<p>Schools: Bard, NYU, Hofstra, Binghamton, New Paltz, Geneseo</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>GPA:
3.5/4.0</p>
<p>Rank:
14/140</p>
<p>SAT Scores:
October: 1780 (610 CR, 490 Math, 680 Writing)
November: 1900 (660 CR, 530 Math, 710 Writing)</p>
<p>Extra-curricular activities:
Editor of school's newspaper
Editor of school's literary magazine
President of the school's Quiz Bowl team
Member of the school's Mock Trial team
Work experience at an ice cream shop</p>
<p>Classes:
Schedule comprised of AP and Honors courses.</p>
<p>Misc:
I plan to double major in psychology and music.</p>
<p>Great letters and, if you'll allow the indecent lack of modesty, a fantastic essay.</p>
<p>Hofstra and New Paltz are definitely safe for you. I’d say the rest are reachy with NYU being a high reach.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input! Anyone else?</p>
<p>I don’t think you can consider New paltz a safety, more like a match. Hofstra might be a safety for you. The others are reaches. Is money a factor, because the SUNY’s will be much more reasonable, especially if you are in-state.
Hofstra is a big commuter school. My daughter has taken Saturday classes there for young people. I was impressed with the food at the cafeteria.
My son is at New Paltz and I graduated from NYU so if I can answer any questions feel free to ask.</p>
<p>I didn’t think that New Paltz could be considered a safety for me, either.</p>
<p>Money will certainly be an issue. Funny how I fell for the two most expensive/least financial aid friendly private schools in New York. </p>
<p>I actually do have a question regarding New Paltz–what’s the political/social atmosphere like? The reason that I fell for NYU, and Bard especially, is because they’re both known as fairly liberal schools. Does New Paltz fit that mold in any way?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Yes, most definitely New Paltz fits the mold for having a very liberal environment. Much more so than Geneseo and Binghamton. It is considerably more down to earth than NYU and Bard. Do you plan to visit all the schools?</p>
<p>I do, indeed.</p>
<p>Update: Deferred from Bard. 
Kind of a bummer.</p>
<p>Things happen for a reason…I have heard mixed reviews on Bard.</p>