LACs FTW

<p>So, which Liberal Arts College are you applying to?</p>

<p>HMC
Reed College</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s really cool! I looked into the place this summer but it just came off as a little too extreme for me. But, yeah, that’s pretty unique that you’re applying there. Good luck!</p>

<p>As for me:
Williams
Swarthmore
HMC</p>

<p>You’re applying to all the good warm places TippuToppy.</p>

<p>PD- Why is Reed ‘extreme’?</p>

<p>Middlebury
Vassar
and Bowdoin</p>

<p>Columbialove, where all are you applying?</p>

<p>Sidenote- Hi there Audrey! <em>waves</em> long time :)</p>

<p>@ pixie:</p>

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<p>Source: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/531295-advice-will-i-fit-reed-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/531295-advice-will-i-fit-reed-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Yes, I have avoided all places where it normally gets very cold including Chicago.</p>

<p>Reed has the reputation of being very liberal but I don’t care. I love Portland - it doesn’t get very cold. 30 minutes from Mt. Hood and Columbia gorge and 90 minutes from pacific coast.</p>

<p>My list is now down to 6 - 2 in Texas, 3 in California and 1 in Oregon. My safety (0UT Austin) is in the bag and I don’t have to worry about tuition :D. IB diploma holders have many options at UT Austin and similar schools which recognize IB:
a) finish in 3 years.
b) do double major with ease OR
c) take enough graduate level classes in sr. year and be better prepared for graduate school.</p>

<p>You avoided Chicago? I thought you favoured it. :S
Wrong deduction I guess.
Reed looks like a great school apart from PD’s post. CC’ers are recommending it to me for its warm weather and academic rigour.
The (c) option sounds good indeed!
Sigh. Six is such a nice manageable number. We internationals have no choice but to apply to more to be safe. I’m just going to recycle essays in the end.
Bdw, I heard HBS classes were extremely easy compared to those of a good rigorous undergrad. I was very surprised tbh.</p>

<p>PS- In fact, I secretly thought you’d even applied there EA courtesy a post I saw on the Chicago forum while browsing. And that you were just waiting for the right time to announce it, so I didn’t say anything, haha. I thought I was being such a nice thoughtful person. :p</p>

<p>^No New England school for you? :o</p>

<p>Hey AudreyH, great to see you posting here. Do you have any Indian connections? (not too many people without India connections post here you know)</p>

<p>^ I enjoy visiting New England area but I can not see myself living there or anywhere on east coast for 4 years or ever.</p>

<p>I do like UChicago a lot. It is a great school but I don’t like places that get cold.</p>

<p>I’m not applying to any LACs. Lol.</p>

<p>Tippu, UT Austin in the bag already? How? Because of that top 8% of the class thing?</p>

<p>Williams, Swarthmore,Amherst and Middlebury for me.</p>

<p>Williams, Amherst and Grinnell.</p>

<p>Middlebury, Wellesley, and Colgate so far.</p>

<p>^Possibly Swarthmore or Amherst. But definitely the above three.</p>

<p>Err, what does HMC stand for?</p>

<p>As for me,
Williams, Amherst, Reed, Vassar, Swarthmore (might), and possibly, SLC.</p>

<p>@Pixie,
Where all are you applying to?</p>

<p>^Harvey Mudd College. Its graduates have the highest average starting salary among all colleges in the USA.</p>

<p>I find that hard to believe. :/</p>

<p>[Top</a> US Colleges ? Graduate Salary Statistics](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-us-colleges-graduate-salary-statistics.asp]Top”>http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-us-colleges-graduate-salary-statistics.asp)</p>

<p>My apologies if the website is inaccurate.</p>