Application List Help

College Search & Selection
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<p>I need help narrowing down my list of schools to apply to.
My stats:
Rising Senior
Major: Math, science, econ, or related
GPA: 3.99/4 UW, 4.3-4.4 W
SAT 2270 -
CR:800
M:800
W:670
SAT II: Math II, Chem, Physics - 800
AP's: 14 5's, 1 4's
Volunteering: <50 hrs
ECs: Math Team, Science Olympiad, Quiz Bowl, Science Bowl since 9th grade - no significant leadership
Awards: Top 3 in state math league last 2 years, 3 time USAMO qualifier (scores: 7,11,21), Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp</p>

<p>So far I am applying to MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, UMN, UW-Madison, UChicago, and Princeton, and I am considering:
Stanford, Yale, Brown, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, UMich, UVa, UT-Austin, and Rice
Which colleges should I apply to? And did I leave any schools off my list?</p>

<p>I know this is a lot of colleges, so thanks a lot for any advice,
coffee17</p>

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<p>Are you mostly interested in colleges strong in science/math/econ? Do you have preferences as to weather/location, academic atmosphere, etc?</p>

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<p>Yes, I am interested in science/math/econ schools, and preferably school which are good in all three, as I’m still unsure about what I want to do. I don’t really care about the weather. I would like to be around smart people, but it isn’t that big of a deal.</p>

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<p>If you apply to UT-Austin, apply to the Plan II Honors program or the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program in Natural Sciences.</p>

<p>[Honors</a> | Freshmen | Be a Longhorn](<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/honors]Honors”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/honors)</p>

<p>Plan II is itself a major, but about half of Plan II majors double-major in another field. If you are not accepted into a UT Honors program (their acceptance/denial decisions are sometimes difficult to rationalize…) go somewhere else.</p>

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<p>Well NYU is full of funky, liberal people. You’ll meet a lot of really cool people over your four years there, I presume, but it may rub you the wrong way if you’re more on the conservative side. But if you’re okay with that, then go ahead and apply but I feel like it sticks out as a little bit of an odd one among your list of 10-something schools. Also NYU is more known for business/art/media, rather than math/science.</p>

<p>Cornell is a bit isolated though, whereas most of your other schools are nearer a major urban area (MIT/Harvard in Boston, Columbia/NYU right in the middle of NYC, and UPenn in Philly). Do you mind that at all?</p>