<p>Here is my current college list</p>
<p>BC, BU, Tufts, UMASS Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Brandeis, Brown, Columbia, UPENN, University of Rochester</p>
<p>Should I add more safeties and get rid of some of the most difficult schools? Maybe adding Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Union, ursinus, etc... </p>
<p>Any good LACs that have good Pre-med program and are pretty close to boston (and not a lot of drug activity like weed, pot, crack, etc)</p>
<p>if you are interested in pre-med and you have good stats ( which i assume from all the ivies you;re applying to) why dont you consider the Rice/ Baylor program? im dont really know that much about it althought it is competitive, it may be a good choice for you. check it out~</p>
<p>There is no way of knowing if you list is balanced without info on you- stats, SAT’s, GPA. Rank, EC’s,# of students at your school that were accepted at those schools, etc. etc.</p>
<p>^here are my stats</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=396978[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=396978</a></p>
<p>You should add more safeties only if you would not be happy at the ones currently on your list. And since all the schools on you list are universities, with the exceptipn of Amherst, I’m not sure why you want to add more LAC’s- because you are now thinking you want smaller colleges or ??? I think you should get rid of HYP.</p>
<p>I see no reason to take any of the reaches off your list, unless you don’t want to fill out all those applications. Your stats are good, maybe not super-stellar, but you have a reasonable chance of getting into at least one of the reaches (chances for any particular one are much more dicey). (In other words, if there are ten reach schools you like, and your chances at any one of them are 10%, what’s the rational thing to do?)</p>
<p>Hunt ,
although 10% X 10 reaches might seem to = 100% chance of getting in somewhere, that’s not how it works in real life.</p>
<p>^ ^ Absolutely right, Menlo.</p>
<p>OP, I don’t think you need to apply to HYP. Pick one if you must. But spend your application money and time on schools that you have better than a sliver of a chance at.</p>
<p>“Hunt, although 10% X 10 reaches might seem to = 100% chance of getting in somewhere, that’s not how it works in real life.”</p>
<p>No, of course, not–I didn’t mean to suggest that. But everything I’ve read suggests that under such circumstances a student’s chances of getting into at least one of the schools would be substantially higher than his chances of getting into any specific one. (Consider if you had a 50/50 chance at each of two schools–wouldn’t it make sense to apply to both?) Of course, this only makes sense if he has a realistic chance of getting into one of these schools–that’s why I said a 10% chance, not a 1% chance. Your mileage may vary on what constitutes a “realistic chance” and what is a “sliver of a chance.”</p>
<p>I’m applying to HYP because I like all 3 of those schools… I’m not taking them off</p>
<p>All right, well you asked if you should add some more reasonable schools to your list, and if you should take off some of the hardest/near-impossible schools, and as you can see, many people think you should. If you want to answer your own question, then don’t ask for advice. 
Good luck.</p>
<p>My definition of a safety school is a school that</p>
<p>1) is pretty much certain to admit you, based on its known behavior in acting on admission applications,</p>
<p>2) has a strong program in an area you are interested in,</p>
<p>3) is affordable to you based on its known behavior in acting on financial aid applications,</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>4) is likeable to you. </p>
<p>Which college on your list fits that definition? In other words, which of the colleges you are considering would </p>
<p>a) admit you for sure, </p>
<p>b) give you a good academic program, </p>
<p>c) be affordable to you, </p>
<p>and </p>
<p>d) be a place you could be happy at for four years?</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance of getting into any college that accepted 20% or more of its applicants last year. That includes many highly ranked schools - including those on your list.</p>
<p>The Ivies and Stanford have much lower acceptance rates. Even though you have excellent credentials and I’m sure you would be successful if you were accepted at these colleges, I’m don’t think your application will stand out from all the other qualified applicants. If you love these schools, apply to them, because you can never tell. </p>
<p>However, I think your “good match” colleges/universities are those ranked in the top 10-30 range. Even though these schools are never sure bets for admission, I think you will get admitted to many of your choices. Find the ones that you think you would love to attend, and apply to them. I think any of these schools will give you a good preparation for med school. In addition, be sure to include some schools that are less competitive (admit more than 35% of applicants) that you also like and that offer merit aid.</p>
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The concertmaster of my orchestra last year was accepted into brown, and her grades were lower than mine and she had similar ECs… What do you think I should stand out, slit my wrists and make the front page of the city newspaper?</p>
<p>great attitude kid. you asked for advise, then spit it back in the faces of those who bother to reply. Maybe the concermaster was accepted because she displayed a different, more respectful attitude toward others than you have so far, especially toward those who have seen how hard it is to gain acceptance in the top colleges these days. No one is entitled to get into HYP . Good luck cause you will need it.</p>
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<p>Bobmallet1, the g.p.a. makes no sense. Is the 3.88 weighted, and 3.45 unweighted?</p>
<p>Or is the weighted g.p.a. supposed to be 4.45? Looking at the grades you report, I don’t see anything less than an A-.</p>
<p>If 3.88 is the unweighted gpa, I don’t think you are in such bad shape that you should remove all your dream schools. Other candidates will beat you on the test scores, I can assure you of that, both SAT I and SAT II. </p>
<p>You do need to realize that the top schools are a stretch, and be absolutely sure to include schools you really can see yourself enjoying.</p>
<p>Don’t slit your wrists. It’s only college. And undergrad at that.</p>
<p>Yeah, I mixed up the weighted and unweighted… The slitting the wrists part was purely sarcastic and kind of mocking of the people on CC. </p>
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I know, I am retaking the SAT I… Those can only tell how good you are at taking the SAT anyways… Anyways, I did well on my AP tests (5s)</p>
<p>These threads always depress me. I can’t afford these schools.</p>
<p>I’d say that you should have at least one that will cost you next to nothing. Do you really need that many reaches? I find it hard to believe that all of these is a good fit for you. They so vastly different.</p>