<p>Now, I haven't been able to decide between Syracuse and NYU for a long time, and I think I've come to the realization that the reason I can't decide between them is that I don't like either of them nearly as much as I like the rest of the colleges on my list. I thought about some other matches, but then I decided that I should really only add a school to my list that I would actually want to go to: Dartmouth. Obviously that would not be a match, and my GC thinks that I should apply to Syracuse instead, but I love Dartmouth and I really never wanted to take it off of my list, but I can't apply to more than ten schools so I had to cut it. Is it foolish to apply to so many reaches? Should I be applying to a second match instead of Dartmouth?</p>
<p>To give you a general idea of where I am academically, I have a 2280 SAT and a 3.7 GPA with the toughest courseload possible.</p>
<p>if you can't see yourself actually attending Syracuse, then don't apply. Dartmouth will be a long shot but if you get in it will be a dream come true, so i think you should apply there. you're already into a safety anyway.</p>
<p>How about adding Dartmouth, and subtracting Columbia? If you keep NYU, you have both a match and a NYC location. If you are in love with Dartmouth, keep it. It's location is very different from the more urban campuses on your list. Perhaps the beauty of nature is speaking to you?</p>
<p>If you ended up only in at Pitt, UConn, and Syracuse, would you be likley to chose Pitt or Uconn? Would you be happy with only the choice between Pitt and UConn? If so, def. cut Syracuse in favor of Dartmouth. There is no reason to apply to a match you don't like very much if you'd be happier with your safeties (esp. because you'll still have one match). </p>
<p>If you'd like to try to get more options than Pitt and Uconn, it's probably a good idea to have another match, but you should try to find one you like more. There's a thread in I think the college search/selection section that talks about colleges like Dartmouth but not quite as hard to get into, so that might be a place to look (I think it's called "There's no Place Like Dartmouth...or is there?"</p>
<p>i don't get it..you have a really good sat score and pretty good gpa..why wouldn't Darthmouth be a match..u could even get into Yale with those scores!</p>
<p>I know that they're all really, really different. I started out looking at a ton of schools, and picked the ones that I really loved when I visited them. I've done a TON of research.</p>
<p>If you loved Dartmouth, I would have said that you had real good Dartmouth chances for ED. Too late now, probably, but I agree with whoever said if you love Dartmouth, go for it, perhaps at the expense of another reach</p>
<p>what I don't understand is that you have 10 very urban campuses on your list (well, technically, I guess BC and Tufts are more suburban), so I don't see the Dartmouth fit. </p>
<p>btw: With your stats, I'd say NYU, 'Cuse, and GW's are more safety-like for admissions, but depending on the applicant pool, they may not offer a lot of grant money if you need finaid. If you don't like Syracuse, don't apply.</p>
<p>Apply to Dartmouth College with the understanding that you may not have the support of your guidance counselor--which could be fatal. Your application essays should be convincing that you are a good match or that you add diversity of some form.
klaz413: I just glanced through some of your earlier posts & read that you intend to be a classics major. A few years ago, I researched this for a student & found several schools that were in need of classics majors. (I think that two were Ivies-one was Princeton & I can't recall the other. At that time, admission was rumored to be easier for classics majors at some ultra selective schools--which I have since forgotten.)</p>