<p>I also got into mount holyoke and i'm leaning toward there now, any thoughts?</p>
<p>I'm sorry the title of the post offended you, I've had some very frustrating experiences with completely ignored posts and, unattractive as this was, it did get responses. That said, I realize it was obnoxious and apologize</p>
<p>i got into mhc, mills, and l&c too! </p>
<p>mhc and l&C have great ir programs. from what i heard, the two schools are beautiful.</p>
<p>where do you think you're going to go blah06?, where else did you get in?</p>
<p>"UPS is very "toney". It is in an area of high-hundred thousand/million dollar homes. You will need a car to go anywhere (preferably a beemer )."</p>
<p>Boy, did we have a different impression of UPS. Unless home prices have appreciated astronomically since I looked at UPS with my daughter three years ago, I would not characterize the area around the school as toney and expensive. We lived north of Seattle for six years a while ago and I would call Tacoma more working class than toney. The kids we met seemed to be pretty decent, not a bunch of spoiled, rich kids. </p>
<p>My daughter loves Seattle and the NW and wanted to find a school there that appealed to her interests (at the time English and Psychology at a smallish Liberal Arts College). She looked at UPS, Lewis and Clark, and Willamette Univ. She didn't feel she would fit in at Reed and didn't bother to visit. </p>
<p>She ended up at Kenyon and is now an English major. I think the fact that UPS was not that close to Seattle was for her a negative. Obviously, close proximity to a major city ended up not being a factor in her decision.</p>
<p>I agree with 2dsdad, the area around UPS was nice, but as someone who goes to school in a mansion in Pacific Heights, it certainly didn't seem to be particularly wealthy. If, on the other hand, that poster was referring to the students, which is certainly possible, I didn't really think that on my visit, but I might have missed something and I'd love to hear any other comments.</p>
<p>thewholeperson: i also got into: american university and in-state school.</p>
<p>i want to go to mhc, but i didn't really get a "nice" financial aid package. i'm waiting for au to send its financial aid package. other than that i'm planning to go to lewis & clark...if au's finaid isn't appealing.</p>
<p>i got a BAD financial aid package at mhc, but i heard on their livejournal community that if you call and say you aren't going because of the bad package they have a tendency to improve it. i figure it's worth a try.</p>
<p>I visited, applied, and got accepted to UPS and lewis and clark, but dont know anything about your other choices.</p>
<p>When I visited lewis and clark I got a biiiiig hippy vibe. The students walking around campus reminded me of most of the types of people I see at concerts (Im into jambands, so Im saying these people look like druggies). Im definitely down with the hippy scene, but even L&C was a bit much for me. I cant say for sure since I dont attend the school, but it really really seems like there would be a lot of pot smoked at L&C, moreso than a lot of other colleges.</p>
<p>I got very good financial aid at Lewis and Clark and Puget Sound making it less than a UC, about 10,000 less at Santa Clara and 20,000 less at Mount Holyoke</p>