<p>So I was looking at the colleges I have been thinking about applying to and I realized I have alot of reach schools, but not alot of match schools.</p>
<p>Hopefully you guys will have some good ideas for me. A more detailed list of what I have done can be found in this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1177668-chances-hypm-plus-few-others.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1177668-chances-hypm-plus-few-others.html</a></p>
<p>If you don't want to go over there, a rough list is here.</p>
<p>I'm 1st in my class of about 400. I have a 2270 SAT and my GPA is 4.27 W and 4.0 UW.</p>
<p>My goal is to do pre-med or finance, I haven't completely decided yet although I'm leaning pre-med. I would also prefer to stay in the Northeast (New England, NY, and Pennsylvania)</p>
<p>My current list of reaches is Harvard, Yale, MIT, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, and UPenn.</p>
<p>My only current match I think is Tufts. If you guys have any more suggestions it would be great! Thanks!</p>
<p>Prolly a little higher than Tufts. Cornell probably is a match.</p>
<p>Really? I thought the ivy leagues were unpredictable which is why I listed them as reaches?</p>
<p>Cornell’s easier to get into than most Ivies as you probably know. And your stats are sufficient. I’d kill for a 4.0. I wouldn’t consider Harvard a match, but you have just as good of a shot as the majority of its applicants…in other words, you’re definitely qualified. </p>
<p>Let me know if I’m being realistic with my list!!! (Click my name to find it or something lol)</p>
<p>Yeah I understand, I just want to know for sure; I like things to be qualitative and I hate suspense (Probably why I called and paid $8 to get my AP scores haha)</p>
<p>Are there any other ideas out there?</p>
<p>It seems you have a couple sets of wishes for your future college. Your list of reach colleges shows a desire for traditional prestige schools, which also come with a greater tendency toward research, graduate sibling programs alongside your undergraduate major, high propensity toward on-time graduation, highly residential, high test scores, and low admission rate. Other schools that fit these criteria (in the Northeast) are:
- Brown
- NYU
- Princeton
- Carnegie Mellon
- Tufts
- George Washington
- Rochester
- Johns Hopkins
- Stony Brook</p>
<p>But you also mention interests in finance and pre-med (maybe chemical engineering), which suggests a need for a good arts/sciences background for a potential professional graduate degree afterward. Most of the schools above are well-diversified, but those/others (in the Northeast) with the largest percentage of students studying the degrees you mentioned are:
- U Penn (by quite a bit)
- Boston College
- Villanova
- Rochester
- Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Aim high! But with only 13,879 students entering the Ivy League last year (fewer than one per high school nationwide), you may be passed over due to circumstances beyond your control. So be sure to visit your mid-tier schools and give them a chance to finance your education. Those schools love to recruit/steal top candidates from each other, so let them try to win you over.</p>