<p>Hi! I've done quite a bit of research but I'm not sure because of my GPA. Here's my stats:</p>
<p>3.4 UW GPA, 4.0 W GPA, on track to have 4.0 UW senior year GPA</p>
<p>I go to the top high school in the state, all non-AP/DE classes are honors. I'm graduating early (3 years). This year I'm dual enrollment full-time and taking 3 online AP courses. I took one AP last year and got a 3 (I would've gotten a 4 but I was falling asleep after a late night of studying!). No other APs besides that. </p>
<p>My SAT is 760/700/680</p>
<p>Here's my list:</p>
<p>Reach:
Smith
Bryn Mawr</p>
<p>High Match:
Mount Holyoke</p>
<p>Match: St Mary's College (IN)
Agnes Scott (GA)</p>
<p>Low Match:
Salem College
Wesleyan College (NOT University)</p>
<p>Safety:
In state school that I'm 100% sure of
Meredith College</p>
<p>I'm doing 3 years and dual enrollment because I'm working 2 jobs (I had to get the school to sign a child labor law waiver and stuff for that) after my father got ill & had lots of medical bills and DE is really flexible (I only go to school 2 days a week). But we are considered middle/upper middle class; my family is not in poverty if not for med expenses. I'm not contributing to the medical bills but I am contributing to my own costs (gas, food, college apps). I'm saving like half the money for college. I'm only able to do one EC this year but other than that my ECs are pretty strong. </p>
<p>I expect my recommendations to be okay/slightly above average. The reason I'm asking is because I originally thought my GPA was 3.65/4.3 but I calculated it wrong and now I'm worried!</p>
<p>To answer your question (in the title), no, you only have two reaches, that’s definitely not “too many”.
But yeah, I think your list is pretty balanced… 2 reaches, 4 matches, and a safety seem reasonable 
Good luck!</p>
<p>It looks like a balanced list from an admissions standpoint - have you considered the finances? Have you run the NPCs for all of your schools and gotten an amount which will work for your situation? Have you and your parents discussed how much they can realistically contribute each year to pay for school, accounting for medical expenses/salary loss? </p>
<p>Do you need big merit aid to attend these schools? If yes, do they offer it and are you competitive for it? No info. about major, but you might want to add a school or two with guaranteed merit for your stats or other financial safeties. For example, Smith College costs 60K per year and only gives a small number of merit scholarships, and the maximum merit scholarship is 20K(probably very competitive, too). They do meet 100% of demonstrated financial need, but not clear on whether you qualify for any. If you don’t qualify for much need-based aid, Smith might be financially out of reach, no matter how much you like it.</p>
<p>It usually takes a lot of time (and $ for fees, test scores, etc.) to apply to schools, so make sure they all have a solid chance of being affordable for you, or switch your focus instead to ones that are.</p>
<p>I have 2 daughters in college (with 2 years of overlap and also a junior in high school) and we spent a lot of time reviewing the financial aid policies of schools they expressed interest in. We could not afford to actually pay anything close to our EFC (a common problem!), so they did not waste energy and $ applying to schools which only offer need-based aid(or not large merit$). We knew they would never get enough $ to actually attend those schools. They only applied to schools offering substantial merit aid, which they had a shot of getting with their stats, and both received enough to make college affordable within our financial constraints.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Why NC State Colleges/UNC are not on the list? You might be lucky to get into UNCH.</p>
<p>I’m afraid your safety may be an admission safety but not a financial safety. If your family can’t afford it then it’s not really a safety. Run the NPCs to see if the schools are affordable.</p>
<p>@miopyon13 the formatting is wonky but I have 2 safeties- an instate school PLUS Meredith. Anyways, thanks a lot for weighing in!</p>
<p>@mamag2855 Thanks for the reply! Yes, FA is a big part of my decision. All but 1 or 2 of them will be within my financial reach based on NPC & college navigator average income net price or merit scholarships that I think I’m competitive for. The others are still on there because my PROFILE is way lower than the FAFSA because of the medical bills and I think I could get a lower net price with a petition. I did have to delete a few because of price (goodbye Sweet Briar :’( ). I tried to balance schools where I rely on need based aid (Smith, Bryn Mawr, Mt Holyoke) with ones where merit is likely (Wesleyan, Salem). If none of their aid is good enough (I doubt it will happen) my in-state safety will be doable financially even with no scholarships.</p>
<p>@artloverssurplus That’s because I’m mostly interested in women’s colleges & am just generally not interested in UNC-CH.</p>
<p>^^This is good advice. You might have a good story to tell about your dad’s illness and how it has affected you and your high school years. Can you use it in an essay?</p>
<p>Run the net price calculator on all the schools. </p>