<p>Very true, but I should have a good enough shot at them to call them targets. My stats definitely put them on match. I think of reaches more as schools that are above your stats/ you would have less than a 50% shot at. My stats are at least on par with these schools (2300 sat, 3.95 GPA, Tons of ECs w/leadership postions) I’m not saying I’ll get in (if I knew that then it would be a safety), but I am saying that I have an above average shot, making them less than a reach</p>
<p>I’m looking at top public schools mostly because they have the balance of sports, partying, and academics that I’m looking for. Top school is probably UW-Madison due to the instate tuition (hopefully honors), and then UVA, Duke, UNC, and UT-Austin. 1380/2050 SAT/4.0 UW GPA, most rigorous schedule, captain of wrestling team, NHS, Spanish Honors Society, 60 volunteer hours, volunteering for 6 weeks in Paraguay this summer in Amigos de las Americas, modeled after the Peace Corps</p>
<p>Look into Emory bchristian. If you show interest, You’ll be a match… If you don’t show interest, you probably won’t get in. That’s how Emory works. I would be inclined to agree that Rice is a match … so is Tufts (although it does have Tufts syndrome).</p>
<p>-Alam1
I looked at Emory, but won’t apply, because they don’t have civil engineering, which is what I intend to major in. It is a great school though</p>
<p>@ tk21769</p>
<p>Can you please help me with sorting out reaches/matches/safeties? I’m quite lost…</p>
<p>Here’s my list:
- Stanford
- University of Southern California
- Emory University
- NYU
- Boston College
- Wesleyan University</p>
<p>And my stats:
- SAT Reasoning superscore: CR 640 M 790 W 690 - 2120
- SAT 2 Math II: 740
- GPA: 3.8 - 3.9 (93-94)
- Korean-Canadian living in Canada, attending a public high school
- ECs:
- Yearbook photographer since grade 9; head of photography for grade 11 and 12
- School newspaper founding member and editor
- Jazz/Stage band bassist since grade 9
- Hockey camp and house league junior instructor / student coach
- Planning to double major in journalism and sociology</p>
<p>Thank you (:</p>
<p>(If you don’t mind, can you suggest some universities that I should consider applying to? Thank you!)</p>
<p>My list looks quite formidable.</p>
<p>bchristian - I think you have a decent shot at Tufts and Rice - however, for every person like you, there are many others. It is unreasonable to say they will all get it, so I would call Tufts a High Match, Low Reach, since you could be admitted one day and rejected the next. But I guess that we’re using different logic here. My top two schools - Bowdoin and Williams - have very low acceptance rates. Yet, according to your logic, they would be matches, since my SAT scores are above Bowdoin’s 75th and just below Williams. These colleges are holistic - just a score can’t make it a match. Good luck with your applications… you do have a lot of safeties, so I wouldn’t worry. I would just recategorize your matches.</p>
<p>My list changes daily, so I’ll organize my list this way:</p>
<p>Definitely applying: UNC Chapel Hill, OSU (financial reasons), Case Western Reserve University (financial reasons)</p>
<p>Probably applying: Emory, Rice, Michigan, Colgate</p>
<p>Considering: Northwestern, Boston College, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington University in St. Louis, Johns Hopskins, Dartmouth, Brown, Tufts, Wesleyan… I’ve debated a few others here and there, but I guess you could say those are the ones I think about most often?</p>
<p>sara12: The crucial difference isn’t necessarily the score ranges, but the acceptance rates. Among high-achieving applicants, some schools use more discretion in sculpting a class, and this is reflected in their lower acceptance rates. Tufts has a relatively higher acceptance rate, which is indicative of it being generally easier for a qualified applicant to gain admission.</p>
<p>High Reach: UPenn Wharton, Dartmouth Tuck
Reach: NYU Stern
More likely: BC, Northwestern</p>