Need a really nice reach school....

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well, i have 1400+ SATs (get back on Monday), 750+ on 3 SAT IIs, amazing essays + recs, have taken the hardest classes in high school, and my interview would be really good. However, my GPA and class rank arent to hot (third decile of class)</p>

<p>Now, my dad said I could apply to anywhere in the country I wanted, but just one, as a super reach.</p>

<p>-I want to major in economics at the reach school
-I want a prestigous school, yet one I have a >1% chance at admittance(I realize I would have <5% chance at most places I am talking about, but I atleast want a small chance)
- Driving distance from Philadelphia
- small enough so that the admissions officers will extesively look over my recs/essays/interview carefully, yet large enough so that I would have a true college experience ~6,000 students
- no an LAC, they just arent nationally known to large coorperations
- within an 8 hour drive from Philadelphia</p>

<p>I am leaning towards Brown or Penn</p>

<p>I think that MIT Harvard, Yale and Princeton are just too high up for me to even have a slim chance</p>

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<p>also thinking about dartmouth, sorry</p>

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<p>U PENN seems like a nice reach. </p>

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- no an LAC, they just arent nationally known to large coorperations

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<p>with the amount of LAC lovers on this board, be prepared to defend yourself for this comment. i completely agree with it but you will be attacked!! lol</p>

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<p>LACs are perfect for someone who wants to go to med school or someone who wants to go to law school, or a scientist or liberal arts major, just not for someone who wants to go into business</p>

<p>My dad (who is the type of person who would hire me in 4 years) has never heard of Swarthmore or Haverford, and both are under 2 hours away.</p>

<p>I just defended my point</p>

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<p>You're totally misinformed where LACs are concerned. Even at a super competitive high school, third decile probably won't swing an ivy unless you have some nationally ranked EC. Schools like CMU you may have a shot at.</p>

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<p>Apply to more thqn one. If you pay for the application, why would dad care? Pick your favorite of Brown, Penn and Dartmouth, then also apply to Cornell which is a bit easier to get into.</p>

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<p>Your dad has never heard of Swarthmore or Haverford, which are only two hours away. Note that this says more about your dad than it does about Swarthmore or Haverford. </p>

<p>Make sure you take a logic class in college. The data you cite do not lead to the conclusion that LACs are unknown to large corporations.</p>

<p>As for a reach school, I'm with the poster that recommended CMU. Dartmouth might also be worth a shot.</p>

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<p>Most of his co-workers, all in middle management of a fortune 500 company, have never heard of most liberal arts schools</p>

<p>Go to the business board and tll them an LAC is a good prep to go into business</p>

<p>You'll get laughed at</p>

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<p>I get it now, you've set your sights on middle management at a large company. You won't find many who aspire to that at ivies. People hiring for the best jobs in the Country know Swat, really.</p>

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<p>Good possibilities would be Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, U Penn, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Brown, Harvard. Harvard, Princeton, Yale might be unrealistic reaches, however.</p>

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<p>Duke would be a great school-fantastic education and great alumni network. For more realistic schools -Holy Cross, Colgate and William & MARY.</p>

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<p>I have realistic schools I am happy with (Delaware, Northeastern, Rutgers, TCNJ(slight reach), JMU, virginia tech). This thread is asking for a reach school </p>

<p>Would Penn discriminate against me because I am like 5 minutes away?</p>

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<p>What's your defenition of a reach school? It sounds like it's a school where you don't have a chance. Why bother?</p>

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<p>I'm with suze...I don't understand why you want to apply to a school where you have a <1% chance of getting in. Don't waste your application money.</p>