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the Lac's like vassar, middlebury gave vague answers, they would like you to take it when possible
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i emailed vassar and it said i don't need to take the TOEFL - but that could be because i had english for my O-levels and have it for my A-levels and studied in a school where everything is taught in English.</p>
<p>if english has been the medium of teaching in your school, it's likely that they'll let you skip the TOEFL. still, you should email and find out. it's SO expensive - and long, i've heard. i really don't want to give it - but like Lakshmi, if my ED school rejects / defers me, i think i will.</p>
<p>i'm worried sick about my ED school. why could it not be need-blind? :(</p>
<p>VASSAR ED 1 :D a long RD list of around 30 schools - all LACs from the first tier. may be brown, dartmouth and upenn - <em>maybe</em>. need more than 90% of the costs to be covered by college.</p>
<p>yes, my parents are oil moguls. we live in a castle with a moat and have 30 security guards, a golf course and a chef who used to work at the white house before. :D </p>
<p>or... another theory:</p>
<p>i'm applying for application fee waivers + mailing all my stuff to my cousin in one package by DHL and asking her to mail them from america coz it's cheaper there :D</p>
<p>i don't know which one you want to believe ;)</p>
<p>A good way to gt rid of some of these colleges is by talking to current students of th LACs ur applying to. And try to think like this "Why would I leave my country for LAC #50) its not worth it. I had 20 universities and ended with 8!!!</p>
<p>kee, I think I'll also apply to a bunch of schools, well maybe not 30, but around 15-20 :D.
uhm...I know Brown waives toefl for 600+ in CR. that's why I didn't take it in the first place :p</p>
<p>okay, seriously, will i post them so that you guys can decide which ones i should leave out?</p>
<ol>
<li> Bowdoin College (ME): 24%</li>
<li> Swarthmore College (PA): 25%</li>
<li> Middlebury College (VT): 26%</li>
<li> Tufts University (MA): 27%</li>
<li> Colgate University (NY): 27%</li>
<li> Wesleyan University (CT): 28%</li>
<li> Carleton College (MN): 29%</li>
<li> Haverford College (PA): 29%</li>
<li><p>Bates College (ME): 30%</p></li>
<li><p>Hamilton College (NY): 34%</p></li>
<li><p>Wellesley College (MA): 37%</p></li>
<li><p>Oberlin College (OH): 37%</p></li>
<li><p>Macalester College (MN): 39%</p></li>
<li><p>Lafayette College (PA): 39%</p></li>
<li><p>Trinity College (CT): 40%</p></li>
<li><p>Sarah Lawrence College (NY): 44%</p></li>
<li><p>Occidental College (CA): 45% </p></li>
<li><p>Bryn Mawr College (PA): 47%</p></li>
<li><p>Reed College (OR): 47% </p></li>
<li><p>Connecticut College (CT): 55%</p></li>
<li><p>Mount Holyoke College (MA): 56%</p></li>
<li><p>Bard College (NY): 64%</p></li>
<li><p>Centre College (KY): 69%</p></li>
<li><p>Ohio Wesleyan University (OH): 74%</p></li>
</ol>
<p>and i MIGHT apply to brown, upenn and dartmouth.</p>
<p>They fall under the US News Top Liberal Arts College list and are called Colgate University and Wesleyan University (not colleges, to my surprise). The last 3 are my safeties and I really like MHC. I COULD leave out Hamilton though... <em>ponders</em></p>