Help w/ creating list of colleges to apply to?

Applying to College
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<p>I need help creating a list of colleges to apply to. Here's what I have so far:</p>

<p>Reach: Cornell, Princeton
Match(high match?): Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon
Safety: University of Maryland?</p>

<p>Here are my stats (or what they will be in fall 2014):</p>

<p>• Objective:
o SAT I (breakdown): CR-770 M-770 W-770 (total-2310)
o ACT: did not take
o SAT II: Math II, Chemistry, World History, => I plan on getting 750+ for each
o Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
o Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% (I am in the running for 1st)
o AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science A (5), US Government and Politics (5), Calculus AB (), Chemistry (), English Language and Composition (), World History () => I plan on getting 5’s
o Senior Year Course Load: Biology AP, AP Calculus BC, Differential Equations, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Psychology, French Language and Culture AP,
o Major Awards: AP scholar, student athlete award, academic letter award
• Subjective:
o Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years varsity tennis (captain 2 years, #1 player 3 years), 2 years Math team, 2 years NHS, 1 year NAHS, 2 year FHS, 4 years homecoming committee, 2 years MHS (involves tutoring), 1 year gaming club
o Job/Work Experience: 2 years job at Papa John’s pizza (~15 hr/week)
o Volunteer/Community service: 2 years volunteer at library (2 hr/week)
o Summer Activities: Johns Hopkins Engineering innovation program (counts as college credit), 2 years JTT (Junior Team Tennis), some USTA tennis tournaments
• State: Maryland
• School Type: public (around 1400 students)
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: middle class?
• Hooks: my dad graduated from JHU with an undergrad degree in physics</p>

<p>So can anyone help me with my list? I plan to major in engineering (probably chemical or biomedical).</p>

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<p>I would suggest looking on ■■■■■■■■■■. It’s a site that lists ALL of the colleges and Universities in existence. It also allows colleges that have your intended major to contact you and let you know about their program. From there you can access student reviews, tuition and Fees, etc. It’s a legit site, and has broadened my list of colleges IMMENSELY over the past few months. Also, try Googling “Best Engineer Colleges U.S.” there will be plenty of good results there. Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>Both John Hopkins and Carnegie Mellon are very selective colleges. I don’t recommend that you consider them as “match” colleges. Are you thinking of applying Early Decision to either? If you apply ED to JHU your legacy status may prove helpful.</p>

<p>Possible “match” colleges in your proposed major are some of the larger state universities. Some (e.g. Purdue, University of Texas) are considered stronger than University of Maryland. Several of these universities have impressive chemical engineering programs. A good college guide would point you to them.</p>

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<p>I agree with fogcity. I would try to find other universities that you can also apply to. Although your stats are pretty good, it can’t hurt. For ex: Drexel, UMich, Northeastern, etc.</p>

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<p>JHU is more selective than Cornell</p>