<p>So my list is Yale, Notre Dame, Wash U, UVa, Tulane and U of Illinois, a list i quite like, but I would like to have a college in between the calibre/admissions difficulty of UVa and Tulane. Any suggestions? Lol It would be nice if the campus was very pretty...</p>
<p>Boston College might be a nice fit I think.</p>
<p>Holy Cross-smaller version of Notre Dame. Holy Cross has very nice campus 1 hour from Boston. HC is also one of the few schools that is need-blind. The HC website is informative.</p>
<p>(assuming you are OOS for UVa)…consider UNC (Chapel Hill), UMiami, Wake Forest, Villanova, and for some smaller schools maybe Bucknell & Holy Cross.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I actually should have said this earlier, but I would like somewhere with an architecture program</p>
<p>Cornell. And Syracuse has an amazing architecture school, but I don’t know if the campus counts as “pretty” haha.</p>
<p>Then perhaps UT-Austin, USC, UMichigan, Carnegie Mellon?</p>
<p>UT-Austin is extremely hard to get into OOS</p>
<p>thank you thank you! I actually think that the list is fine as it is; I would be very happy at Tulane or UIUC. Thoughts?</p>
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Am assuming your are OOS for UVA, for whom the admission rate was 26% this year [UVa</a> acceptance rate rises slightly to 32% - Washington DC College admissions | Examiner.com](<a href=“Examiner is back - Examiner.com”>Examiner is back - Examiner.com). Tulane’s admission rate was about 20% for this incoming freshman class (see Tulane’s forum). Both of these are highly selective.</p>
<p>Tulane’s free application deflates admissions %</p>
<p>There are many schools that offer low cost or free admissions apps. Tulane added an additional required essay this year. Still had a very large number of apps and a very low admission rate, with a continuously increasing yield. But that is not the topic of this discussion.</p>
<p>Rice University</p>
<p>Rice is a wonderful school, but probably harder to get into than UVA or Tulane.</p>
<p>Tulane does have EA (non-binding) so you should get your application in early so you find out by Dec. if you get in.</p>
<p>That’s an excellent point, happy1. The earlier, the better. And strong candidates (which the OP appears to be) are usually recipients of nice merit awards with their acceptance.</p>
<p>Yes, but if the users top choice is Yale then he/she cannot apply to tulane ea. </p>
<p>However, if I were OP, I’d pick notre dame or washu for ED, and both tulan and uva for ea. I WOULDNT apply to university of illinois ea because given your other choices its probably a safety, and there’s no reason to apply to your safety if you are accepted to tulane, uva, or notredame/washu.</p>
<p>Tulane has a sort of rolling admissions. The earlier the student applies the earlier they will likely hear, so the OP can apply early without selecting EA. The issue with EA would arise only if the OP was going to apply to Yale SCEA. HOWEVER, Tulane changed their policy last year with respect to applying for the coveted DHS (full tuition) scholarship. Unless they change back, as of last year the student had to apply to Tulane EA or SCEA in order to be able to apply for the DHS. The only reason this would be important is if cost is an important variable to the OP. Cost might also be a reason to apply to UIUC.</p>
<p>As for “pretty campus”, I personally somewhat prefer Rice over Tulane, but there is always construction at Rice. Tulane will be having some construction as well, but Rice seemed to have a lot in the past several years.</p>
<p>Thanks so much everyone, so many good suggestions. I am quite sure I will be applying to Notre Dame Early Action (restrictive). Do y’all think that is a good idea? Also, Wash U is my other favorite, realistic match (I’m visiting right now!) and their Early admissions process is binding upon acceptance, something that I am not ready to commit to.</p>
<p>ND for EA is good, I love it when schools offer EA. it is helpful to the applicant to not be bound by ED. Also, what do you mean by “realistic match” for WashU? Your list is also reach heavy, just in case you didn’t know.</p>
<p>Though these are reaches too, have you considered Vanderbilt or UChicago?</p>