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<p>So I've been narrowing down my list, but worried that it might be a bit reach-heavy...I don't know if I really like my safeties, or if my safeties are safeties.</p>

<p>White female</p>

<p>Stats, 2300 SAT, 94.5 UW gpa, no rank, 7 AP's</p>

<p>EC's
Athletic-captain tennis, did track for 2 years, black belt karate</p>

<p>Research-2 internships at prestigious univiersites, published research in natl. peer reviewed journal</p>

<p>Languages-Japanese, japanese club, speaking competitions, spanish, hebrew tutor</p>

<p>My list in order of preference:</p>

<p>Barnard(maybe,probably, ED?)
UPenn
Georgetown
Brown
Cornell Human Ecolgy
Tufts
Northwetern</p>

<p>UNC
U Rochester
BC
UMCP</p>

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<p>What can your family afford?
Have you calcuated an EFC yet? (expected family contribution) at an online calculator? </p>

<p>Your family may have to pay more than your EFC.</p>

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<p>money isn’t an issue, but thanks!</p>

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<p>You look good, but if Barnard is your first choice, why not take a look at some of the other urban LACs? Vassar, Macalester (a match/safety), and (more suburban) Swarthmore and Pomona (reachy)?</p>

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<p>I’d be hesitant to declare any of those last four schools as true safeties, especially UNC-CH and BC. UMD-CP would be the closest to a safety, but I’ve seen some strange decisions for in-staters so I can believe it’s even more strange for out-of-state applicants.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I really don’t like LAC’s that much-Barnard is only on the list because its in NYC. Plus it has the opportunities of the larger Columbia University.</p>

<p>I thought BC and UNC were matches-my school is a major feeder to BC, 100% admit rate with over 2100 SAT.</p>

<p>So URoch and UMCP aren’t safeties?</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t go as far as to call Tufts a reach by any means. I would say BC is in the bag as well. You are absolutely in at UMCP, unless they honestly just decide that you’re too good and don’t want to risk lowering their yield that much more, if they even practice that.</p>

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<p>You are the first Wong I know who is white</p>

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<p>^ Are you claiming that you know the difference between white and Wong? :D</p>

<p>(my apologies, Heather :))</p>

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<p>not my real name haha</p>

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<p>Yes…URoch and UM-CP are probably safeties for you since money isn’t an issue. :)</p>

<p>But, if you don’t like them, then they aren’t good safeties.</p>

<p>What do you LIKE in a school? What do you not like about your safeties?</p>

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<p>The most recent USNWR has Tufts with the same acceptance rate as Northwestern and U of Chicago. Tufts is a reach. This year they accepted less kids than Upenn (less kids applies to Tufts, so the acceptance rate is higher). It’s competitive, and they focus on the essays a lot. Especially given the SAT ranges (Which are on par with ivies) and that the average student is in the top 5% of their class.</p>

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<p>@mom2: I mean, I like them enough. This sounds stupid, but I always imagined that wherever I go to school, people would say, “wow, thats an amazing school”. I come from a family where both parents have multiple ivy league degrees, and those schools are good, but not as pretigious. </p>

<p>Things I like, though are: friendly student body, good athletics, good academic, good social life, near/in a city.</p>

<p>@buzzers: I’m a legacy at tufts, so I know how difficult it is. People always underestimate Tufts, but its very selective school.</p>

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<p>id like some more feedback!</p>

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<p>I guess I’m slightly too conservative with my advice and estimations; my apologies…if you believe they are true lock-ins, then your list is okay.</p>

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<p>I have encountered some who were both white and Asian (including one who was also in more than two categories).</p>

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<p>As I said, not my real name.</p>

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<p>I would add Michigan to your list of matches. It has a very friendly student body, great athletics and academics, good social environment and is located in the heart of one of the coolest college towns.</p>

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<p>I think with her stats, Tufts is a match. My nephew got in last fall with an ACT 33 no problem…no spectacular ECs…not the hardest curriculum. </p>

<p>I agree with adding UMich…very good idea.</p>

<p>What about some West Coast schools? USC? or some of the Claremont colleges?</p>

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<p>I love umich, but its too far…dont want to go off the east coast</p>