ok, so I've found a list of the top 200 universities worldwide;

what I'm doing is comparing tuition rates- whats the cheapest.

What I'm hoping to finally do with my project is find out WHY whatever is the cheapest is...

http://notuition4me.wetpaint.com/

I've been thinking about changing the format of my project to show price if you were an American student, and price if you were a citizen of that country (its been difficult defining rates thus far)...

this is how the top universities were put where they were...


Indicator Explanation Weighting

Academic Peer Review	Composite score drawn from peer review survey (which is divided into five subject areas). 6,354 responses in 2008.	40%
Employer Review	Score based on responses to employer survey. 2,339 responses in 2008.	10%
Faculty Student Ratio	Score based on student faculty ratio	20%
Citations per Faculty	Score based on research performance factored against the size of the research body	20%
International Faculty	Score based on proportion of international faculty	5%
International Students	Score based on proportion of international students	5%

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What I think I might do now is get a hold of all of the possible financial aid options; I'm already in contact with Oxford University and Oslo University, but I have yet to get a hold of other major universities such as Princeton, Harvard, and Cambridge.

I'm hoping to start setting up an e-mail chain and gather all my infortmation (directly from the university's office of admissions)

Hopefully this will go well...

Wish me luck!!