Class of 2012: Where are you applying to?

<p>@ Descrescendo: Thanks for the realist point of view!! I know I have a long way to go!!! But I’m not giving up!!! I really want it!!!</p>

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<p>Buy some study guides, work hard, and you may be pleased with your results. :)</p>

<p>short list right now
Early Decisions- Georgetown(too much of a dream not realistic) and George Washingto</p>

<p>Regular Decisions maybe
Boston College
Northeastern
Boston University
American
Pitt
Maryland
UMichigan</p>

<p>this is what i got right now, im not worrying about majors because schools have most majors. Obviously Georgetown, GW and American have great IR and political science which could be interesting.</p>

<p>@rdpgn105 Seriously! I was like, “is the new average SAT score 2000?”</p>

<p>SCEA -
Yale or harvard (still can’t decide where I’d have better chances)</p>

<p>RD -
Harvard & Yale (if not SCEA)
Princeton
Dartmouth
Brown
Rice </p>

<p>Maybe (prolly pick a few from here) -
Stanford
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Berkeley
Duke</p>

<p>^ Do you have any low matches / safeties…?</p>

<p>Yeah, add safeties and matches. </p>

<p>I don’t want anyone to be crushed by outcomes. </p>

<p>Updateddddd :)</p>

<p>EA:
MIT
NEU
UMass</p>

<p>EE/RD:
Wellesley
Syracuse
Smith
Tufts</p>

<p>Reach:
University of Virginia (Early Decision)
Franklin & Marshall College
Hobart & William Smith College
Marist College
Pennsylvania State – University park
Skidmore College
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Geneseo
University of Richmond</p>

<p>Match:
Clemson University
Drexel University
James Madison University
SUNY Buffalo
University of Georgia
University of Vermont
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>Safety:
Alfred University
SUNY Purchase</p>

<p>19 schools? Unless you’re getting a fee waiver, please don’t waste your time and money.
Your list needs to be narrowed down. :)</p>

<p>I agree with Marine!!! That’s way too many!! Save that money for actually attending college!! LOL</p>

<p>California Institute of Technology
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State Poly Pomona
Carnegie Mellon
Cooper Union
Florida Institute of Technology
Harvey Mudd College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute</p>

<p>Tulane University
Louisiana State University
Northwestern State University</p>

<p>EA/Scholarship:
USC
Loyola Marymount
Chapman
Santa Clara</p>

<p>RD:
Vanderbilt
Pomona
Wash U
CSU Long Beach</p>

<p>Okay… So after doing a whirlwind of college tours a couple weeks ago, my list has completely changed:
Stanford
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
USC
Wellesley
University of Washington-Seattle
UC Berkeley (tentative)
Columbia (tentative)</p>

<p>UVA
Drexel
SUNY Binghamton
UNC- Chapel Hill
Johns Hopkins
American</p>

<p>Grand Valley State University</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Brown
Columbia
Dartmouth
UPenn
Cornell
MIT
Stanford
CalTech</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon</p>

<ol>
<li> University of Chicago</li>
<li> Northwestern University</li>
<li> Princeton University</li>
<li> Columbia University</li>
<li> M.I.T.</li>
<li> Yale University</li>
<li> Harvard University</li>
<li> Stanford University</li>
<li> Caltech</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>Dartmouth College</li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li><p>Brown University</p></li>
<li><p>University of Michigan – Ann Arbor</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon University</p></li>
<li><p>University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill</p></li>
<li><p>Michigan State University</p></li>
<li><p>Notre Dame University</p></li>
<li><p>Case Western Reserve University</p></li>
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<p>I know this is big, I haven’t narrowed it down yet. This is the list of all the schools I’m possibly considering.</p>

<p>Reach:
Duke
UPenn
Chicago
Cornell</p>

<p>Match/Safety:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
NYU
Washington
UVA
Michigan</p>

<p>As usual, my list has changed…</p>

<p>USC (#1)
Loyola Marymount EA
Pomona
Washington University in St. Louis
Vanderbilt
Santa Clara EA
CSU Long Beach
San Diego State</p>