<p>I really want to add one more match to this list. I want a small to medium college/uni with a strong science program and preferably a warm climate. I'd also like some commentary on the colleges I've chosen so far. My current college list is as follows:</p>
<p>Reaches:
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
Matches:
Rice
Safety:
UT Austin (I'm a texas resident)</p>
<p>My stats:
SAT: single sitting: 800m 800v 690w, best of each: 2400
SAT IIs: math II: 800, chem: 800, planning on maybe taking literature or a history one.</p>
<p>GPA/Rank:
9th and 10th I went to a fairly good suburban highshool
9th: 4.258/1
10th 4.299/2
for 11th and 12th I'm going to a charter school, no ranks
11th GPA (so far): 4.0</p>
<p>ECs:
very weak, some research, 300 hrs community service (mainly working with disabled children), various minor trivia competitions</p>
<p>some matches might be Duke, Uchicago, Emory and WASHU</p>
<p>Don't underestimate how cold Cambridge, Massachusetts can be in the winter :)</p>
<p>I'm very aware of that. I have cousins who live in boston, and have experienced the bitter cold first hand. It was one of the factors which tipped stanford over Harvard as my first choice school. After visiting the school in person, though, I became convinced that I could make the tradeoff, were I accepted. As for MIT, I don't really want to go there, but my parents said that they wouldn't pay for college if I didn't at least apply (>.<)</p>
<p>xtopher: Can any of those (besides probably emory) really be considered a match? I know I have the numerical qualifications, but I really don't have the subjective ones (ecs, recs, essays), and more generally, aren't those universities getting into the region of selectivity which makes them matches for noone?</p>
<p>Emory, Georgia Tech, UNC, Elon, Clemson, Arizona (bigger than most of your schools)</p>
<p>I think Emory is very numbers oriented. </p>
<p>U. of Miami, Claremont Mckenna.</p>
<p>ok I give it a second shot, Tulane, Emory, University of Florida, GWU, and UMich</p>