<p>I plan on applying early decision to Cornell this fall and of course getting accepted ED would make the college admissions process easier in a sense since I wouldn't have to worry about other schools. But there are certainly no guarantees when applying to a school like Cornell and was wondering what other schools I should be looking at. Don't feel like posting my stats since I have yet to take the SAT's (Taking this June) but after reading countless threads on these forums I am certain my stats are competitive with others who apply to Cornell. Anyways, my planned major is physics and I'm only applying to schools in the Northeast/East region (Probably no more south than Virginia and no farther east than Ohio). I visited Cornell during a Model UN competition and loved it. But I'm not really sure if I care big school/small school. My only other serious thoughts are the University of Rochester and RPI. My guidance counselor wants a list of 10 schools so it looks like I need 7 more.</p>
<p>well, its hard to say. we dont know any stats at all, we only know you are competitive and want to mjaor in physics...do u have any athletic talent that you would like to pursue? are u into the greek life? it would be hard to help knowing so little. but if you supplied more im sure all the good people of CC could help! :-)</p>
<p>I'm on varsity tennis but don't plan on pursuing that and not really interested in Greek life. GPA is ~97 in high school and hopefully SAT's will reflect that (~2100 hoping for). Taken 4 AP classes so far and will take 5 more next year. I got other EC's, but like I said, my stats are competitive with Cornell and am really looking for a list of other schools, definitely not Yale/Harvard/other Ivies. More like schools slightly below the difficulty of Cornell to get into.</p>
<p>Brown, maybe dartmouth. Depending on what you want to do, the new england liberal arts schools (pretty sure they all have physics): middlebury, williams, amherst, wesleyan, colgate, and similar schools.</p>
<p>I wouldn't consider any of those small liberal arts schools a safety. </p>
<p>I was a accepted at Cornell, and waitlisted at Columbia, but flat out rejected by Colgate.</p>
<p>my guidance counselor asked me to give him 10 schools too - i just couldn't do it. and then he started listing names of schools that people with my grades similar to mine got into from past years, and insisted that i include them in my list. your counselor will most likely do the same and give you a few suggestions if you dont have enough. </p>
<p>in the end, it won't really matter. at least it didn't matter to me, since i never applied to the ones he suggested lol. i didn't feel the need to apply to colleges i didn't want. so in the end, it'll be up to you. the list is just to get you started.</p>
<p>personally, judging from the people who got into University of Rochester and RPI in my school, they aren't really hard to get into if your stats are comparable to those of other people applying to cornell... but maybe that's just me lol. add in a state school as a definite safety and you should be fine? you really shouldn't apply to schools you wouldn't want to go to (imo, anyways).</p>
<p>if you are able- just really talk to your college counselor- get to know him or her and more importantly, let them know ALLLL about you. if you do decide to ask THEM for their opinion on what other schools to look at...you will want to make sure they know you. even if you dont have them choose ytour schools (that sounds odd, them choosing your schools) then at least they can discuss how a school YOU choose fits your personality, grades, etc. </p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>Top Physics
1 Harvard<br>
2 Princeton<br>
3 MIT<br>
6 Cornell<br>
7 Chicago<br>
12 Columbia<br>
13 Yale<br>
17 Penn<br>
18 Maryland<br>
19 Michigan<br>
20 Rutgers<br>
24 Ohio State<br>
25 Rochester<br>
26 Brown<br>
27 Carnegie Mellon<br>
28 Johns Hopkins<br>
Go from there.</p>
<p>Assuming they haven't changed the rules, even if you apply Cornell Ed, you can still apply EA to University of Chicago and MIt. You can also apply early (late summer) to University of Michigan -- which has rolling admissions. If any of these schools appeal to you, it would be worthwhile to apply to them early.</p>
<p>Wait, so if you apply to Cornell ED, you can still apply to other (non SCEA) schools EA?!?! Is this for any schools that don't specify it's not possible (for example, Georgetown says if you apply EA you can't apply ED anywhere)? Is this only for MIT and U Chicago?</p>
<p>nope basically u can apply to EA schools (not SCEA like stanford) like Uchicago,MIT,Caltech along with your ED school, but the difference is just that if u get selected you have to go to the ED school....
The only place where an ED applicant cannot apply is another ED school...</p>
<p>If you're applying to Cornell, you might as well apply to Michigan too. The two schools are seriously VERY similar.</p>
<p>And it's not very far out of your geographical area.</p>
<p>I got into Cornell and Michigan, and I will be in Ann Arbor next year. (Due to not having enough money for Cornell, but oh well, still happy)</p>