is my list weird???

College Search & Selection
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<p>thanks for the reply of everybody... i have shortened my list and did my won reach/matches instead of posting only princeton review. </p>

<p>Reach:
-u penn ED
-duke
-dartmouth</p>

<p>Good/Match:
-georgetown
-lehigh
-carnegie mellon</p>

<p>Safety:
-syracuse
-elon</p>

<p>-katharos, i picked schools that matched my needs according to Princeton Review, 60% or up... im not into prestige as some ppl r... i just want to go to a college that fits my overall needs, but also have finace as one of their majors... (duke, dartmouth dont but they both have lax and economics which is very important)</p>

<p>-nicole1500, yea i have loved upenn since the first time i been there and that was when i was 4 years old... it also fits me best overall, so that is def my first choice...</p>

<p>-if theres any colleges that might be good... please suggest them!</p>

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<p>Dartmouth and Duke students have concentrations in finance, which are pretty good considering the econ programs are good prep for business as is, similar to other schools without b-schools like Columbia or Stanford or Princeton</p>

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<p>what do u mean by concentrations???</p>

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<p>Laxgirl, you need more safeties!!! It's entirely possible that your matches will think that you are using them as a saftey and reject you(this happens all the time). You should add at least two more safeties to your list.</p>

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<p>Significant coursework and eventual research opportunities, ex. at Duke a concentration can be Economic History, Macroeconomics, Micro, or Finance</p>

<p>Its signified by certain courses within the major, Dartmouth I believe has a similar thing (but couldn't find it as quick on its site as I did on the Duke one)</p>

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<p>From your description of what you were looking for, it seemed like Tufts was a good fit and you shouldn't drop it from your list.</p>

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<p>looks like you know what you want and have put things into groups based on your stats versus theirs and their acceptance rates, right? Well now start looking on princetonreview.com and get yourself the Fisk Guide to Colleges and browse studentsreview.com. It's time to find out which schools match your personality and life and all that. It's time to find which school's you'll like best. Make sure that you would be super happy at any of your schools, from your safest safety to your biggest reach. Would you REALLY be happy at Harvard? Or are you just applying there just because? Brown and Harvard are waaaay different schools. If you would be happiest at one you would probably not be nearly as happy, if not completely miserable at the other! I applied to 10 schools and I would have been happy at any one of them. Also, Williams and NYU on the same list?! Do you want to live in an intense, small, intimate school in the middle of nowhere? Or in a huge, living in the city on your own, behemouth (sp?) of a university? </p>

<p>Once you find out what you REALLY want for your undergraduate education, you should have no problem shortening that list. Remember, when you get to THIS level, ALL the schools are excellent and differ very little in quality of academics, not to mention the fact that your college education is what you make of it WHEREVER you go. My point is, find out how you want to live and learn, with what kind of people you want to live and learn, what you want your HOME to be like for the next four years, and your list will shorten dramatically on its own.</p>

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<p>lax,</p>

<p>Keep in mind that when it comes to admissions, those whom much has been given, much is required. You are going to be evaluated in terms of the opportunities you have had and how well you have used those opportunities. While I think you have a really great complement of scores, grades and a sport, given what you have written about your background expect the bar to be really high. After all has been said and done,selective colleges are looking for craft a class and it is going to be up to you to show what you bring to the class of 2011 and why you should be there.</p>

<p>I would suggest that you read the following:</p>

<p>NACAC's 2006 Annual State of College Admission Report provides analysis of the combined results from the Admission Trends Survey and the Counseling Trends Survey. Based on surveys of school counselors and colleges and universities nationwide, NACAC provides this report to highlight issues of concern to college-bound students, their parents, and the educators who serve them. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/ProfessionalResources/Research/SOCA.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/ProfessionalResources/Research/SOCA.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Even if you don't read the whole report, you should definitely read Chapter 4 Factors in the admissions process </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/7CA6BEAA-90C5-4357-A498-FB0566564D71/0/06SOCA_Chapter4.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nacacnet.org/NR/rdonlyres/7CA6BEAA-90C5-4357-A498-FB0566564D71/0/06SOCA_Chapter4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As far as GPA's you have a 4.6 weighted vs. 3.6 unweighted.</p>

<p>according to the NACAC:</p>

<p>Colleges and universities receive transcripts and GPA calculations from thousands of high schools, each of which may calculate GPAs differently.</p>

<p>Many high schools use a traditional 4-point scale to measure grade averages, others use weighted 4.5- or 5-point scales, while still others use grade scales that reach as high as 8 or 10.</p>

<p>To provide a standard comparison of grade point averages among applicants, some colleges recalculate grade point averages. Colleges
are virtually evenly split on the practice of recalculating GPAs—49 percent do and 51 percent do not. </p>

<p>High yield institutions are more likely than low yield institutions to recalculate GPA. (Basically more selective schools where if admitted the student is more likely to enroll will recalculate your GPA to a 4 point scale)</p>

<p>I would also suggest reading the The Recipe For Success, a look into how the 11 admission officers at Williams balance scores of priorities from the campus community.</p>

<p>I thought that it would be helpful since there is a lot of overlap in the type of student that applies to Williams and Dartmouth (it is not usual to find many students who apply to both).</p>

<p><a href="http://www.williams.edu/alumni/alumnireview/fall05/recipe.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.williams.edu/alumni/alumnireview/fall05/recipe.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>good luck</p>