chances... too many reaches??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Obviously you don't know much about me... but overall, with my few stats, do you think I have too many reaches??</p>

<p>GPA 3.65 UW/ 3.98W</p>

<p>SATs 1420 (2120), 680V, 740M, 700W... M2 760 USH 710 Bio620<--frosh year</p>

<p>Pretty boring EC's...except for a month long service trip, and a foriegn homestay... no leadership, cross country & track runner, science club, french honor society, national merit commended student, amnesty international,a job most summers</p>

<p>Good essay, one excellent rec, one okay</p>

<p>white/female/MA/wicked hard private school</p>

<p>SCHOOLS--> Umass Amherst (safety),
Mcgill (slight reach?)
Brown (huge reach),
Welseyan (reach),
UC Berkeley (reach),
UC San Diego (slight reach?),
UC Santa Cruz (safety/match?)</p>

<p>are these correct (match/reach/safety ect?)</p>

<p>other colleges to look at (judging by my list), i like french, warm weather, artsy/creative/intellectual colleges... & strong academics</p>

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<p>Well there's not really much inbetween the range of UMass and Brown. I think you should have at least one more college you think you can get into, but isn't as far a reach as Brown. BU or BC maybe? </p>

<p>BTW- I would DIE going from MA to CA! So far away from home!</p>

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<p>I know some matches near me... ex. Northeastern, BU, BC... but I don't like any of them unfortionately... if i dont get into anything I will be happy to go to umass I think...what do you know about Reed? thats a safty isn't it?</p>

<p>are you a senior? what are you looking at? what state are you from?</p>

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<p>I'm not a senior but I have been basically looking at colleges and researching schools already (I'm a sophomore). I know, I know, young. I'm from MA as well..I don't think I'd be happy at UMass although I know thats where a lot of people from my school go.. I really like NYU and Bard and BU right now though.</p>

<p>I don't know much about Reed aside from what is said here:
<a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023568&ltid=1&intbucketid=&redirect=0%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023568&ltid=1&intbucketid=&redirect=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>NYU and BU are schools that I WAS interested in, they seem really interesting, i'd apply but I realized that I really dont want a city campus</p>

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<p>Yeah, a lot of people don't want to be in a city but I'm fast-paced and I think I'd like being in a city.</p>

<p>However aren't all of the colleges (except UMass) you like in cities?</p>

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<p>no.. Wesleyan is in a really quiet town.. brown is in providence but providence is a really low-key city, uc sc is in the woods, ucb is in a town, ucsd is in la jolla</p>

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<p>atnay:</p>

<p>UCB: Reach (out of state)
UCSD: Slight Reach (out of state)
UCSC: Safe Match (out of state)</p>