<p>Jake – now I see you live in Indiana. So I suppose IU would be a great all-around experience for you. the campus is one of the nicest in the US. I think your stats would place you in the top 25% of the student body, so getting professorial attention for mentoring, research, and grad school recs would be likely.</p>
<p>Do you want to be in the bottom 50% (stats wise) of the school you attend, or the top 25%? That is a critical question with lots of nuances and implications. I think you’d agree that the last thing you’d want is to be competing for grad-school and career affecting grades with a class full of students who tested and performed in class higher than you in high school.</p>
<p>P.S. 2030 SAT – what was your CR and especially, for your interests, Math SAT? I don’t think most adcoms care much about Writing SAT score.</p>