<p>yes, it’s a LAC. Be aware that “LAC” does not mean “easier to get into”, though. Not at this level of selectivity. :)</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s ridiculous that your school wants to share responsibilities between students, since all can learn from the task. You won’t learn more by being responsible for 10 rather than 3 activities. Therefore it’s win-win.
Your EC’s are great and you don’t really need any more. :)</p>
<p>Make sure your explanation about why you can’t be part of Stem competitions appears on your counselor’s or headteacher’s recommendation.</p>
<p>When selecting schools to which you’d apply, make sure to check for “fit”. If you don’t know what “fit” is, look at “Princeton review’s best colleges”, “Fisk Guide”, “Insider’s Guide”… Read the blog “The College Solution” and ask questions there. You’ll see that campus vibe (hence, “fit”) is very important.</p>
<p>Do you have safeties in Italy or in the country you’re living in?</p>
<p>@conflicted88: I thought that the knowledge of German was required only for whoever wanted to take the courses in German, not for the people who wanted to study there in English. Anyway I will make sure to know the requirements better next time @MYOS1634: I’m aware of that However I’m not really the type of person that would like to go to a LAC. The reason is that I lived in big cities throughout my life, and I’m not sure sure on how I would feel in a rural environment. I’m aware that in my list of dream colleges I mentioned Cornell but it is close to be my last choice in there.</p>
<p>There’ll be so much to do on campus that you won’t realize you’re not in a city. Rural schools don’t rely on the city to entertain the students, so there’s always something - many things, in fact- going on.
Especially in the Northeast, even in rural areas, you’re close enough to cities that you can go spend your breaks there - for many schools you named, you really won’t have much time to go into the city more than once or twice a month regardless – unless your college literally is “in” the city and has no campus, like NYU or Harvard.
Cornell is not rural at all, by the way.
Do you have a safety at home? Because right now you don’t have a safety and odds are still pretty high you won’t get into any of the schools on your list, especially if you need aid (cf. your CMU comment). It’s not impossible that you’ll get into one or several of them, but it’d be foolish to “count” on it.</p>
<p>I have a safety in Italy, in Milan (Politecnico di Milano). I’m not really sure it can be considered a safety but it isn’t anything more than a match. In Italy I might apply to another university too (Scuola Normale di Pisa) but it is very very prestigious so it might be a low reach.</p>
<p>Cornell isn’t rural? I was pretty sure it was! Anyway, the school does not have to be “in a city” like Columbia or UCLA. Even a suburban environment will do, like Stanford.</p>
<p>Cornell is located in Ithaca and it’s a nice college town, with about 26,000 students, and 30,000 year-round residents. The area around Ithaca is rural in a touristic way, which is different from really rural (ie.,the Adirondacks, or most of Nebraska). So that’s why I don’t consider Cornell rural.</p>
<p>(For those of you that do not know what course 6-7 and course 3 are, Course 6-7 is computer science and molecular biology, while course 3 is materials science and engineering)</p>
<p>Btw, does starting my own business help me even if i’m not planning on majoring in anything business related? Does it show that i’m a well-rounded person?</p>
<p>Yes starting a business and keeping it going is good for you regardless of your major. You’ll have to provide details (website, employees, transactions, goals, profit… as relevant).</p>
Therefore it’s win-win.