<p>Forget the posts on the forum. </p>
<p>As for your current list:</p>
<p>Tufts University (my DREAM.): Slight Reach
Dartmouth: Super Super Super Super (did I say super) Reach
Brandeis University: Slight Reach/ High Match
Boston University: Safety
Boston College: Slight Reach
UMass Amherst: Super Safety
Syracuse: Safety
UConn: Super Safety</p>
<p>You are totally fine in the safety category, you need more matches! Have you thought of liberal arts schools like Hamilton, Bates, etc as matches? You might actually ditch some safeties and add some slight reaches too, places like Bowdoin, Vassar.</p>