<p>Thanks Descartesz, your input is very helpful.</p>
<p>I plan on keeping U of Iowa as a cheap (instate) safety. I’m looking negatively on UW-Madison because, well, it’s just <em>too</em> big. I don’t want small, but I also don’t want to get lost in a gigantic student body. I’m thinking (very roughly) 10-25k would be optimum, but I am not going to remove any from my list sheerly because of the student population, as I really have nothing to compare population to – I mean, I might not even notice the difference between 20 and 30 thousand.</p>