Help with Ranking

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>I am having some trouble deciding which schools I want to rank. Not to mention, the more you rank, the more supplement essays you have to write. </p>

<p>The ideal college for me is probably something like UIUC, UMich, or UCB/UCSB, but none of those schools are likely to let me attend for free for four years. To me, it seems like you have the potential to receive a good private-college level education but still get all the benefits of a public school and having a massive student body. Also, I really like college towns over big cities but it is definitely something I am willing to overlook given that I get everything paid for.</p>

<p>I really want a school that excels in engineering and is also somewhere that you can have a good time. The more students the better for me. An active social scene is always a good thing and I do like to party every once in a while. So far I have MIT, Northwestern, and USC. I am considering UVA because of its high acceptance rate (compared to the other QB schools at least) and it is in a college town; however, its engineering program lacks notoriety. </p>

<p>Can anyone help?</p>

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<p>Rice
MIT
Northwestern
USC
Columbia
Stanford
Princeton</p>

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<p>The list above is very good and don’t forget Penn and Vandy for engineering, both have good programs and larger student bodies. Dartmouth is QB and a party school but their engineering degree takes 5 years and is not for everyone, def less pre-professional. Tufts has a decent engineering school but I don’t know a lot about it. Caltech and Swarthmore are two more QB schools w engineering but both are small and neither has a robust party scene, to say the least. Caltech is outstanding and Swarthmore is a rare LAC that actually offers an engineering degree. Just fyi :slight_smile: And if you’re looking outside QB, CMU should be near the top of your list.</p>