helppppp. need to take off some of these schools.

College Search & Selection
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<p>ok so i'm having trouble narrowing down my list, my goal is to have 10. PLZ help!
i'm applying as an international, interested in international relations, but also political science, communication, and journalism. i have a 4.1 GPA weighted (school sorta has a different weighting scale)
i like to be in more of an urban area, but suburban is good as well. i'm ok with big college towns, want medium sized-large student population, around 1-2 public ones, work hard and play hard, and good career prep/ alumni relations?
yep that's all i can think of right now.</p>

<p>Pretty sure i'll be applying to these:
Georgetown
Tufts
UVA
NYU
GWU
American U (safe)
Northeastern (safe)</p>

<p>Ok, the maybe list, and here's where i need help eliminating colleges:
Johns Hopkins
Emory
U Mich (relatively safe or low compatible)
BU (safe)
Fordham
Lehigh</p>

<p>and i think i wanna keep it to 3 safe schools. </p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

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<p>if you want 3 safeties then you should add BU to your final list.<br>
I think fordham should be relatively easy for you, but i'm not 100% sure.</p>

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<p>I think that American and Northeastern would be 2 good safe schools to stick with. As for your third, I would add BU, you seem to match up well.</p>

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<p>thanks! but besides BU, which ones on the bottom list should i eliminate, i'm hoping to just add 3 more to my final list cuz i already have 7 for sure.. but it's hard. and i'm also thinking about University of Toronto, i don't know much about it tho, would it be safe??</p>

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<p>I hope you don't need aid, because if you do, there are no safe schools for you in the United States, as an international.</p>