Dream school vs real life expectations

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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nice, I guess Brown pretty much fits that bill for me.</p>

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<p>Uber-fantasy/schizophrenic denial of reality:Yale
Dream:Columbia, U Chicago
Reality: maybe NYU, BU, Mount Holyoke ,Rutgers</p>

<p>Oh, I was dreaming of NYU but why,oh why did Columbia capture my heart ?</p>

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<p>Dream School: Stanford or Carnegie Mellon
Reality: Will settle for GT, Mich, Illinois, or UMass-Amherst (in-state tuition lawls)</p>

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<p>Dream: TEXAS
Realistic: Louisiana State (got accepted)
If money was no object, The following would be realistic: Arizona, Arizona State (they still could be depending on the aid I get, but LSU’s aid seems better).</p>

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<p>Dream: Brown
Realistic: pitt honors (accepted), maybe boston college, case western</p>

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<p>Dream: Stanford
Realistic: UC Berkley, NYU
Last Resort: Purdue, another UC</p>

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<p>Dream: Columbia
Realistic: Northwestern</p>

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<p>Dream: Rice
Realistic: UT</p>

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<p>Dream: Pomona/Carleton
Realistic: Brandeis, Grinnell, Kalamazoo, Scripps</p>

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<p>Dream School: Carnegie Mellon or Cornell
Realistic: UConn or Purdue</p>

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<p>Dream: community college
Realistic: Hahvahd</p>

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<p>I’m done with the process now…</p>

<p>Dream: Stanford
Realistic until they showed me their nonexistent financial aid: Northwestern and JHU
Realistic after they showed me their merit aid: Pitt and Case Western</p>

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<p>Dream: Cornell!!!
Realistic: I can’t jinx myself! So, Cornell </p>

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<p>Safeties/Others: Vassar, Barnard, Bucknell</p>

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<p>Dream: Northwestern / UChicago (provided they give me great aid)
Realistic: Purdue, Central Michigan, Iowa State
Realistic if it wasn’t for the cost: Butler</p>

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<p>Dream:Pomona
Realistic: Oxford College at Emory University, Pitzer, Occidental</p>

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<p>dream : Yale, Brown
Realistic: UChicago, Northwestern</p>

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<p>DREAM: Airforce, Coast Guard, Clemson</p>

<p>Probably: Oswego, Binghamton</p>

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<p>dream school: brown university</p>

<p>reality: oakton community college</p>

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<p>Dream: Caltech, MIT, brown ect
reality: Cal poly engeneering, USC…
Heck, even Airforce academy</p>

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<p>haha my post from page 2. Good predictions llpitch =]</p>