<p>UPenn Wharton. </p>
<p>I’m gonna apply but I definitely won’t get accepted.</p>
<p>I’m still a sophomore, so maybe I don’t understand, but why don’t people end up applying to their absolute dream schools? Yeah, there is a 90-94% chance that you’ll get rejected, but is that rejection really that bitter? I think that when I’m going to apply I will apply to a super reach dream school, along with my normal reaches and more realistic choices. So, just curious what is it initially that drives people away from applying to their dream school? Is it the startling reputation? Or that you don’t want people to know if you apply and get rejected?</p>
<p>^^ I suppose if you have a 3.0 and an 1800 SAT there’s not really much of a point in applying to Harvard. I don’t really know how anyone can formulate a dream school if they have zero chance of getting in. Part of the dream is seeing yourself there in a few years, so I don’t see how people can come up with dream schools that are completely unattainable. I guess I’m not the right person to answer this question, cause I plan on applying to my #1 (won’t call it a dream) school next fall.</p>
<p>Yale or Stanford</p>
<p>I would think Dartmouth would be sick, but I really know very little about the school and didn’t even apply. My other choice would be Michigan, which I was lucky enough to be admitted EA.</p>
<p>UVA as a varsity athlete.</p>
<p>In no particular order: Cooper Union, University of Chicago, Stanford, Oxford.</p>
<p>dfree124: Yeah that makes sense, but again most of those people probably weren’t even thinking about it. The people that I’m talking about are competitive applicants who would not be immediately tossed into the reject pile upon looking at their stats. These people have a top tier dream school, but go a tier down because they are worried they won’t get in. They still apply to very competitive schools, but not the one that has always been their “dream school”. I’m just wondering what exactly turns people away. </p>
<p>After thinking about it for a while, I’ve kind of come up with my own reasons for not applying to my favorite schools. One being that they seem so unattainable and otherworldly just from the exterior and I wouldn’t want others to know I applied.</p>
<p>I’m from Chicago and I love the city, so I would say Northwestern. </p>
<p>Don’t think I have a chance though.</p>
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<p>UVA.</p>
<p>Just need to keep my GPA up. And increase my SAT score’s by about 200 points. But I’m taking it two more times, so…we’ll see. :)</p>
<p>What is UVA?</p>
<p>Yale. So much bulldog envy</p>
<p>UCLA I suppose or my actual college I have a chance to RIT.</p>
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<p>University of Virginia</p>
<p>My dream schools:
Tied for first: UPenn, Yale, University of Kyoto, Oxford/Cambridge
2nd: Duke
3rd: Brown</p>
<p>Harvard</p>
<p>period…</p>
<p>Harvard. </p>
<p>And that’s not just because it’s Harvard (though that does play a part). It’s just got everything I want in a school. It’s near Boston, which is my absolute favorite city ever, and it’s campus is gorgeous, and it has a lot of programs I want, like an opportunity to be trained as an EMT, among others. Also, my dad, uncle, and grandpa went there so it would be kind of cool to carry on the family tradition. But since that’s a reach for everyone, if I was being realistic I would say JHU or Georgetown (the college, not SFS)</p>
<p>I would probably have taken St. Andrews up on their offer if I could have afforded it, or NYU. But thankfully, I’m happy enough where I am :)</p>
<p>Columbia, hands down.</p>