<p>Vanderbilt, WashU, and Johns Hopkins all give multiple full/half tuition scholarships based on merit. </p>
<p>Achievement oriented? Yes. I want to achieve things, not sit idly by. </p>
<p>And my school has no bearing on my SAT/AP scores, so that can gauge how “academically powerful” I am.</p>
<p>I seriously think you misunderstand my selection of colleges. It matches up with top college rankings, so what? It didn’t feel like a good fit at a bunch of others, ergo I’m not applying. I’m not making a selection based on pretige, and am very offended you think that.</p>