Help narrowing down colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>i need help narrowing down my colleges, i am a a senior and still have no idea what colleges will make up my college list or what are safety, targets and reach.
SAT: 1850
CR:610, M:580, :'( W:660,
I have mostly A's and have passed all my regents with an 88 or above (with the exception of physics - 77 :'( )
so can some one help me narrow down this list of colleges as i have about 20. (i also need to pick some SUNY, and CUNY b/c my guidance councilor said i have to)</p>

<p>american international college
brown university (my hyper each school)
bryn athyn college
bryn mawr college
carleton college
colgate college
connecticut college
grinnell college
hamiliton college
Haverford College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College
Russell Sage College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Stevens Institute of Technology
Ursinus College
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>

<p>Search Criteria: (these schools don't have everything but come pretty close):
Religious Affiliation: No affiliation
School Gender: Coed
Percentage of Minority Students: at least 10%
Commuter or Resident Campus: Residential campus
Majors: Science, Math, and Technology
Location: Mid-Atlantic, New England, Midwest; Include International Schools: No
Work Study Programs: Yes
Campus Services: For minority students, For low-income students, Tutoring
Financial Aid Percentage of Freshmen Need Met: 100%; Include Schools Not Reporting Data: Yes
Study Options: Study abroad
School Type: 4-year school
AP Credit: Yes
School Size: Small, Medium-sized
Special Housing: Wellness housing
Setting: Suburban
Test Scores: SAT Writing<=660, SAT Math<=580, SAT Critical Reasoning<=610, Include colleges that don’t report SAT and/or ACT scores: Yes
Housing Availability: Undergrad housing for all 4 years</p>

<p>I am undecided in what i want to major in so i picked math/science as a major b/c of someones advice. i would like to know which of these have the best campus / dorms (theme dorms) and have the best study abroad programs and rankings. I want to cut this list to about 10 schools. i want to be close to home b/c my mother is sort of disabled so i want to be able to reach in about 2 -3 hours by car or plane. i am unsure about going to far b/c plane tickets can be expensive. i live in nyc but i am unsure of how i will feel in a rural campus but i think the suburbs is a happy medium.</p>

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<p>please help me guys, idon’t what else to do!!</p>

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<p>what is your GPA? Have you taken any AP tests or subject tests?
Your guidance counselor is correct about SUNY and CUNY schools since you can’t predict if the others will offer you enough FA to be affordable if you can get in.
Do you really want to go to a women’s-only college? If not, then remove Mt Holyoke, Smith and Bryn Mawr.
Some others are in the country (Colgate, Hamilton etc.) and you said you don’t want that?
You also have a bunch of really selective LAC’s but your SAT scores aren’t really high. So how many reaches do you want to keep?
Have you investigated any of these schools at all?</p>

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<p>yes i have taken subject test.
math 1: 620
spanish:670
us history: 620</p>

<p>My gpa is 3.8 weighted. I don’t mind going to an all female college, i am not totally ruling them out but would prefer a coed school. yes a lot of them are not in the suburbs, but that is not a must have, or deal breaker. i want 2 - 3 reaches, 5 -6 target and 1 - 2 safety, i know he is correct about the suny/cuny schools but i have no idea which i should go to.</p>