<p>Reaches:
Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Uchi</p>
<p>High match/low reach:
Northwestern, Notre Dame, </p>
<p>Matches:
UVA, Umich, Cal berkeley</p>
<p>I think I might apply to UVA, but I like W&M more :)</p>
<p>Based on your stats and URM status, you are probably competitive at most schools whether you get an admission or not. Most offices will give you a reasonably serious consideration since there is not an abundance of URMs with your stats and ECs.</p>
<p>So it will come down to developing a serious list of schools you are interested in as opposed to asking a bunch of strangers where they would apply.</p>
<p>How are you positioned financially?</p>
<p>I’d apply to any top tier school- where do you live? any special school you have a passion for?</p>
<p>@texaspg I already have a list; I just wanted to see if I was being unrealistic based on the types of schools people suggested. This is it:
University of Chicago
Amherst
Dartmouth
Cornell
Oberlin
University of Virginia
William and Mary
Colgate
Barnard
Bryn Mawr
Drexel
Hofstra
Sarah Lawrence
Virginia Tech</p>
<p>And, I think I mentioned income on the list, it’s about $40,000 and I live in a city, so my family doesn’t exactly have a lot of disposable income. My parents and I are immigrants (moved here when I was 1). Is the $ side of it going to hurt me significantly?</p>
<p>@oohtobeagooner I live in Virginia, and I don’t exactly have 1 “dream school”, but I would love going to a school in a city like Chicago or NYC (Barnard). I don’t exactly have a strong preference, but the reason I’m applying to so many top tier schools is that I feel I’d get the best financial aid there, since a lot of them are need-blind & meet 100% of need.</p>
<p>bumpp please anyone else?? Ill chance back!</p>
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<p>Based on your income level, I would suggest taking a shot at more ivies who try to fully fund their students. Several of them provide additional weight to first generation students - Penn, Yale, Princeton and Harvard. </p>
<p>I would also suggest Rice. </p>
<p>Most public schools wont cover much in terms of Aid other than giving you a lot of loans. So apply to a couple of safeties and spend more time on applying to privates which offer fullrides.</p>
<p>So I would have a better chance getting finaid at a private school? All my friends are like “you have only private schools on your list; you’re going to pay $50,000 a year!”</p>
<p>Yes- in fact, you will probably pay more at an UC than at a very top private school.</p>
<p>Thanks! and don’t worry, you can have Columbia lol 
and do you think it would be too idealistic to call Virginia Tech or Bryn Mawr safeties?</p>
<p>You could get into any school you wanted within the #7-#20 range. For the top Ivies, you need a leadership position somewhere… But other than that, GOOD JOB. Those stats are stellar.</p>
<p>chance me! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1417488-chance-cmu-jhu-nyu-umich-cwru.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1417488-chance-cmu-jhu-nyu-umich-cwru.html</a></p>
<p>The top schools are really the ones who value the fact that you did well despite being URM, low income, and first gen. They take pride in publishing numbers showing close to 10% being first gen each year.</p>
<p>“This year, 14 percent of the admitted students are students whose parents have not attained college degrees.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.thedp.com/article/2012/03/admit_rate_holds_steady_at_12.3_percent[/url]”>Admit rate holds steady at 12.3 percent | The Daily Pennsylvanian;
<p>Princeton - " and 12.5 percent will be the first in their families to attend college."</p>
<p><a href=“Princeton offers admission to 7.86 percent of applicants”>Princeton offers admission to 7.86 percent of applicants;
<p>I’d definitely go for UVa, William & Mary, Virginia Tech just to be safe, UT Austin(Maybe?).
Reach for UChicago, Duke, & UPenn.</p>