Hi folks!

I did much research reading in-n-out about schools and ended up with a list of ten universities:

1. SCI-Arc        2. Cornell        3. Pratt        4. USC        5. Syracuse

6. UC Berkeley          7. Cooper Union          8. RISD     9. CUNY  10. Carnegie Mellon

What is your opinion on certain aspects, such as:

A) How possible is to get a scholarship?

B) How hard is to get into? (I googled acceptance rates, sometimes they don't match with real ones which admission offices tell you.  For ex., SCI-Arc has 89% on google, but when I called them, a representative said that they accept 50 students out of 200.)

C) How hard is to study?

D) In which universities are campus environment, professors, and curriculum the best?

I'm a SBCC student with 4.0 GPA, but it may become 3.5 if I fail Calculus.  Moreover, I have amazing letters of recommendations, and a long list of extracurricular activities.  I want to narrow my list to 6 universities. 

Each response is highly appreciated!  Thank you for help!