<p>· Lehigh
· Georgia Tech
· Purdue
· University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
· University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
· University of Maryland, College Park</p>
<p>Safety</p>
<p>· Worcester Polytechnic Institute
· Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
· Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
· Stevens Institute of Tecnology</p>
<p>Maybe you would want to know:
I plan to do something in engineering
Class Rank #1
SAT 1990
GPA ~ 3.77-3.8/4.0
SAT 2 Gave the Math Level 1 and Biology-M this December. Also gave Math Level 2, but it didn't go well.</p>
<p>Please give advice. (Another University etc.)</p>
<p>I think so. Unless my admission would be guaranteed in some Safeties, and I could cross out some of them. Maybe University of Maryland too.
But otherwise, I think yes</p>
<p>Like which one. I chose JHU because I was looking for a reach with a nice acceptance rate for OOS students.
So if two safeties have become matches as well. Then I need to cut down some matches, and add some safeties. These are too many universities.</p>
<p>You know, I've started panicking. I'm doing this stupid college research for I don't know how long. Tomorrow is the last day I can edit my SAT Dec registration to add the universities I want the score sent to. My High School coodinator/Guidance counselor (who's going to fill all my school forms) is leaving on he 18 to celebrate christmas in South Africa. And it's the 9th. I still haven't been able to decide my universities.</p>
<p>Which ones should I cut off from the matches. I need to shorten my list. </p>
<p>Could I have chances for some other better universities. Ivy league? MIT? Stanford?
I'm used to the weather in CA, would Illinois, Indiana, or Minnesota bother me?</p>
<p>If RPI and RHIT are matches. How about crossing out from them? GT is the only place in the South I'm applying, and I'm a bit uncomfortable with that
.
What about University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and University of Maryland, College Park?</p>
<p>Rank is highest gpa in the whole high school like 90 kids only. do i have to tell that to the university that they're only 100 kids in the whole high school. as i said before i shifted from usa (born in CA), and not a lot of ppl do high school. they do some other british system gce o levels and stuff like that</p>
<p>· Harvey Mudd
· Carnegie Mellon University
· USC</p>
<p>Match</p>
<p>· Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
· Georgia Tech
· Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
· Penn State University
· University of Wisconsin, Madison
· University of Maryland, College Park (should I drop this too?Not a very nice rank)</p>
<p>Safety</p>
<p>· Worcester Polytechnic Institute
· Purdue
· Stevens Institute of Tecnology</p>
<p>I'm dropping University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign because it as a very low acceptance rate for OOS students.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities has a very low rank.</p>
<p>@apples; so you are an American citizen or international? This is an very important question.
USC/JHU is pretty reachish without EC information. Have you checked Mudd's SAT 25-75th percentile?</p>
<p>I'm an American citizen.
today's the last date to change the December sat score recipients.
Which matches and 1 safety you think i should cut out.</p>
<p>To answer your weather question, if you're from California, the upper-great lake states may be a very harsh adjustment for you. Chicago, WI, and MN get extremely cold in the winter (think below 0 with windchill on a regular basis), and are very humid spring through fall. </p>
<p>If weather is a factor, you may be more comfortable in the northeast - there are four seasons, but the weather is significantly more mild. Even the lower great lake states (such as Indiana and Ohio) are a bit milder than their northern counterparts. And obviously your CA schools are good in this regard. :)</p>
<p>· Harvey Mudd
· Carnegie Mellon University
· Northwestern University</p>
<p>Match</p>
<p>· Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
· Georgia Tech
· Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
· Penn State University
· University of Wisconsin, Madison</p>
<p>Safety</p>
<p>· Worcester Polytechnic Institute
· Purdue
· Stevens Institute of Tecnology</p>
<p>Your list is fine as far as your stats are concerned. Yes, you are panicking a bit. Take a deep breath and calm down. Spend your time focusing on WHAT you want to do and how you fit into those schools...prioritize them on your level of interest. Your list is reasonable enough that you may get into all of your match and safety schools and maybe a reach. So where do you REALLY want to go and WHY? Focus on "fit". Its where you will spend 4 years of your life and you want to make a good choice. For every student that is a subjective and unique question: personality, geographical location, culture, size, weather, dorms, sports etc etc. </p>
<p>And then decide. MUCH of what you provide is duplication for each school. Some schools even have the same essay question or allow you to use the Common Application. Get your list down to 6-8 schools and PRIORITIZE them by YOUR interest. Start with number one, complete the application and get the recommendations to your GC. Ditto for 2,3, 4th choices. Work as hard on all applications as you do your first, but complete your favorite colleges first. If you have a time concern, then get the recommendation forms to your GC and complete the rest of the Regular Decision applications over the holiday. Send your scores to all the schools. Do your financial aid forms as well.</p>
<p>Stay rational and stay calm. Its tedious but not that hard.</p>
<p>Last year, my D didnt get into her dream school! It was what we call a long match....a bit long in that category but not quite a reach. Just under the median scores by a smidge. Some others we felt were not good matches there got in, who had LOWER scores! She cried for a day and moved on. Then we put together a plan and applied to 6 or so more schools. We got it all done BEFORE January 1. It was actually rather cathartic to get moving on the new applications! It was time consuming but not really that bad. We waited on the responses. One was rolling admissions and it came quickly.....a match school that offered a tremendous scholarship. Oh JOY! Then came the others....and then we had to decide between the offers in April..so we got in our "buggy" and started visiting schools AGAIN....and then we had an Epiphany...and presto! We had our choice. We notified the school we accepted, and we sent out GRACIOUS letters declining the others. We never looked back. By June the information about dorms and other preparation material started coming in. By August we were ready to roll and by September 1, she was moved in. </p>
<p>It all works out. So relax and enjoy yourself. Yes, the application process is tedious and stressful. But take a deep breath and stay calm. Focus like a LASER BEAM on who YOU are as a person and what you want..that will help you prioritize the schools and your interests. </p>