<p>No. But he has been offered partial aid by some colleges. We are down to deciding between Skidmore and Northeastern. </p>
<p>Definitely Skidmore, just my opinion! It’s a small school and your son will get plenty of attention, it has a very good rowing, fencing and equestrian program (that’s a plus if he’s even mildly interested in any one of those). It’s Economics, Finance and Business majors are particularly famous and if he’ll be opting for it, then a good grad school is almost guaranteed on the prestige. Finally, It’s in NY (need I say more?), plenty of time and opportunities for internships and volunteer work.
A good second choice would be Emory (but I don’t know why are you not considering it??)</p>
<p>University of Southern California Class of 2018 !! 
Congratulations @Kandarp :)</p>
<p>Congrats @Kandarp I too would say Skidmore!
And congrats @Heythere7, USC is a great school :)</p>
<p>@Heythere7 I paid the deposit at USC! Did you submit the housing application? And what is your major?</p>
<p>And yeah! @Kandarp Congrats! And Skidmore is the way to go! And I too am confused about why you dropped Emory!</p>
<p>We dropped Emory as he got admission into Oxford college which is a two year course after which he will need to apply for the business program. Quite incredible coz now we have zeroed in on Skidmore, Brandeis and northeastern </p>
<p>I’ll repeat myself gain, @Kandarp
Definitely Skidmore, just my opinion! It’s a small school and your son will get plenty of attention, it has a very good rowing, fencing and equestrian program (that’s a plus if he’s even mildly interested in any one of those). It’s Economics, Finance and Business majors are particularly famous and if he’ll be opting for it, then a good grad school is almost guaranteed on the prestige. Finally, It’s in NY (need I say more?), plenty of time and opportunities for internships and volunteer work.
A good second choice would be Emory (but I don’t know why are you not considering it??)</p>
<p>Hey…my son was rejected by the ivys… Waitlisted at UMich and Purdue(we applied late here)… But has been accepted at McGill Canada. He’s also studying for the JEE, BiTS … Good luck to you all!.. :-)</p>
<p>^ Did he apply to all the ivies?</p>
<p>@SuperrMom </p>
<p>We actually had the guts to apply to MIT and UPenn :)) </p>
<p>We are also waiting to hear from NUS and University of Toronto. But my son seems to be pretty sold on McGill.</p>
<p>UPenn is not so selective, it’s ED acceptance is above 30%, it’s just that it’s not need blind due to which it rejects many Indians and Chinese asking for aid! But MIT’s the bomb, it’s acceptance for intls is .5%. What does he intend to major in?</p>
<p>Chemical engineering @peepingtom . Oh I forgot to include Brown in the ivys. Rejected ofcourse.</p>
<p>Oh! That’s too bad, he should’ve have also applied to need blind ivies HYP and Dartmouth, Dartmouth’s acceptance actually increased this season.
That’s a really good concentration in Engineering. It has the highest starting pay (according to Wall Street Journal, its is aroung $80k). Most students who love Chemistry end up studying Chemical Engineering rather than pure Chemistry. As one of my friend puts it “If you like chemistry you have 3 options
Option #01 : Get a degree in chemistry and spend your life working a job completely unrelated to your field.
Option #02 : Get an even higher degree (with some post doctoral research) and then spend the rest of your life working a job completely unrelated to your field.
Option #03 : Make sure your degree reads ‘Chemical Engineering’”</p>
<p>@peepingtom …where have you been accepted? What is going to be your major? :-)</p>
<p>I’ll be applying for the class of 2019, MIT would be my first choice followed by Dartmouth (Thayer). Looking to double major in one of physics based engineering (Comp, Mech, Aerospace) + Economics or Pure Sciences/Math + Economics. After that, I’ll try for graduate programs in Physics/Applied Maths or Economics. First choice for graduate program would be Harvard GSAS or MIT (again!)
But I think I’ll just let myself loose for the first semester and decide afterwards, I also have a genuine interest in Literature, Classics (Greek, Latin) and Law.</p>
<p>@SuperrMom</p>
<p>Wow! You’ve got it all planned out! Kudos! Good luck to you @peepingtom :-)</p>