<p>Ha..ignore the title of this post. I didn't get any interesting one to put on.</p>
<p>OK, so how many of you are applying to universities other than the top 10-20 private and public ones??</p>
<p>Also, mention the names of the colleges. This thread can help (realize?) the present high school juniors and sophomores students in choosing colleges.</p>
<p>So guys, come in!!!</p>
<p>The College I love most is in 50-75 range on US Rankings of Liberal arts colleges.
Rankings don’t really matter. I am not mentioning the college before decisions because I am afraid more people will apply and I will get rejected :p</p>
<p>^ that. Is true. The 50-75 ranked ones are amazing. </p>
<p>pS- the incoming juniors and seniors. It may sound cliched, but the rankings are just numbers. The 50-100 ranked ones are NO LESS amazing, and best in education, when compared to the Ivies and the top50s.</p>
<p>So make your list carefully.
If financial aid is not an issue, you really have plethora of wonderful options. But if financial aid is an issue, like it was for me, you’ll have to research wayyyy lot more than the college’s prestige.</p>
<p>im applying to 22. has to be a few outside the top 20 right??</p>
<p>The reason this thread was created is to let the future students know that there ARE colleges that are very good but not ranked in the top 20 list of any college rankings.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for joining in! But DO NOT forget to put your college list on this thread after you got your decisions.</p>
<p>When do the American colleges start matching with the Indian colleges ? At what ranks ? I mean where in the rankings one has to think hard to choose between an Indian university (like say symbiosis) and an American one ?</p>
<p>@Shreyasmanohar This thread has never been about comparing US and Indian universities. I asked everyone to compile a list of foreign universities (though most do apply to US unis) to which they are applying so that the 18ers can receive some indirect suggestions for their college selection (if they are considering foreign education).</p>
<p>Connecticut College, Drexel University, Lafeyette College, Northeastern University</p>
<p>Well I applied to most top colleges just because if I go to USA, it will only be if I get into the best. But just a random list of good, eas’ier’ to get in colleges :-
Drexel U
Penn State U
Vanderbilt U
Harvey Mudd
Case Western Reserve
Northeastern
Purdue
UCs (other than Berkley, LA)
Skidmore
Tulane
Baylor
Rochester Institute of Tech
SUNY Buffalo
Lafayete
University of Virginia</p>
<p>^ This is a random list.
To prospective applicants – Do use college search on CC, College board & on commonapp!!</p>
<p>@shreyas – Use rankings on topuniversities.com - for a better picture on WORLD rankings. US news ranks only US colleges - so a ~50 there is equal to ~600th in the world. IITs, BITs, IISc and few others come inside the top 600.</p>
<p>But then again - a lot of factors come into play when comparing Indian universities to American universities - most notably cost, atmosphere, etc. Also the fact that many of the ranking criteria’s are non-education based(which Indian universities score low in) - and this causes skewed rankings!!</p>
<p>Lol Rishav, Harvey Mudd is NOT easy to get into AT ALL ! Only 700 undergrads and it’s the best LAC for engineering…super competitive.</p>
<p>Yeah I realize! 
Harvey Mudd just seemed easier for non-engineering majors - when I first checked. Since then I have realized - it ain’t that easy.</p>
<p>Yeah I realize!
Harvey Mudd just seemed easier for non-engineering majors - when I first checked. Since then I have realized - it ain’t that easy.</p>
<p>@Rishav: Vanderbilt accepted only 12.7% percent of it’s applicants last year. It’s in a different league altogether compared to the other universities on that list.</p>
<p>@Happyasever - Vanderbilt has a mid-50 percentile of scores/gpa lower than the Ivies/Stanford/the likes. Which is why I listed it there. </p>
<p>Fact is that it is a level below the Ivies & Top universities. So I put it up there. :)</p>
<p>Again, I realize that the list consists of colleges from different levels - but as I mentioned, it is a completely “Random” list!! :p</p>
<p>@rishav17 Vanderbilt n UVA don’t belong in that list. Their stats might be lower but they are probably (I haven’t checked) comparable to WUSTL, Rice, UCLA, Emory, Cal, USC, Michigan (all top tier universities). UVA is regarded as one of the best public universities in America. IMO its the second best (after Cal and on par with UCLA). I would add Ohio St., James Madison, Washington (Seattle), Florida, Wisconsin (Madison), Indiana (Bloomington), George Washington and even NYU CAS to ur list</p>
<p>Guys, as I said :
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<p>The colleges that I listed are not comparable to each other. They are random. The only thing common is that their admissions are not Ivyesque :p</p>
<p>@JRswish - agree with whatever you said. But won’t you concede that admissions to Ivies/Stanford/MIT/Duke/UChicago/UCB/etc. is tougher than than all the others??</p>
<p>I second UW (Seattle). It is relatively easy to get in but you won’t get any FA.
My younger brother is a sophomore @ UW and he loves it there. Here is a write-up about its CS program. </p>
<p><a href=“U. of Washington, a Northwest Pipeline to Silicon Valley - The New York Times”>U. of Washington, a Northwest Pipeline to Silicon Valley - The New York Times;
<p>UW’s bioengineering, physics and math departments are also very good.</p>
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Vanderbilt is equally as tough as Cal but yeah it’s easier than Duke, Chicago, Stanford, MIT, the Ivy League and even Caltech. But after those 12-13 it is equally tough at the next 20 universities.</p>
<p>^ Yeah. 10char</p>