Is this a bad college list?

Do.Your.Homework.

Which is not the same thing as asking other people to do it for you.

Did you look at the Columbia & UChic links? Do you know what the difference is between a Core curriculum and General Education (aka GenEd) or Distribution requirements? Have you looked at the requirements for your current wish list?

You don’t need more reaches- you need to learn about the ones you already have - and you need to spend more time on identifying places that you are mostly likely to be attending (from both a cost and an admissions p.o.v.)- which are matches and likelies, not reaches.