<p>Checked out many of the colleges suggested in here, and the list I have for now is:
Wayy High Reach - Princeton, Stanford
Reach - Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, John Hopkins
High Match - Reed, Kenyon, Grinnell, Middlebury, Brandeis (most don’t have app fees =D)
Low Match - Hamilton, Colgate, Tufts
Safety - Bard SRC, U British Columbia</p>
<p>Are Ivies and Stanford/MIT/etc. even worth applying to? I’m quite tight on application fees and they’re on my list only because my friends and counselors believe I should “risk it”.</p>
<p>In my opinion, they’ve already got such a competitive pool of seniors to select from that my chances are pretty much zero–unless I manage to spin up some essay that makes the adcom break into tears.</p>
<p>@momrath, really appreciate your encouragement. Unfortunately, my parents are not really the “involved” type. They don’t even know what classes I’m taking or what I want to do in the future. I doubt that they’ll be much help–except for the financial aid forms. I’ll probably have to fend for myself for now =(</p>
<p>One quick question, what did you mean by “overcome with proper presentation”? You mean essay presentation?</p>