<p>Great work on the math! I think this makes Trinity and Conn. College very possible. I agree with someone else who said that NYU (and I would add BU and Penn) are really big urban schools which might not be the best fit anyway. Brown and Amherst are still going to be real reaches. Hopkins might be a little less of a reach if you apply early which I think really helps there. But you would have to visit and decide if you want to make that commitment. Have you looked at Colgate and Hamilton? Haverford is a reach but something you said made me think that a very small school might be good.</p>
<p>You may be a good candidate for a gap year. You’d be amazed how much growing up you’ll do in that extra year, and how much more independent and adult you will feel. Things will probably be alot clearer to you, although the other posters are correct, there is no expectation that you have your whole life planned out at this point. Nerves are normal. :)</p>
<p>Have you thought about any of these schools? You sound like you would benefit from a small school & you didn’t want to go far from home. Best of luck! </p>
<p>Wheaton College (MA)
Providence College (RI)-Catholic
Stonehill College (MA)-Catholic
Fairfield University (CT)-Catholic
Mt. Holyoke (MA)-Women
Hampshire (MA)-(Alternative Curriculum)
Simmons (MA)-Women
Quinnipiac (CT)
Clark University (MA)<br>
Holy Cross (MA)-Catholic</p>
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<p>Many colleges don’t allow you to declare a major until your second year or later. I think that’s a good idea. Being exposed to a wide range of disciplines in order to consider what you may eventually want to do is one of the main purposes of going to college.</p>
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<p>Nope - you don’t have to go to college. You don’t. It’s a choice. You may not want to disappoint your parents, but that’s a choice that you can make as well. I would guess that a lot of the anxiety you’re feeling is a psychological push-back against a sense of being forced to do something that you may not be ready to choose to do. And as long as you feel that you’re being forced against your will, that push-back will be there. It will go away when you decide that you’re pursuing college because it’s your choice and because it’s something that you want to do.</p>
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<p>That’s what I was thinking as well.</p>
<p>Good job!</p>
<p>I was thinking about what you wrote about being reluctant to go to college because you would miss your friends and family…and I just want to remind you that even if you stayed home, “home” wouldn’t be the same either–because a lot of your friends are going to be going away to college! Also, a year from now, you will be a different person than you are today, just as you are a different person than when you were 12 or 13.</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>A short story about “undecided”.</p>
<p>My husband is from another country where you go to university “decided”, because you only study that one thing.</p>
<p>Well, when my older was a senior, I told my him to always tell his Dad he had no idea, was undecided, because if he mentioned a major that our local, not good college offered, he would be stuck going there, even though it was not a good fit at all.</p>
<p>One evening my husband blew up at him, saying that HE had known at the age of thirteen what he wanted to do.</p>
<p>I knew what he was going to say, and when he did, I asked him how many days in his life had he practiced that. The answer=ZERO.</p>
<p>He never bothered son again.</p>
<p>I agree w/gadad, that it’s good to wait. You will figure it out.</p>
<p>Son went away to study what he wanted and has been living in the country Dad is from.</p>
<p>GL to you!</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the help once again! It’s really helping me out!</p>
<p>I was wondering if UPenn, Columbia, Brown, and Johns Hopkins would still be a giant reach for me.</p>
<p>If you are worried about your SAT scores, try Wake Forest, Michigan, or Tufts. Those schools tend to put less emphasis on SAT (wake forest it’s optional! The others I think they take the best from each section) and all will give you good opportunities. They also have all have good pre-med programs. Trust me, don’t worry. The beauty of the american education system is that you can major in art history, go to med school, and end up in business. So relax. Best of luck.</p>
<p>OP, frankly those schools are still big reaches. Your SATs lie in the 25%ile range or lower for each. Wake is test optional so that might be a good choice. UMich will offer no aid so if finances are an issue that’s a bad option.</p>