College List Confusion..help?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have a bunch of random schools I have researched and I like. Yet, I don't actually know which are my safeties, matches, reaches and which ones I shouldn't bother to apply to.</p>

<p>Okay, quickly.
White female from NY public school.
Rank: Top 6%
ACT Composite: 33
GPA (unweighted): ~95/100
All AP's, Honors, IB Classes: AP World History, AP Statistics, AP Gov, AP Biology, IB Lit & Lang, IB Math SL, AP Environmental, AP Calc, AP US History.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: XC, Indoor/Outdoor Track (All 4 years, competed at Nationals twice for Outdoor Track), History Club (VP), Ignition Mentor for incoming freshman (3 years), Spanish Club (3 years), NHS, SpanishNHS.</p>

<p>Work Experience: Tutoring, Catering</p>

<p>My intended major is either accounting or the actuarial field, I'm still currently deciding. </p>

<p>Northeastern University
Boston University
Boston College
Bentley
SUNY Binghamton
University of Michigan
University of Richmond
Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch
Penn State
UNC Chapel Hill</p>

<p>And than others I'm currently considering are:
Elon University
University of Maryland
WPI
American University
Emory University
Temple University
Clemson University
University of Connecticut
University of Virginia
RPI </p>

<p>Please help me out here. I'm a rising senior and all these colleges are jumbled in my head. Which ones do you think are worth applying to for myself or which ones should I omit?</p>

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<p>Northeastern University - match
Boston University - low match
Boston College - match
Bentley - safety
SUNY Binghamton - low match/safety
University of Michigan - low reach
University of Richmond - match
Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch - high match
Penn State - safety
UNC Chapel Hill - reach
Elon University - safety
University of Maryland - low match/safety
WPI - match
American University - safety
Emory University - reach
Temple University - safety
Clemson University - safety
University of Connecticut - safety
University of Virginia - reach
RPI - match</p>

<p>I would say you have a legitimate shot at all the schools you listed. You should still cut a good amount of them off your list.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump bump? :(</p>

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<p>You can look up admit rates and average test scores on some of the college ranking sites (US News, stateuniversity.com, princeton review). You can get more details in the Common Data Set files posted on many college sites. Naviance can be helpful, if your school has access.</p>

<p>The following thread might help you:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The schools on your list that are most selective, according to Papa Chicken’s formula, are Michigan (#45) and UVa (#50). Someone with your stats should have a decent “low reach” shot at those 2 schools and a better shot at all the others. If any of your schools are not on Papa Chicken’s list, and if you can afford them, then they probably are low match or safety schools. </p>

<p>Most people don’t need more than one or two true admission & financial safeties. You also can cross off any schools you don’t prefer to affordable, less selective schools.</p>

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<p>Can you afford $50K+/year for school? You would be full pay for UMich and Penn State (and most other OOS public Us).</p>