<p>After some research Goucher’s officially off the list.
And what you say about Baltimore really makes me want to take JHU off the list now too, lol.</p>
<p>It’s an ugly place, what can I say? 
You’ll have fun as a college student because it’s college. You have JHU and Morgan State and UMBC and Goucher and Towson and a few others around - there will always be something to do. You won’t be bored, I promise, and if you’re looking to go into medicine or a hard science you can’t go wrong there. But the city doesn’t have much of its own character and a terrible murder rate. Or at least that’s my impression. There are also clubs (dunno if you can get into them while you’re under 21) and good restaurants, but the great shopping is in Annapolis and DC. It’s a place where “you make your own fun!” actually means something. It’s not New York or DC or Boston or LA or Chicago - a place where you can walk out of your dorm and get swept into something right away. A couple of weeks ago I got caught up in the rally traffic on the Metro (it took me a half hour more than usual to get to Georgetown); as far as I know, CNN isn’t exactly running people over to get to Baltimore. XD</p>
<p>Oh, and public transportation is terrible. Bring your own car.</p>
<p>Come visit; you may like it. 
JHU is certainly a good enough school to make a visit worthwhile.</p>
<p>Lol, I know this wasn’t your intention, but now I really want to take it off the list. I definitely want a city that’s alive and has character. And there’s no way I’ll be able to bring my own car, for the record. Someone told me JHU has a fantastic writing program and a flexible curriculum, which are the only reasons the school caught my interest.</p>
<p>Doing more research (it never ends :p).</p>
<p>Major in psychology (premed track) I want to be a forensic or womens psychiatrist</p>
<p>Schools
Yale SCEA<br>
Barnard College<br>
Columbia<br>
John Hopkins<br>
Stanford<br>
Duke<br>
Rice<br>
Washington University<br>
Emory University<br>
University of Texas Austin<br>
Georgetown<br>
Southern Methodist University<br>
Texas A and M<br>
Baylor University<br>
Cornell</p>
<p>Hey =D
Major: Psychology</p>
<p>List:</p>
<p>Stanford
UPenn
Amherst
Yale
Wesleyan
Hampshire</p>
<p>I’m really really hoping for Stanford, I’m applying ED as soon as I get my SAT score.
I should probably add a safety school to my list…</p>
<p>UC…
…San Diego
…Berkeley
…LA
…Santa Barbara
…Davis
Lewis & Clark
Northwestern</p>
<p>my list is really boring, :p</p>
<p>Switching things up from my last post:</p>
<p>Major: Asian Studies/East Asian Studies/ International Relations (we will see)</p>
<p>Brown University
Clark University
Colgate University
Hamilton College
Kenyon College
Mount Holyoke College
Tufts University
Union College
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College (MA)</p>
<p>Major: Biology or Poli Sci or East Asian Relations</p>
<p>Stanford University
Yale College
Rice University
Princeton University
Wellesley College
Smith College or Bryn Mawr
Columbia University
UT Dallas
…and A smattering of colleges by Dallas, Austin Texas</p>
<p>Major: Physics ,Astrophysics, or Aerospace Engineering</p>
<p>*no particular order
Stanford University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Vanderbilt University
MIT
Stonehill College</p>
<p>already accepted to Tuskegee University</p>
<p>Major: Biology</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins - ED
Tufts
Brown
University of Pennsylvania
University of Maryland
Haverford
Georgetown
Lehigh
Bucknell
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Some shameless promotion: </p>
<p>Columbia and Georgetown both have scholars programs, both of which I think are awesome, though I am not currently a part of either. Columbia’s is called the “Scholars Program.” There is no separate application for it, but generally speaking, excellent test scores and a display of some form of social conscience are the traits of those included in the program. Make sure that your Columbia application is on point - there are big rewards to be had!</p>
<p>As for Georgetown’s program, it’s called the 1789/GSP Scholarship. Not only do they take a pretty hefty sum off your annual tuition, if you don’t have a full ride, but they also give you plenty of great opportunities to network with people in the DC area. In addition to that, you have the same sort of nurturing environment that you would have in the Columbia Scholars program. Again, social conscience + bangin’ application = :).</p>
<p>A sad observation: </p>
<p>Harvard gets no love on these boards.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m going to stop procrastinating here. Best of luck, folks!</p>
<p>I sent in my app to Duke ED!!! Anyone else applying to Duke ED?</p>
<p>Arvp11-- just curious, why do want to major in asian studies/east asian studies?</p>
<p>ksarmand, if it makes you feel better, D has Harvard on her list:
D’s choices as of today,
MIT
Harvard
Stanford
UCB
UCLA
UPenn
Columbia
Duke
Yale
Princeton
Northwestern</p>
<p>^^^^ I’m sure Harvard will be fine. If there’s any college that doesn’t lack love from all types of people, it’s Harvard.</p>
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<p>I would argue that we are the recipients of unwanted attacks of lust.</p>
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<p>I did lol! Care to share your stats?</p>
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Some would take that as a compliment. ;D</p>
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<p>Duke is definetly a high reach for me. In short my stats are:
GPA 4.27W 3.88UW only Bs coming in Math courses
SAT 680CR 650M 620W
SAT II 750 U.S. History, 570 Latin
3 APs all 4s
6 AP classes this year. All As this quarter
Food pantry is only signifcant community service
1st place State Science Fair
Some regional and national Latin Awards.
Teachers and counselor recs were probably good</p>
<p>Here are mine:</p>
<p>International Black-URM from Canada
GPA: 91% (4.0UW equivalent according to counselor)
SAT: 740 CR, 730 M, 690 W
SAT II: 800 Math, 750 Chem
IB Certificate Program: Chemistry, Math, Physics, Biology, French
ECs/Awards:
- High School Football
- Patti Falconer Acting/Modelling Agency
- Royal Canadian Air Cadets
- Club Basketball
- Honor Society
- Nigerian Community Association Top Academic Student
- Gauss Math Contest - Distinction
- etc</p>
<p>Idk if I’m a match, low-reach, high-reach or whatever lol. I just want to get in.</p>