I feel like I'm missing something

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<p>It's me again. Stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/968470-chance-me-duke-chicago-ed.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/968470-chance-me-duke-chicago-ed.html&lt;/a> (changes to that: 3 AP/3 Reg for senior year rather than 2/4, taking another 2 CC classes during fall and 1 during spring, SAT is a 2230 not 2210, and remove all work experience)</p>

<p>Here's what I'm considering in terms of schools: Northwestern, Chicago, USC, Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, Rochester, NYU, Emory, mayyyybe Davidson College</p>

<p>Ok so after some evaluation I've come to the conclusion that Wharton is completely out of reach and I shouldn't even try, Duke is probably the same thing, and NYU Stern might just be more of a reach than I had originally thought. My feeling now is that I'm missing some options between places I could probably get in (CMU Tepper/HSS, USC, Michigan) and schools that are reaches (Chicago, Northwestern). Is this normal? If not, how do I fix? Opinions?</p>

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<p>Perhaps check some of the business undergrad rankings on CC. You might be able to find a college that’s easier to get into than Stern, but around the same level.</p>

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<p>List looks good. Wharton does look like a high reach.</p>

<p>Be sure you have a safety school.</p>

<p>Since you are on a pre-business/econ track, perhaps add a few Ivies.</p>

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<p>@noobcake What would you suggest for safeties and “a few Ivies”? The first one that comes into mind for the Ivy one is Cornell.</p>

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<p>Yeah after some thought, I STILL feel like there’s that missing school that would be between match and reach…wth</p>

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<p>I’m trying to figure out why you think you need to fill in the “void” between Tepper/USC/UMich and Chicago/NW?? There is NOT that much of a gap.</p>

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<p>Might look at Patriot League school that have strong business alumni networks-Bucknell, Holy Cross, Colgate.</p>