Son of AGDee's College Search Thread

[AGDee]

Halo has decided to drop Cornell from his list. As he was sitting down to write that essay, he realized he'd rather go to either of the schools that have already accepted him than go to Cornell. I'm fine with that. Saves me $75 and why bother if you know you wouldn't attend?

Status update:

Kalamazoo College- Admitted with scholarship- current first choice of acceptances so far
University of Michigan- Admitted- current second choice of those who have accepted him, but growing on him

Brown University- Submitted the app on the 28th- dream school- would accept above any of the others
Northwestern- Submitting the app in the morning (when my paycheck hits my bank account)- has leapt to second favorite overall on his list
Oberlin College- Submitting before Jan. 15 deadline- Isn't sure where it falls on the list right now- he'd go to Brown or Northwestern first, he thinks, but those are both lottery schools- not sure if he'd choose it over Kalamazoo or not at this point. May come down to financial aid- or we may have to re-visit some campuses to see.

Kalamazoo is appealing to him a lot because he has two friends going to Western Michigan for sure and it is right next the WMU campus. Big bonus for him there. He really, really loved Oberlin when we visited though.

[Blue Skies]

I went to high school in the Boston area, and many of my classmates went to the Ivys and the near-Ivys. Back then Brown had a reputation for being the toughest Ivy to get into. Everyone wanted Brown. Few were chosen. Brown rejectees went everywhere else -- Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn. Every other college loved them, but Brown was the fussbudget school. A dear friend went to Cornell and I think the cold there drove her to complete distraction.

Another friend went to Oberlin and loved it. I personally think that U Michigan would be a great experience. Michigan wasn't on my own list for potential colleges, but it should have been.