Look at my college list?

College Search & Selection
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<p>My stats:</p>

<p>I'm a girl at a private, Roman Catholic school in Orange County
GPA 4.1w/ 3.5uw
SAT 2090- 680Math 640CR 770Writing
EC's:
Red Cross Club President
Student Exchange Program Club Officer
NHS
CSF
Medical Magnet Program at my school
IDTech camp- Programming in Java
Verified Certificate of Achievement- CS50 through edX
Assisting in administering vision exams to folks at nursing homes- about 80 hours
About 100 Community service hours, includes
- 3 summers of VBS
- 8 years of altar serving
- Some volunteer work with the Knights of Columbus
One season of sports in school, two outside of school</p>

<p>I'll have 6 AP's by the end of senior year. Let me know if posting my classes would help.
So here is the list..</p>

<p>Reach:
Stanford
UC Berkeley
UCLA
USC
UCSD
Boston College
Wash U St. Louis
U of Texas- Austin
Harvey Mudd</p>

<p>Touch:
UC Davis
Santa Clara U
Northeastern
San Diego State U
Chapman U
Cal Poly- SLO</p>

<p>Please tell me if my touches are actually reaches and feel free to suggest more safeties.
And I realize that I have somewhat unrealistic reaches, but my family overestimates me and you miss the chances you don't take :P</p>

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<p>I am surprised that you would consider UT a reach. It is more like a match - the average out of state SAT this year was lower than the score you currently have.
If you are interested in Texas, you should apply to Texas A&M, too. </p>

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<p>Also I’ll probably add UC Santa Cruz to touch schools</p>

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<p>@Fredjan, without the OP’s class rank we have no idea about TX. Class rank far outweighs any other element in admission. </p>

<p>OP, are you in-state for CA (there are many Orange Countys). Is your family willing to pay $50K/year for UT?</p>

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<p>^yes, I’m in Orange County, CA, and I don’t know my class rank yet. </p>

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<p>And paying $50K/year?</p>

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<p>Major? I would move Cal Poly Slo to reach…depending on major</p>

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<p>i also added lmu and usd as safeties and got rid of wash u</p>

<p>and i want to major in comp sci, which i realize is really impacted :confused: I’m considering applying to a less impacted major then switching into CS where possible</p>

<p>and about the cost, i honestly don’t know …</p>

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<p>Stanford and Mudd are out of reach. I would drop them and focus on the other schools on your list.</p>

<p>Also, you will want to talk with your parents and run the net price calculators for the schools on your list. You can find them on most college websites on their financial aid page.</p>

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<p>Your reaches are reaches and your matches are matches. I might move BC and UCSD down. Good job. </p>

<p>Now can you afford any of them? Time to have the talk with mom and dad and get to the specific numbers of cost, expected family contribution, savings, net worth, etc. It has to happen if you’re going to go to college. The feds and schools will demand this information. The sooner you know affordability of any of the schools the better. </p>

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<p>Lmu and usd are matches not safeties… The 3.5 makes none of these safeties…</p>

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<p>^that’s what i meant, matches</p>

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<p>@"Erin’s Dad"‌
Eh, depending on the major, OP might still get into Texas as long as she’s in the top quintile. Rank is much less important for OOS than for in-state.
I do agree that she should look into her finances, though.</p>

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<p>Can anyone tell me whether I should consider Boston University a reach or match?</p>

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<p>It’s a match.</p>

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<p>You need to ask your parents before you spin your wheels. You need a good list, and money influences that list.</p>

<p>you need to retest since the W part of the SAT is hardly used, and your M+CR could use some improvement.</p>

<p>also take the ACT</p>

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<p>yay…I graduated from a catholic HS in OC…the one that starts with a R.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-top25 LAC 1 hour from Boston. HC has very nice campus, strong academics, and fantastic alumni network. </p>