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Bumping for myself, and the new class of GCers who may be interested.

I'm applying for 14-15, but only have a list of 4 schools (a mix of ranked schools, reputation and recommendations from ppl who currently attended or are alum). I'd love your input on any that I've listed or one I've completely missed.

UPenn (I was super impressed with their info session, has been a dream school of mine for a while, and their faculty look really interesting)
Michigan (top ranked but not moved either way on this school. I know nada about Ann Arbor)
MSU (this school keeps popping up everywhere in my searches and conversation. I get a good vibe from this program and am told I could get some really good funding here.
Indiana (same as above)

UConn covers full tuition (as you apply and accept your assistantship) which is worth a look but I wasn't wowed on first glance at their site). I'm also told to look at the following schools, by a soror who (according to her experience working in student affairs, I would practically get in and attend for free):

Penn State
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Urbana-Champaign

Now, let me say that I am a city girl through and through. Philly aside, I am super nervous about leaving NY for the suburbs. (Better get used to it, since post-grad, I could be working anywhere)

For some reason, 6 schools seems like a good number to apply. The only backup I considered is Baruch (CUNY) as they are the only city school with HEA as a Master's program. I'm not moved by its offerings but it would cost me $10k total as an instate resident.