<p>are any of the schools on my list ones that you would say not to be very socioeconomically diverse or contain a majority of students who are very wealthy? I'm a little concerned about this since i am lower middle class and i don't want to feel inferior or anything</p>
<p>Keep Boston University; it has a great academic reputation for a big school, and it's probably a safety for you. Plus, Boston is a great place.</p>
<p>I think the only school on your list where the majority of students wouldn't technically be considered upper middle class would be Oberlin, and they're in a bind financially. I think, to be honest, there are some schools where the kids flaunt their money and some schools where the kids do their best to hide their fammily's wealth. I think most of the schools on your list are somewhere in the middle.</p>
<p>i think i'm cutting brandeis off. I guess it does have a lot of what i want, it has never just made itself stick out and be particularly interesting. i also thought about cutting vassar off last night, and decided to, but today i'm reconsidering it.</p>
<p>hmm even though I love boston, bu is a really big school. Do you feel a community with the other students? I really want a school with a good community, though perhaps not a really stifling enclosed feel.</p>
<p>Vassar has no core, but is in a relatively unexciting place. It fits in some ways from what you've said, but not in others.</p>
<p>If you want a small school, why NU and BU?</p>
<p>"Do you feel a community with the other students?"</p>
<p>Yes. If you make the effort, there's no reason for you to have troulbe making friends or feeling like you're part of a community.</p>
<p>Good thing you didn't listen to collegehelp. ;)</p>
<p>I agree with collegehelp!!!</p>
<p>haha, yes it's funny how oberlin went from being around 5th place on my list to the school i'm attending and i'm perfectly happy with my choice</p>
<p>You are wasting your money applying to Yale unless you manage to find about 300 points on the SAT. Your GPA is a little low and you don't list class rank. ECs seem nonexistent.</p>
<p>just letting everyone know that this is a very old post of mine from last fall....i'm now done with all college applying and decision making..so you don't have respond any more</p>