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    This is my shortlist that may become even shorter over the next couple months, but probably not by too much (I've visited and love all these schools except Oxford hehe). My GPA is around 3.8, PSAT was 99th percentile and am competing for merit scholar so Harvard + Oxford are there kind of as a half-joke. Also, ACCD there's no way but I'll try anyway.

    Schools and prospective majors:

    Art Center College of Design
    Advertising
    Graphic Design

    Columbia University
    Architecture
    Mechanical Engineering
    Philosophy
    Visual Arts

    The Cooper Union
    Architecture
    Fine Arts
    Engineering

    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Architecture

    Glasgow School of Art
    Architecture
    Visual Communication

    Harvard University
    Architecture
    Mechanical Engineering

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Architecture
    Mechanical Engineering
    Philosophy

    New York University
    Film & Television
    Philosophy
    Physics

    Pratt Institute
    Architecture
    Graphic Design

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Mechanical Engineering
    Philosophy

    Rhode Island School of Design
    Architecture
    Graphic Design

    University of Oxford
    Engineering Science
    Physics and Philosophy
    Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology

    Yale University
    Architecture
    Art
    Mechanical Engineering
    Philosophy
    Physics & Philosophy

    At parents' request: Carnegie Mellon

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    • do your parents a favour and go Yale / Harvard.
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    • We hire a lot of writers from CM.ninjasavant
    • My sister just got accepted to Pratt. Granted she is about 15 years older than you probably, haha.
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    • Good luck. I was just talking yesterday about school choices and how they shape your life. Not just the work, but the people you meet.
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    • people you meet. It's a big decision, one I had no idea about back then. Glad you're looking at a lot of places.
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    • I only applied to two seriously, and one just for my mother (her alma... mother). I was going to try Harvard but it would have only been for ego's sake.
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    • been only for ego's sake. Anything short of a full scholarship anywhere meant I couldn't go, haha.
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    • The world is your oyster young man.
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    • dad=for all of them, skeptical of me gettin accepted
      mom=doesn't love them but for them if I want to go      ismith
    • they're not pressuring me though which is very nice, it's all coming from the SAT folks and allismith
    • good luck!neverblink
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