I'm interested in 20 schools!?!? Can anyone help me narrow them down?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I don't have too much criteria, no small schools, good reputation, highly selective, undergrad business school is a plus not a necessity, good sports/social life, nice campus</p>

<p>I have 20 schools on my list, so can anyone help me narrow it down? (or add if I'm missing some)</p>

<p>UVA
U Mich
UNC
Wharton (UPenn)
Cornell
UCLA, USC, Cal
Stanford
Duke
Rutgers
Maryland
Vanderbilt
UChicago? maybe not
Georgetown
UTexas
Northwestern
Emory
Notre Dame, BC? (I'm Jewish)</p>

<p>Thanks...</p>

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<p>Also, I'm from New York, but I don't care about how far I go (I won't rule out anything in the country)</p>

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<p>How much money do you have? How much financial aid would you need? What are your stats?</p>

<p>Good sports/social life, nice campus (once it gets dried out from the recent flood), undergraduate business: try U of Iowa</p>

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<p>OOS admissions are going to be very stingy at places like Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, UVA (Umich somewhat also, maybe even UT because of the 10% rule) and financial aid may make it so that it is a much better value at a private school. If you want sports/social life you most likely won't find it at UoC. </p>

<p>What are your stats? It'd be easier to tell what is realistic that way</p>

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<p>Chicago is definitely not what you are looking for, if sports/social life are that important to you.</p>

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<p>1st choices:
Wharton (UPenn)
Cornell
Duke
Stanford</p>

<p>2nd choices:
UCLA
USC
Cal
Northwestern</p>

<p>3rd choices:
UVA
Rutgers </p>

<p>....these would be my preferences. good reputation/ highly selective, eh.. mixed with personal tastes.</p>

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<p>Keep Duke in your list</p>

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<p>Yeah I think I've ruled out UChichago....basically, what do you see as the differences between my listed schools?</p>

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<p>"What are your stats? It'd be easier to tell what is realistic that way"</p>

<p>I have my full stats listed in another post, but here's a brief list:</p>

<p>SAT: 1440/2170
CR: 700
M: 740
W: 730</p>

<p>pending SAT II's (Math II, Physics)
World History: 680
(I may take another one or two depending on my scores)</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (prob wont send)</p>

<p>GPA: 101ish weighted, 96ish unweighted
medium sized Public school, no ranking (not #1 or 2, in the top 10, prob top 5%)</p>

<p>I've taken 3 APs including junior year, taking 3 or 4 next year, all honors or AP when possible</p>

<p>will have 2 yrs varsity soccer (captian on jv)
4 yrs varsity tennis ( captain 2 yrs)
1 yr hockey
national, spanish, and history honor societies</p>

<p>minimal communtiy service
no jobs</p>

<p>for more, look at my thread</p>

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<p>Oh, and fortunately money is not a big issue for me</p>

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<p>I'd assume that your "101 ish" is something like a 4.0 or higher. I suppose your SATs could go a little higher, but you shouldn't worry about it.</p>

<p>If you have a tough schedule and a good extra-curriculars, I'd say you have decent chance on making all of those schools. Don't worry and stop fretting. You'll need that sleep.</p>

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<p>I'm not asking which schools I can get into, I'm asking where I should apply, since these 19 schools are far too many in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Honestly, if you really can't decide, just start cutting things out geographically. Despite us all being in the same country, there's definitely a cultural difference from region to region. Especially for those OOS public school, that culture issue (?) might be more prevalent. I'm sure it's something anyone can get over pretty quickly regardless. That's what I did.</p>