<p>Dual-citizen, canadian-american, looking to apply to schools that omit the SAT. Most of these schools have commited to omiting the SAT for me (or they blatantly state so for all applicants). Now im going to admit that i did use the USNews ranking to make this list. However, youll see that im not a complete prestige whore because some schools are less selective than others. I dont know much about alot of these schools...just enough to spark my interest. I am however, set on applying to Brown, Bowdoin, Cornell, Tufts, Emory, GW. The rest is really up for grabs. Also, I was limited in my options to schools that allow me to omit the SAT (dont you think i wouldve loved Gtown SFS) I am interested in political science but some of these schools made this list because of their excellence in international affairs (hopkins, tufts, gw, dickinson, bucknell, cmc, bates) Here are my stats</p>
<p>Queen's University - 3.7 GPA
HS - i moved around alot so its hard to come up with a cumulative gpa/avg. It will be anywhere between 3.2-3.5 UW, 4.0-4.3 W. My class rank was 13/409. My ECs are pretty decent...i show an avid interest in politics, international affairs. My essays are usually strong as well.</p>
<p>As you can see, I dont really care about the size of the college-towns. Im looking for a school with great academics, decent social scene (i guess that automatically excludes Carnegie Melon), and solid grad placecment (which i believe most of them have). Overall, Im just looking for information about these schools...sorry for the length, thanks alot.</p>
<p>Brown University
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Washington University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
Bates College
Emory university
Tufts University
NYU
George Washington University
Trinity College
College of the Holy Cross
Dickinson
Carnegie Mellon
Claremont McKenna
Colgate
Bucknell
Richmond</p>
<p>Why aren't you looking into Duke (top 10 in Political Science), Georgetown (top 3 in International Affairs) and Michigan (top 3 in Political Science). All three schools have excellent social scenes, excellent undergraduate experiences and good graduate school and job placement track records.</p>
<p>So, I would drop the following and replace them with the 3 schools above:
- Johns Hopkins: Excellent academics, amazing International Affairs program, but poor social life.
- Carnegie Mellon: Same as Johns Hopkins, except CMU isn't that good in Political Science or International Affairs.
- Emory: Good Social scene, but not that good in your intended field of study.</p>
<p>You are probably wondering how this advice has bettered your position. I added three and cancelled three...so, we are back to square one.</p>
<p>Well, let me tell you aca, your list is ALL OVER the place. Tiny LACs in remote areas, research universities in urban jungles etc... What do you want? Amherstor GW? Bowdoin or NYU? Those schools are too different. There is no way you can find them equally appealing. So think about what you want and then, we can help you narrow your list from the 10+ schools to a more manageable number.</p>
<p>Alexandre - My transfer status without SAT scores severely limits my options. These schools, with the exception of trinity, have all agreed to allow me to omit my SAT score from their applications. Schools like Duke and Georgetown have not. Otherwise, im crazy about the School of Foreign Service. Also, some of these schools are here because they are transfer friendly (Washu). Normally I dont like to urban campuses (NYU, GW) but I honestly dont know what theyre like. Also, I believe Emory has a solid poli sci program.</p>
<p>i don't think you should be applying to CMU if you want to major in politics.</p>
<p>also, you definitely need to visit nyu or a similiar urban school. when my sister visited she knew it was the last place she would want to go as soon as she stepped foot on campus. actually, she wasn't sure when she was on campus becuase its really just scattered buildings. nyu's environment is definitely not for everyone. you need to be independent and its harder there to make a close-knit group of friends than other more campus-oriented schools.</p>
<p>also, i don't think you should drop jhu just becuase they supposedly have a poor social scene. if they have a great academic program, then go for it. it's worth it. you'll find friends and people to party with, i'm sure. carnegie mellon, for example, is known for a poor social scene but, hey, the people are really, really friendly there and you can always party with the kids at upitt.</p>
<p>yeah im definetly not dropping JHU...its too good of an IR program. I believe Carnegie Mellon is actually pretty decent at IR as well. GW im also keeping due to the strength of its IR program. I guess NYU is the odd one out. Whats the maximum numberof applications you think I can handle while maintaining quality?</p>