think the adcoms know that you used it, only the application processors. Cornell</a> University Undergraduate Admissions Office - HOW TO APPLY <--That link has the link to the NACAC fee waiver. And Cornell really isn't all that big, the university I have grown up in the same town as (U of Florida) has about 3x as many undergrads and 2x as many grad students as Cornell. Now that is big. In fact, the 2 yr community college in my town has about 4000 more students than Cornell undergrad. Good luck.</p>

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<p>i think you have as good a shot as anybody to get into cornell..i'd really encourage you to apply to cornell, lest you really dont wish to go</p>

<p>again, i never thought id say this on cc, but you may be underestimating the strength of your app...in terms of safeties, the schools you listed under definantly applying to are approaching safety status for you...maybe you get rejected from one or two, but i think there is a good chance you get accepted to all 4</p>

<p>if you really like smith and carleton and colleges in that range, then by all means go for it...i would also encourage you to look at some more selective schools (if that is your thing, maybe the prestige of the school you go to doesnt matter much to you?) because im sure you could get into some of them...if your in the mid atlantic, duke would be one to look at...also williams, bowdoin,, pomona, gwu is good for politics, northwestern (may actually be a great fit for you), wash u, tufts, bc..</p>

<p>and allow me to clarify some things about Oberlin...speaking as a current (UNTIL SUNDAY) Oberlin student:</p>

<p>if you want to major in econ and pursue a career path in that field, oberlin is not the place...most people (thank god) dont have much interest in econ and the department is being decimated by retirements this year...as for IR, we don't have an IR department, we have two IR profs (both are my best buds!)...politics courses at oberlin are generally exceptional, prepare to be challenged...level of teaching and intellectual discourse is far superior to comperable schools</p>

<p>history department is solid as well (I don't think any one department at oberlin really stands that far above another, sans the music department), just handed in my history final paper today...as for the drug scene...well its certainly there if you want it to be (i dont think you do), but it is certainly not dominating and entirely avoidable...if you are conjuring up images in your head of smoke filled hallways and hippies stumbling all over the place searching for munchies, well thats not the case</p>

<p>gl</p>

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<p>Seconded. Drug use at Oberlin is very live-and-let-live. It's there if you look for it, but it's very easy to avoid if you don't - there's no social pressure and it's hardly the dominant culture on campus. Feel free to PM me if you want to talk more about it.</p>

<p>-- a straightedge Oberlin student</p>