oh, I just occasionaly found this thread here :)
So nice of Erin to put it there :D
Notacolour, Scheng75, thanks a lot for your comments!
Yes, I think we will like NC! I like it already, since I've been there and my gf will like it a little bit latter :D
Scheng75, I'm very pleased, that you found our story interesting. Yep, I think we are very lucky people :)
Actually we have 3 cases that could be considered as an overlaps:
USC (+ me for UCLA also which is close)
UNC
Purdue (but I did not get funding there)
Good luck to all of you! :tup: