<p>I'm planning to apply to these 8 colleges:
1. University of Delaware
2. University of Pittsburgh
3. Monmouth University
4. Richard Stockton College of NJ
5. Ohio State University
6. James Madison University
7. Villanova University
8. Rutgers University</p>
<p>My mom seems to think that I want to apply to too many colleges. Is this too many? My GPA is 3.7 and my SAT score is 1570. What schools would I most likely get accepted into on my list?
Thanks!</p>
<p>8 is the average number of schools people apply to. I know people applying to 15+. </p>
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<p>Comment #1: Nice GPA. Comment #2: Average SAT score. </p>
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<p>I think your mother is right, if these are the schools you are applying to, because I think only Richard Stockton and Monmouth are good realistic possibilities based on your SAT scores.</p>
<p>An important question: can you and your family afford to apply to 8 schools? </p>
<p>And a better question: can you and your family afford any of these 8 schools? have you talked to mom about how much she can contribute to your education each year? have you run the net price calculator at each school?</p>
<p>Are you instate for any of these?</p>
<p>If your SAT score is for all three parts (not just M+CR) then it appears to me that your list is too reach heavy. If you HS has Naviance look at it and see where you stand in terms of each school. You may want to drop a few of the schools on your list and look at some test optional schools. Also be sure you can afford the schools on your list.</p>
<p>The minimum number of schools to apply to is one, which must be a safety that you can afford.</p>
<p>Any additional schools have to be at least somewhat realistic possibilities for admission and affordability.</p>
<p>@XCjunior2016 I live in NJ so I’m instate for a few of them. Cost doesn’t matter that much to me though because I get 2 years of college free. My dad transferred his 9/11 GI Bill to me.</p>
<p>that’s great. have you considered how will you pay for the other two years? you won’t be able to just take out loans. you’re limited to borrowing about 14K for your last two years.</p>
<p>@jkeil911 I’m also going to have about 20 college credits when I finish high school from AP classes. So I’ll only have to pay for about a year.</p>
<p>lots of schools require you to get fours to get credit, so be sure to look at how each school looks at AP/IB credit transfers. those 20 credit hours will help but you probably won’t be able to use all of them because of course requirement problems. figure on at least 12, maybe 18. still, that’s somewhere around a semester’s tuition.</p>
<p>this still leaves you with a year and a half to pay for. how are you going to do that, OP? that could be $8K-90K. </p>
<p>be honest with yourself and your family about how much college will cost you and where the money is coming from. a lot of students and their parents engage in magical thinking when it comes to funding college. Instead, have a four-year plan and a Plan B. Work it out before you waste money on applications. </p>
<p>I have friends who are applying to 13-15 and don’t feel like it’s that many (they’re top of the class, but I still think that’s too many.) It really depends on the family, what they can afford, and how ambitious you are.</p>
<p>8 is not too many, but your list’s composition is a problem nevertheless.
Your SAT is too low for most of them - did you retake yesterday, or are you registered to retake in December? You really should retake if you can, and prep seriously (use number2, Khan Academy, sparksnotes, question of the day… lots of free resources out there).
In addition, you’ll likely have 3-4 semesters to pay at OOS costs (up to 90k) because many of these universities are public universities for which you’re out of state. If you really want to go out of state, look at private colleges where your stats are competitive.</p>
<p>I would recommend
1° Choosing only 1 or 2 between Pitt, UDel, Ohio State, James Madison.
2° RutgersNB is almost out of reach if you can raise that SAT score.
3° Villanova is totally out of reach.
So, as of now, you’re left with Monmouth and Richard Stockton as your only legitimate options.
You have a total of 3-4 schools -
Increase that by
1° Adding a couple colleges where you have a good shot at admission, such as Elizabethtown,
Drew, Rider, Widener, DeSales, Arcadia, Moravian, Wells, Siena, Molloy, Hartwick, Nazareth, Bryant…
2° Applying to two NJ public universities where you have a better shot than Rutgers (Rowan, Montclair, NJIT; Kean)
and if you’re well-above their requirement for class rank+GPA, apply to the Honors College.
3° Applying to test-optional colleges
<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Schools-in-U.S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf”>http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/Optional-Schools-in-U.S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf</a></p>
<p>About 40% students apply to 8 schools or more, so you wouldn’t be alone.</p>
<p>Some of these schools don’t have an application fee and if the application fee is an issue, you can ask for a fee waiver to your guidance counselor.</p>