<p>Art School: RISD (Applying for Dual Enrollment at Brown/RISD)</p>
<p>Basically, is it okay to have such a selective list? My situation might be different than others, but the reason is that I have a pretty much guarenteed place at University of Florida which is quite a good public school in my state. Top 50, and I can get almost free tuition there. Therefore my parents have made it clear to me that they only are willing to pay for a school if I get into one in the Top 25, otherwise they think I would be sacrificing a really good option which is the University of Florida. And I agree with them, there are alot of good reasons to support the school.</p>
<p>I mean, is there anything wrong with following the path that I am? And I didn't post my Stats, but I do feel that I am qualified for these schools, at least the Reaches for sure. It just comes down to a matter of luck with my applications at this point...</p>
<p>yea florida has been pretty unpredictable even for florida residents lately because of so many applications.... bright futures is making florida publics incredibly tougher</p>
<p>Make sense if you have the stats to go with it. I know of two of my D classmates that have pretty much the following as the full application list
Matches: Harvard, Stanford, Princeton
Safeties: MIT, Caltech, UCB (EECS)</p>
<p>^Are you serious? I hope that you, as an informed person about the capriciousness of the admissions process, will communicate that those schools are never matches nor safeties.</p>
<p>LoL. ;)
I mean if you're world-class at something, have a parent donate immensely etc (something VERY very special), those schools can be matches.</p>
<p>If CMU and Wellesley might be reaches, HYPS are unrealistic. I think you need to figure out where you really stand and edit the list or you'll waste a lot of time you don't need to on apps.</p>
<p>Why do you say that newyorka? Wellesley is an incredibly selective school, it is hardly a match for anyone. CMU is also very selective. And besides, HYPS are listed as "extreme reaches". I'm assuming by "extreme" the OP means <5% chances of getting in.</p>
<p>YES. add two more safeties, i would say. if not for insurance in case you aren't admitted there, then to give you more options in case you change your mind about the school. i would at least post your basic stats to give everyone an idea.</p>
<p>Brown and, to a lesser extent, Columbia, have a very different "feel" than Penn and Cornell. I suppose it would be possible to fit at all these schools, but you should keep that in mind.</p>
<p>If you are a credible candidate for the schools on your list, why not look at some of LACs or other good schools that give merit aid, both as another option to UF and as additional assurance you get in somewhere where you'd be happy going? I'm not knocking UF, but I agree with other posters that no top school is a shoo-in these days. Also, UF is so much larger than the other schools on your list. Again, you may be able to handle the difference swimmingly, but it would be nice to have options.</p>
<p>Agent of Sense : There have never been a case in D's school entire history that a valedictorian have been rejected from Harvard; so once you are there all others are safeties.
It is also well known fact that if you are selected for RSI in the summer after Junior year MIT/Caltech and UCB EECS becomes safety for you. </p>
<p>It is not a rocket science; how much crap shot the admission process might be there is still some certainity to it. That is why I was dishearten when my D didn't make the top 10% at her school as it would have made her application list also very short (Ivies and one UC application).</p>
<p>ParentOfIvyHope: I really don't mean to offend, but you almost seem to be one of those "stage mom" types. No student's list should be just ivies and a UC- no matter how great the school is!</p>
<p>Also, it would do your child a world of good to really sift through the colleges he/she wants to attend and would really appreciate- not just a xeroxed copy of the top 20 school list. </p>
<p>If this sounds harsh, please don't take it that way. You just came across a bit overbearing and presumptuous.</p>
<p>To the OP: That looks like a good list to me, you might want to add another safety, but that's beside the point. I think you might want to look more deeply into some of those schools, because some of them are stark opposites from others. Wellesley seems to stick out like a sore thumb from that list, too - an all-girls LAC in a list of large co-ed universities? You could probably narrow it down a bit if you did some more research, but I think that's a good starting point.</p>
<p>Okay so I'm the asker of this thread, and now looking back its strange because I've changed my list significantly. Actually, mainly because I did an intensive program in painting and drawing this summer and I realized how important the visual arts were going to be for me. I can't just put that whole part of me in the backseat, so now I've refocused to find schools with top art programs also. Please critique my new list:</p>
<p>Moderate Reaches: Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley, Williams College, Wellesley College, Cornell, Wash U? (I'm not sure about this school still, any advice?)</p>
<p>Reaches/Possibles: UCLA, University of Michigan Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Safety: University of Florida</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about visual arts at either UChicago, Princeton, or Stanford?</p>