Help Asap! Please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm having a really hard time trying to find out which colleges would be best for me to apply to. I 've posted stats on this website before, but they keep changing...I've done a lot over the summer. Anyway- here they are...and my list of "hopeful" schools are at the bottom. Thank you for any feedback. I don't mean to be a bother and clog up the forums.</p>

<p>Also, if my stats aren't good enough to qualify for any of my reach schools, could you please recommend some other equally academically strong, but perhaps not as selective, schools?</p>

<p>I want to get the best education available to me, and I don't want to be rejected from every school I apply to.</p>

<p>I want to major in history, or engineering or computer science or physical sciences, and i want a school that has some variety for these majors not only civil engineering or whatever, not sure what kind of engineering i want to do yet. Also, I want a school within four hours of NYC (MY HOME), so a school in Massachussetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4/4
RANK: School doesnt rank</p>

<p>SAT (1st time)
Math: 660
Verbal: 510
Writing: 640</p>

<p>SATIs to be taken again in October.... (let's be hopeful)</p>

<p>MY SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY THAT OFFERS ONLY HONORS COURSES, SO BY THE END OFSENIOR YEAR I WILL HAVE 20+ HONORS CLASSES.</p>

<p>...and I have some random academic awards to my name...just school awards, though.</p>

<p>EC's
Basketball- freshman, sophmore,senior
Soccer- senior year
Ping Pong club
volunteer tutoring Polish kids the english language </p>

<p>Had a paying job for two months in freshman year tutoring kids but after that I decided to do it for free but only did it 30 hours every year.</p>

<p>I NEED TO CUT DOWN MY LIST I THINK.</p>

<p>My schools:</p>

<p>SAFETY
SUNY New Paltz, University of Rhode Island, Hofstra
COMFORT---UMASS- AMherst, Fairfield, Quinnipiac, Clark, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Ithaca Colllege
REACHES--- Syracuse, Penn State- University Park, University of Delaware, University of Connecticut, Northeastern, University of Maryland- COllege Park</p>

<p>I know a lot about most of these schools except University of Rhode Isalnd, Quinnipiac. Quinnipiac and Ithaca both only have Computer Science but I dont know which one is better. PLEASE HELP!</p>

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<p>Some of these schools are more than four hours from NYC. If you are serious about that requirement, it is an easy way to cut down. U New Hampshire and U Vermont are definitely further. I believe that U Mass Amhearst is also. Other than that, it seems like a good and realistic list. You can't apply to 16 schools though, so you should eliminate a few. I've read a lot of complaints about Hofstra- might want to reconsider that one.</p>

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<p>Might want look at required courses for graduation. My son, for example, cut some schools off his list b/c of foreign lang. requirements. You also have a lot of very large schools. Are small classes important, or would you prefer a large school with a lot of sport teams? Consider that at Penn State, for example, they may offer you a satellite school rather than the main campus. Do you like cold weather? If not you might want to rethink schools like Syracuse, UVM and Ithaca. Do you want a city within easy reach? I hope that you have a financial safety that you are sure that you will get into, if your parents require that. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Umass Amherst is about 3 hours away its in a beautiful college town, but is massive</p>

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<p>I am not really serious about the 4 hr requirement, i jeard that University of Vermont was beautiful and hada a really nice campus, tahts why i like it so much, but its around 6 hrs awat., so im not too sure about it. i dont care whether the school is big or small, liberal arts or regualr. i definitely want a lot of activities available though.</p>

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<p>can any one else help?</p>