If UNC NW were an option I would sign up right now, but realistically that is not going to happen. There are plenty of schools that have a lot to offer that are not the traditional top 20 and academic elite.

My kids are your traditional good middle class Long Island kids. They are not going to IVY, Hopkins, VA., UNC etc.

Those that have already been through the process what schools outside the traditional powers what schools did you like?