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<p>I suggested Minnesota because it has a strong math department, not super-selective in admissions, and is relatively inexpensive ($30,000 per year list price for out of state).</p>
<p>You may want to consider whether a few other UCs like Davis, Irvine, and Santa Barbara may be safeties.</p>
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<p>That would pay out of state list prices for some public universities, but not all, and would fall short of the list prices for many of the private universities listed in this thread. Check the net price calculators on each school’s web site to get financial aid estimates.</p>
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<p>If chatter in other threads is to be believed, a rank of 25 out of 120 means your chance of getting into the super-selective schools is close to nil if you do not have a “hook”, as they are said to take only top 2% (preferably top 2) rank students without “hooks”.
[Is</a> class ranking really important?](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1324666-class-ranking-really-important.html]Is”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1324666-class-ranking-really-important.html)</p>