Okay, thank you so much @doschicos and @ucbalumnus. This was very helpful! Gathering from your responses, I guess LAC’s would probably not be an ideal option for me, but I will see what happens with the QuestBridge application. I think I will only rank Stanford (unlikely dream school) as a single choice so that I won’t be tied down to an LAC.
Some questions:
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@ucbalumnus: Would you by any chance know any resources I can reference to assess the quality of the programs of each college? US News seems to only rank the colleges as a whole rather than comparing specific programs.
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How do I determine if the full scholarship is available or guaranteed for all 4 years? My brother received scholarships from UCR for his freshman year, but they continue to cut down on the funds every year.