Ok I understand now…
OP if you don’t think Temple is a fit school that’s ok…you have many other options to choose from. Best wishes!
@SJ2727 actually, if I were to go to Temple, which I never will, everyone would most likely have an SAT around mine or lower. Even if I were considering Temple, I wouldn’t want to go because they aren’t giving me money. I have already been accepted to schools that I like more than that. Maybe we have different ideas of prestige. When I think of prestige, I mean an impressive college that people could be very proud to be into. I want a school with a good, solid name. @MYOS1634 Penn State town is bigger than the UMass one? I also applied to University of Scranton and got in but I am not interested in it because my mom lived in Scranton and she says it’s very boring.
Money is an issue or it isn’t? @CalinAmry ?
Great! So is the problem that they aren’t in cities?
Understandable. But the colleges you list are all pretty well known state institutions, or privates. I think you can be proud to name any of them.
@OHMomof2 Money isn’t much a problem but I would prefer to not pay too much because I don’t want any debt. My sister got into a prestigious university and was left in tons of debt, so she wants me to be very careful. So, I am being careful with debt. The problem is that I don’t like them that much. I like them more than Temple but I don’t like them as much as I would like to. I want to go to a school with high diversity and in an active area.
“Maybe we have different ideas of prestige. When I think of prestige, I mean an impressive college that people could be very proud to be into. I want a school with a good, solid name”
^ sorry to point this out but all this talk of “prestige” and elitism yet your stats are from elite or highly impressive.
Being excepted into ANY college and obtaining an education is a matter of pride. There’s nothing wrong with ambition, but a little humbleness and humility will go along way. This is what I’m teaching my own three teenage high school students. Always remember: as bad as you think you have it, there is someone who would kill to be in your position.
You’re entitled to your preferences, but you may want to articulate them without putting down some very fine institutions.
How are you being careful with debt? What is the COA of any given school on your list? What is your budget?
How are you planning on paying? Exactly?
@Momof3B there are many great schools you could get into with my stats. To be fair, my GPA is increasing every quarter. I only took the SAT twice. There are schools considered good that I have that I am very capable of getting into, I could find schools with solid names. There are many colleges that let in all people who apply.
@Momof3B you must have very high standards for impressive stats. Atm, I have a 3.8 or 3.9, plus a ton of extracurricular activities, I think putting down my stats is a bit rude and irrational.
You are admitted to schools where your stats are pretty average, did you apply as full pay? You will be full pay at SB? Uconn? And Umass and BU, you are not admitted to whose but you applied needing no FA?
@Sybylla Stony brook was a reach for me, actually. No update on scholarships from SB but I am not expecting that nor care because it’s very cheap for me. I haven’t heard back from UConn, I got a big scholarship at UMass.
@Sybylla I am being careful with debt by going to colleges that I could most afford… what is this, an interview? I would prefer to not pay anything above 30k per year but I’ll manage if I like it enough.
I’m sorry you are disappointed in the schools where you applied.
You have a few choices -
Look to see which schools are still taking applications and submit more.
Take a gap year and reapply to schools that better align to your new priorities.
Transfer if the college you end up attending doesn’t live up to your expectations.
Be pleasantly surprise about the school you choose and love it.
If your were my daughter, I’d tell you to focus on the last choice. You already have a lot of great options on the table, pick one, and then bloom where you are planted. The transition to college is difficult enough without starting with negative feelings and preconceptions.
All your schools are in the NE. It’s very easy to travel to larger cities. That said, if you are at a big school, I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how much happens on campus and how little you really need to leave.
PS. You’d probably get more sympathy on this thread if you stopped tearing down good schools and implying that the students there are beneath you.
Amherst is more of an electic mix. You have the university and Amherst right in the center of town. Hampshire kids tend to stay in their own space so that influence isn’t super present.
Northampton is close enough which has the Smith influence and Mt Holyoke is in between.
It’s an interesting mix. You also have the 5, soon to be 4 college system. I don’t know how much it’s actually used but it’s there for sure. And that’s interesting option to take classes at another school.
State College PA is all about Penn State. The school etc are just bigger.
Amherst still feels like a small and traditional college town. But the local entertainment etc all cater to students.
Good bus system that connects all the schools mentioned as well. Skiing isn’t far away and the berkshires and hiking etc are abundant opportunities.
FYI you have an excellent profile. Congrats
But remember there are posters with friends and family with equal or better stats who may have been passed over at the schools you mention or have attended. And maybe they have also been super successful.
It’s better to focus on what you want versus knocking down the others. Your reasons are yours and thus they are valid.
But keep it positive. Or I guarantee you’ll have a really hard boss in the future who’s a big Temple alum. It’s karma :)>-
It’s not an interview but you came here for advice I would think. You’ve admitted to doing no research for colleges, which would make people here question your financial strategy.
Have you looked at U of Pittsburgh?
I’m not sure if you realize how you’re coming acroas here but the fact that you are hoping for “prestigious” schools with average stats coupled with your attitude is extremely off putting. Your odds of getting into BU are most likely slim to none. Hopefully you settle on one of the schools you’ve gotten into or maybe you take a gap year. A year out of school may offer you some much needed perspective.
@Leigh22 Well, I did do research, just not sufficient research. I was way too anxious so I chose too many safeties, not enough reaches, and I didn’t realize how much I wanted to be in a city. I am really not too worried about finance so I wasn’t too concerned about applying to schools big on financial aid. I actually haven’t looked at University of Pittsburgh, I’ll look at that now.
@CalinAmry actually no, I think your stats are fine, my own son is right about where you are but many others have pointed out here that they are not going to cut it for admittance to Ivies or what you are calling “high prestige schools”.
Stats don’t make a person, or dictate their worth. My point is that you are basing the worth of your education on what you perceive as “prestige” and that is wrong. I’m not trying to be rude, just pointing out some life lessons like I do to own kids.
You have this perception that certain schools are beneath you and I find that problematic but you’re not my child so all I’ll say is best of luck.
OP - IMO, you took a good approach to your college list. Most students apply to way too many reach schools and then are crushed by rejection letters. You did the right thing with focusing on match and safety schools. They might not have been the right match/safeties based on what you want, but applying to a bunch of reach schools is just a recipe for disaster.
Hi, I looked at University of Pittsburgh, it looks good but I don’t know if I could look over the lack of ethnic diversity. I am big on that, maybe this seems picky but I don’t want to waste money on schools I’m not very sure I like. Thanks for the recommendation though @Leigh22
Where are you instate?