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Old 12-08-2013, 10:19 PM   #1
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My twin sons are juniors and we started looking at schools last month, we were at the Coast Guard Academy yesterday.

Sounds like your son has some serious academic credentials; my boys are no where near that stratosphere so we are taking a realistic approach.

I'm a UMass Amherst grad and I agree with the comment above about going to an Ivy if you can get in, otherwise UMass Amherst would get the nod. Unless you are looking for a specific academic or technical discipline, I don't see a lot of value add for the cost of all of the colleges and universities in between. Places like Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Tufts, etc. are all wonderful schools but they don't have the cachet or alumni connctions of the Ivys, so if it's going to cost you a lot to go there, it's a tough sell in my book. The Commonwealth Honors College at UMass would probably suit your son well.
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