<p>@rebecca17 - I liked Wisconsin a lot, it was a beautiful campus with a great vibe to it. It’s nice to have a campus and then be able to walk into Madison and see the capital and go to State Street and all the events there. They have a great psychology program. I have relatives not too far away. Northwestern is too close to home for my taste. My parents would be there all the time, and I’d be expected to come home too often. While I will be applying to both Michigan and WashU, I’ve been told not to get my hopes up on them. You seem to think my stats make me a much more qualified applicant than many other people I’ve talked to think. Also, Yale is need blind in admissions. While I am a full pay, they say they don’t factor need into admitting students.</p>
<p>I haven’t really looked into UIUC because so many kids from my school go there, but maybe I should. Hopefully the size means I’ll never have to see most of them. Does anyone know what its strongest majors are? I’m interested in areas like psychology, cognitive science, behavioral biology, neuroscience, and genetics, on a pre-med track.</p>