Round 4 Results
The chopping block turned out to be Financial Aid. How likely are tuition waivers and/or graduate assistantships/fellowships? If they didn't seem likely or only had a limited number, I ruthlessly chopped them off, leaving 19.
1. Arizona State
2. University of Arizona
3. UC-Irvine
4. University of Florida
5. University of Idaho
6. Purdue University
7. Notre Dame
8. Louisiana State
9. McNeese State
10. University of Massachussetts
11. University of Michigan
12. University of New Mexico
13. Bowling Green State
14. Ohio State
15. Penn State
16. Brown
17. University of Virginia
18. University of West Virginia
19. University of Wyoming
Round 5
Wanting to cut it down a little bit more, I took out the schools that either don't have a fencing club at the university or in town, or that I know for certain have zilch for a sabre program. University of Wyoming, I'm looking at you. I love fencing and I really, -really- miss fencing sabre, which is my natural weapon.
The list narrowed down to 14.
1. University of Arizona
2. UC-Irvine
3. University of Florida (They have a graduate student on the team, so I know for sure they take them)
4. University of Idaho
5. Purdue
6. Notre Dame
7. Louisiana State
8. McNeese State
9. University of Massachussetts
10. University of Michigan (National Club Team Champions in fact)
11. University of New Mexico
12. Ohio State
13. Penn State
14. University of West Virginia
I'm enjoying doing this step by step cutdown. It's letting me get a good handle on where I'd really like to go.
