<p>Or am I the only person on CC who has this problem, considering most of you are freaky overacheivers? </p>
<p>I can't seem to find anything that remotely resembles a dream school for me. I really don't want to move to the East Coast, and there aren't a whole lot of small schools on the West Coast. And I'm not Stanford-level material either. >____>;</p>
<p>Oh well, just had to get that out.</p>
<p>This is clearly not the problem of most on CC who have lists that are unrealistic, but it is a problem for some, and all should have a few reaches if they like the schools.</p>
<p>i had 4 safeties, wish i had 4 reaches instead</p>
<p>i have 2 reaches, Penn and Florida.</p>
<p>Definitely me, as I haven't applied to any yet - every school that's caught my eye has been a match (MSU, JMU, UW-Madison so far)</p>
<p>did you apply to UC berkeley or UCLA, what about caltech?</p>
<p>I applied to Berkeley...not CalTech, because I'm not interested in anything science-related, and not UCLA because I don't like the LA area. :/</p>
<p>Hm, maybe some of the Claremont Colleges- perhaps Pomona?</p>
<p>Yeah, I second the Claremont colleges.</p>
<p>The thing is, safety doesn't automatically have to mean "school I really don't want to go to but I'm applying anyway because I'm afraid I won't get into my top choice" and reaches don't have to mean "DREAM SCHOOL." My dream school/favorite college at the time was a safety for me.</p>
<p>Looking back, I might have applied to more reach LACs -- Swarthmore, Amherst, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Haverford, Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna...like that. If you want to stay on the west coast I third the suggestion of the Claremont Colleges.</p>
<p>I'm only applying to Pitzer out of the Claremonts...didn't really like the others, nor the Claremont atmosphere in general. Yeah. I'm picky. :/</p>
<p>Thanks for the thought, though, juillet.</p>
<p>I applied to 2 reaches, both of which are freakishly expensive (>50k a year), so I probably won't go even if I'm accepted lol</p>