<p>People are really discouraging me. No one seems to know what they are talking about. I just want to get an idea of the kinds of schools I should expect to be accepted/rejected.</p>
<p>I attend an elite private school. It is one of the top 10 feeder schools for Harvard, Princeton, Yale in the U.S. (I have financial aid.)</p>
<p>2100 SAT, 780 Math 2, 750 Spanish, 700 History, 700 Writing SAT 11, 4 in AP US Hist.</p>
<p>About a high B+ average (unweighted), have taken 4 APs, and two honors courses. (B avg freshman yr, B+/A- sophmore yr, A- junior yr, and back to a high B+ for senior yr)</p>
<p>A lot of ECs. + first-generation Hispanic female, low income. </p>
<p>So does any one know where a good reach is? and middle-range school is for me? Thank you so much b/c no one else is really helping me.</p>
<p>Are you a part of Pep For Prep? If what you state is true your private school college counselor has provided you with exactly what your options and chances are coming out of that "feeder" as a Chica applicant. What are you asking us to tell you?</p>
<p>I'd eliminate the very most selective schools - HYPMSC - and that's about it. </p>
<p>I think that you have a reasonable shot everywhere else. E.g., the other 5 Ivies I'd think would be reasonable reaches.</p>
<p>What do you want to do? What do you want to study? How hard do you want to work? Getting into the most selective college possible is a fun challenge but probably not what we should be doing. </p>
<p>HYP etc. are all reaches for you, though the Hispanic/URM, 1st generation college thing will give you a very big boost. Given your SATs and high B+ average, by all means, apply to a couple of the tougher Ivies, but make sure the ones you apply to have the program or degree you're interested in, and, of course, the fiancial aid you will need. Also understand that each one of the Ivies is different. For example, Yale, UPenn, Brown, Columbia, and Harvard are urban. Dartmouth and Cornell are rural. Brown and Dartmouth are smallish. Cornell is big. Brown has no core requirements, etc.Try to pick the one or two that fit you.</p>
<p>Other reachy schools you might consider:
Amherst
Washington University (St. Louis)
Northwestern
Wesleyan (in Ct.)
Vanderbilt
Georgetown</p>
<p>Middle-range schools:
Haverford
Macalester
Davidson
Brandeis
William and Mary (though WM can be tough for out of staters)</p>
<p>Schools that could be safeties or close to safeties for you:
Connecticut College
Boston College
University of Rochester
NYU
University of Michigan
Dickinson College
Skidmore</p>
<p>Other people will, of course, suggest other schools. I think the idea here is to choose a few reaches, a bunch of matches (the middle-range schools) and a few safeties. Look at the published SAT score ranges. If your SAT scores are, say, more than 20 points below the 50th percentile for a given school, the school is probably a reach. If your scores are at or above the 50th percentile, the school is probably a match. Try to choose schools that have the things you want - program, locale, size, climate (do you mind being really cold in the winter, for example), social and academic environment. Don't choose a school based on name only. Harvard is a great university, but if you don't want to live in a city, don't apply to Harvard.</p>
<p>Definately not. My college counselor barely looked at my college list. He was mostly concerned with the actual applications, etc (which I guess in the end is more helpful than telling you where you will get in.) However, it's still nice to know what to expect.</p>