<p>Just as we all have reasons to apply to certain places, there are 'match' universities that each one of will not consider because...</p>
<p>Let me start with my list:</p>
<p>TUFTS : Tufts syndrome, Ivy reject/disappointed student body
**BU: **Grade deflation (hurts grad/med/law school placement)
**CORNELL: **Easy to get in, difficult IVY to get out [/Bold]</p>
<p>Everyone, please share your research.</p>
<p>The BU thing is the dumbest thing i've ever seen. I know a lot of people there. Most said they dont notice it too much. As long as you try and work hard, youll get the grade you should.</p>
<p>As for Cornell--Easy to get in? LMAO.</p>
<p>And of all the kids that I know that go to Tufts, they all absolutely love it there.</p>
<p>Some of these are more reachy than matchy</p>
<p>Berkeley: Too big, don't like the grading system
UVA: Too conservative, too preppy
Univ. of Chicago: Too pretentious
Smith: Too liberal in behavior (not the political ideology)
Davidson: Too rural
Dartmouth: Too rural, too preppy, not interested in Greek life
Williams: Too rural
Columbia: a better grad school than undergrad IMHO because of the city atmosphere and the somewhat open campus that didn't really seem like a cohesive undergrad unit
Tufts: Too preppy, too much Greek life, bad on-campus experience
Georgetown: Overrated, don't like D.C.</p>
<p>Obviously some people will disagree with my reasoning (I'm sure it's flawed to some extent) but everyone has personal opinions that we're entitled to.</p>
<p>UIUC: too rural and too farmy (I have allergies to the max lol)
UMass: too rural, too much of a party school
USC: too expensive + extremely small chance of getting in</p>
<p>There are many reason for not applying to a college, but I recently found the most silly of them: a soon to be broken relationship. So dont worry thinking why you are not applying to a college, concentrate in thinking what its best for you no matter what the others say, and do your best.</p>
<p>I'm not applying to UConn because I dont like the location. I would go insane in a rural area. Too far from any civilization.</p>
<p>UT Austin - 5 minutes away from my house...
(er, actually I think I get to call it a safety, but that just makes it stupider that I'm not applying)</p>
<p>UT-austin is a safety and you use the word stupider? nice oxymoron. sorry to bash but breaking HUGE rules of grammar that have nothing to do with being online are a pet peeve of mine</p>
<p>sorry... I was typing pretty quickly so I wasn't paying attention.
yes, I'm an auto-accept b/c I'm in TX and in the top 10% of my school.</p>
<p>i figured that was why and it wasnt anything personal on the grammar. it just bothers me for some reason</p>
<p>I used to feel the exact same way about UT-Austin as the above poster. Recently, however, I have realized how amazing of a city Austin is for "the college years." If the size throws you off, I would recommend researching Plan II...it's much more catered to the intelligent individual.</p>
<p>Tufts -- big Greek life? Um, no.</p>
<p>Well, I don't know. As I said, it's arbitrary.
I toured Wellesley a few hours before I visited Tufts. I told my Wellesley tour guide I was visiting Tufts. She told me that a friend of hers transferred to Wellesley from Tufts because of the dominating Greek life at Tufts. She may have been biased but her story had the ring of truth, and when I visited campus it was certainly preppy (I took a look through the folder of tour guide bios...too many east coast private prep school types to count.) It just wasn't for me.
Also: bad on-campus experience. My baby brother was with us on the visit. He ran out of the parking lot right into a metal pole. He was hurt (obviously!) and fell down on the grass crying and almost barfed from the shock! My mother went to comfort him and this preppily dressed blonde walked by and threw her a weird look. Didn't leave a good taste in our mouths.</p>
<p>O man poor kid! I've walked into poles and my family laughs at me. It's sad...</p>
<p>all those pennsylvania colleges like gettysburg, dickinson, and allegheny because their merit-based financial aid sucks!</p>
<p>New College of Florida: not enough structure for me</p>
<p>and all of those schools with greek life (or a prevalent one)</p>
<p>@j07: I know, I want to live in Austin, just not in Austin (or in Texas) because that is where I have lived all my life
there, and I don't want to live at home for college...</p>
<p>my sentiments exactly.</p>
<p>I didn't want to apply to Johns Hopkins or UChicago, even though both could have been considered matches, because of their reputation for cutthroat academic competition and lack of a social life. I also didn't apply to GA Tech because I had no interest in Engineering. </p>
<p>Also, regarding Tufts, I think the accusation that the school is dominated by Greek life is well-grounded, but false. Many students rarely if ever attend frat parties, and there are plenty of other things to do on campus. It certainly can feel that way freshman year, but as the years go by and you make more friends (and yes, as you start to have more and more work and take college more seriously), you'll probably be under less and less pressure to go to frat parties. Also, Greek life at Tufts is weak and in decline compared to schools where it truly does dominate social life, especially at schools in the south and midwest. At these schools, a student is basically an outcast if he or she does not join a frat or sorority. This is not the case at Tufts at all. </p>
<p>Also, as to the accusation that Tufts is full of bitter Ivy League Rejects, this stereotype also has some truth to it, but most people have moved on by the end of freshman year, and most students go on to have very happy and productive careers at Tufts. Very few students transfer from the school, so even if they are bitter and disillusioned with not being admitted to an ivy, they're happy enough at Tufts to stay.</p>
<p>also, several of us got into ivies and picked tufts. and many others didn't even apply to ivies in the first place (for various reasons) so aren't ivy-rejects.</p>
<p>sorry about your little brother!</p>