<p>iuleb – be careful about Grinnell – it recently became a popular choice through marketing/ huge growth in college applications (in a booming economy everything will rise to a higher level b/c of the trickle down effect , but in years of bad economy things fall into its usual places – most people in the NorthEast dont know much about Grinell) Of course when FA matters, take the most generous option.
Helen-mes – Holyoke is all women – without the opportunities to mix. Washington Lee is great academically, but the culture is very different from what you are used to – 75% of students are in sororities/fraternities and girls have been known to transfer if they didnt get into the one of their choice. URichmond is beautiful!!!The best looking campus/dorms out of any colleges Ive seen, except in California. They also like their internationals</p>
<p>you have it as a “top choice” over some schools that 1) have a much better reputation, 2)are better than it academically. I understand that its extremely hard to gage a college being overseas, relying on word of mouth, so I thought I would add another opinion</p>
<p>I’m denied at Amherst, but waitlisted at Williams instead… Now I am on 3 waitlists for good schools, and don’t even know if its worth waiting… (WashU, Williams, Pomona).
I have a similar situation - no one has heard of Moldova either! :)</p>
<p>Thank you!
The only thing that bothers me about Richmond (although I liked it a lot when visited it) that it’s not on all the “best colleges” list, and that people don’t know about it. Yesterday i picked up one of the “best colleges” book in Borders, and W&L, MHC were there - but not Richmond.
Now I feel that I should go up to see MHC myself. I love their riding program, but single-sex is a bit of nuisance for me.
I also was just accepted to Hamilton with a full ride… Now I have to travel during spiring break :)</p>
<p>Ohh nice… I would stay on waitlist, I mean, it never hurts, does it? Ironically, I got waitlisted to both Amherst and Williams… Haha, well, at least rejected to Middlebury. If I were waitlisted there too, I would be laughing really hard. It’s nice to know that we get all of our decisions in about 2-3 days!! :))</p>
<p>Yeah, but waitlisting only means more uncertainty limbo… And I can not imagine enrolling in one of my schools (where they treated me extremely nice and awarded a prestigious scholarhip) and then withdrawing! </p>
<p>Oh, I think all of the admission officers had a good laugh looking at my financial aid application.</p>
<p>If you’re planning on going to graduate school, don’t worry about the reputation of a college as test scores + GPA are all they really take into consideration.</p>
<p>Well I think 4.0 GPA from Harvard will look much more respectable that 4.0 from Slippery Rock State University… Obviously the coursework in Harvard is much more demanding, so…</p>
<p>Ohgodohgodohgodohgod!!! Just got a call from fedex!!! Carleton is supposed to send decisions by fedex!!! I really don’t know why I’m so excited - this is supposed to be a rejection, in the finest traditions of top lacs:D</p>
<p>Yeah, apparently a number of Liberal Arts colleges send stuff via fed ex… I got into vanderbilt (email), but nothing in mail, on the other hand got into Colgate and received a fedex mail from them yesterday, with a lot of colgate stuff, personal feedback on my essay and teacher recs (handwritten, yay!), and 100% need met financial aid award letter… That was pretty nice :)</p>
<p>Iúileb did you watch the Russia-Azerbaijan football/soccer game? I thought it was pretty neat :)</p>
Ironically, I got waitlisted to both Amherst and Williams… Haha, well, at least rejected to Middlebury. If I were waitlisted there too, I would be laughing really hard. It’s nice to know that we get all of our decisions in about 2-3 days!! :))</p>