Look at regional universities on U.S. News rankings too.
My parents won't let me go more than 60 miles from home, so I'm limited to but so many schools.
How did you convince your parents (or did you even convince them at all?) to let you go so far from home?
I need to look for safety schools. I had my parents convinced to actually send me to London, England, or even the Caribbean, or the US, but the rate of people getting into residencies have decreased so much, it makes sense to just stay in Canada....
The Way I convinced them:
1) Commute vs. Studying (calculate the time it would take to commute, and how much you could study in that time)
2) Independence
3) Responsibility
2 and 3 are tied together, after university, you are going to be own your own, and you can't depend on them forever, if they slowly start "weaning" you off, you will be better prepared for the future.
4) If it's the money issue, then a summer job or even paying them back with interest.
5) Find schools farther away that you know you can get into with a good reputation - better than the ones you are currently applying to.
6) Show them a "money and time and study manager" - this sometimes works (depending on your parents)
7) Make them talk to other parents or even doctors, who went to far away schools and benefited from it....
hmmm....that's all I can really think of right now...but if I think of more, I'll add them...
