<p>Here's the colleges that I am interested in applying to next year in order:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. MIT
6. CalTech
7. Columbia
8. UC Berkeley
9. Johns Hopkins
10. Cornell
11. UPenn
12. Dartmouth</p>
<p>Anyone have any suggestions to shorten this down? I am more interested in math/science and will either major in math or some science. Maybe premed. Not sure.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, MIT, CalTech... those would be ones I would remove from my list.
Dartmouth, never heard of it.
MIT and CalTech, are tech schools and wouldn't attend one.</p>
<p>You need some safeties. Just because you apply to 10 schools that each admit 10% of their applicants doesn't mean you'll be guaranteed to get into one of them.</p>
<p>LOVE THY SAFETY. (And no, Cornell is not a safety. For anyone.)</p>
<p>I agree with Lafalum. Your list needs a safety.</p>
<p>"Dartmouth, never heard of it." It's not even funny that I can't tell if you are kidding. What do you have against Dartmouth that you keep posting against it?</p>
<p>Okay, back on topic. Remove Penn, other schools on your list are better for science and Penn's math isn't good either. </p>
<p>Look at programs that the schools have and find ones you like. Consider core requirements; some schools have really demanding ones.. like Columbia..</p>
<p>Wow, and I thought MY list was top-heavy. Regardless of how qualified you are, EVERY single school on that list is a stretch. Literally. Point to one that accepts more than one-fifth of its applicants. My counselor's temple would bust open if she saw your list. I think you seriously need to sit down and realize that you're not guaranteed in anywhere, and that JHU is not guaranteed to accept you, even if you have perfect stats.</p>
<p>Might want to give a look at Carnegie Mellon, Rice, RPI, and Case Western as slightly more safe schools to apply to than the ones you're looking at.</p>
<p>I totally agree. Carnegie Mellon would be a really strong target school range (depending on your stats). Still not quite safe enough in my opinion though. Have you considered some more prestigious state schools with full scholarships?</p>