<p>Im in a small NY town, in the thick of my senior year and I know where my top school is (BU), I know a few other schools I want to go to (Fordham, American) and I have a few safeties.</p>
<p>I have 7 schools and everyone keeps telling me thats not enough, so I was wondering if someone could recommend another good school that they think I should apply to and can get in to...</p>
<p>General Stats:
-3.6 UW GPA on a 4.0 Scale</p>
<p>-1820 SAT </p>
<p>-6 AP's, 4 Honors Courses</p>
<p>-Over 400 Hours Of Community Service</p>
<p>-President of one club for 3 years, member of a few including National Honor Society</p>
<p>-AP Scholar Award</p>
<p>-Dont mean to sound like a jerk but my essay is pretty damn good, original, creative, and all that jazz.</p>
<p>Im generally leaning towards pursuing a business-related career so maybe a school that has a good business program, although i'm not going to exclude any schools if they dont meet that standard because i'm not certain on that yet.</p>
<p>Im not that picky in terms of size. Id like to go to a school in a more urban environment but its not a big deal if I don't. Id also like to generally stay in the Northeastern general area, but id probably be willing to go as far down south as the Carolinas.</p>
<p>BU is my top school, but I think its more of a match than a reach. Also applying to:</p>
<p>American
Fordham
Bing
Geneseo
UCONN
Elon
Maybe Loyola Maryland...</p>
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<p>I disagree with the very premise of the question, actually. Nobody needs a reach.</p>
<p>You really ought to have safeties, and you probably ought to have some matches. Beyond a couple of those, everything else is optional.</p>
<p>Do you have more than one university on your list that you believe–based on actual research, and not just some kind of intuitive sense-- meets all of the following criteria?</p>
<ol>
<li> You’re pretty sure you can get in.</li>
<li> Your family is pretty sure they can afford to send you there.</li>
<li> You’re pretty sure you can be academically successful there.</li>
<li> You’re pretty sure you’d like it there.</li>
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<p>If you have more than one such university on the list, you don’t have to expand it unless you find a college or university that’s even more appealing than the ones on it.</p>
<p>Of course there’s no reason for you not to keep shopping for another college or university that you’ll like even better than what’s on your list. But given that I know nothing about business or schools of business, I don’t have anything to suggest.</p>
<p>I completely agree with Sikorsky, nobody needs reaches, on the contrary people would be a lot happier/less disappointed if they found schools that they were in love with that were not reaches. If your first choice is a match and you have a few more matches and safeties you are good to go!</p>
<p>Boston College? Definitely a reach but if that is what you are looking for…</p>