<p>What I'm afraid about with Carnegie Mellon is red tape and too much work. Although the OR and music programs are splendid, I've heard that it is really ahrd to cross-register with other schools in the college and that the workload can be overbearing to participate in many activities. That and since the music school is top-notch, I might not be able to participate as much as I would be able to at other schools.</p>
<p>Princeton sounds like it'd be perfect for you；don't they have one of the strongest math programs in the country？ Also，the prestige，the location，the relative preppiness。。。</p>
<p>Haha one of my top choices. The problem is getting in :P</p>
<p>I would take out UChicago and Cornell, but add Vanderbilt</p>
<p>^If you read what his description of what he wanted to study</p>
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<p>why would he take out Cornell? It fits that perfectly.</p>
<p>It's a she :) 10chars</p>
<p>Cornell is in a remote location and is probably bigger than what she is looking for.</p>
<p>How big does it feel, really? I haven't visited, but plan to in the fall...</p>
<p>sorry about that, uh I don't know how big it feels quite yet since I don't start for another month and a half, but ah definitely visit and if it feels too big then don't apply, but if it feels fine, its an excellent school for what you want to study.</p>
<p>As to remote, while the area surrounding Ithaca is pretty remote, Ithaca itself is certainly a college town environment, almost the definition of it, and thats what the tc said she was looking for. Though again when you visit, think about if you are ok with being that far from a major urban center.</p>
<p>Prism, if you don't mind me asking, which school are you going to (CAS, Engineering?) and what do you plan on majoring, and do you mind if I ask you a bunch of questions after you start?</p>
<p><em>bump</em> anyone else?</p>
<p>Do you really need to apply to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Penn, AND Cornell? You've chosen every Ivy except one. I'd cut Harvard, Columbia, Penn, and Stanford. You don't need that many reaches.</p>
<p>Engineering, and probably ECE although I'm also interested in CS and materials science, may pursue a minor in one of those, and sure, although you could ask someone on the Cornell board those questions right now, same with similar questions for other colleges on there own respective board.</p>
<p>Brown - This is a bit of an anomaly for your list, seems like it's only here because it's an Ivy...
Caltech - I'd remove this one
Carnegie Mellon - wonderful match
UChicago - fun really does die here... but that simply depends on your definition of fun!
Columbia - very urban
Cornell
Duke - culture is very drinking based
Harvard
UMich
MIT* - too little time for ECs... different type of student.
UNC - really?
UPenn
Princeton* - perfect!
URoch - great back up!
RPI - look for the meri scholarships... my sister got a full ride there!
Stanford
Williams - nix. too rural
Yale* -</p>
<p>I think that your options are great, you just need to narrow down your reach list a bit. RPI and URoch are both safeties for you and you have a lot of reaches. However, if reaches are your ultimate goal, I would apply to as many as you like to enhance your chances of acceptance!</p>