<p>menloparkmom,</p>
<p>Others on my list were: Pepperdine, Cornell, NYU, Ithaca, Northwestern, BU, Emory, and Mizzou. Pepperdine was an ideal location (I want to be in the west, closer to home), but FA calculator was roughly $25,000 (net price). The rest are just big reaches for me. USC itself is a reach already but I can’t even fathom getting into Cornell with my stats.</p>
<p>Most of the top communications program in the west are public and OOS, like UT Austin, UCLA, UCSD… Sadly. </p>
<p>USC and Chapman are two on my list that are west AND private. USC’s calculator was a nice refreshment and Chapman was about $9,000 - not bad. </p>
<p>Syracuse and UNC-CH are on my ‘now’ list but I was considering dropping them due to location but Syracuse has a raving fanbase when it comes to their communications program.</p>
<p>My list now is /basically/ this due to all the circumstances:
USC - Private
Chapman - Private
Syracuse - Private
State Flagship
UNC-CH (but likely to drop)</p>