Need advice in choosing schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I came up with a big list of my RD schools, and I am having trouble choosing where to apply and not apply. My parents and counsellor want me to choose some out of my list. Can you help me decide what colleges I should seriously consider?</p>

<p>I know I am supposed to visit, search and "feel" colleges. However, my circumstances and indecisiveness do not allow me to do so :[</p>

<p>I am looking for a good computer science program, and East Coast school with good financial aid. Reputation of school matters to certain extent (Korean parents :P). I have GPA of 98(weighted), barely made top 10% and SAT score of 2140 (Superscore). I have good ECs.</p>

<p>Accepted College: University of Michigan at ann arbor
Deferred College: UIUC
Rejected College: Cornell
Waiting for Decision: Binghamton, Stony Brook
Already Applied: Upenn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Rochester</p>

<p>My RD List: - NorthEastern
- University of Maryland
- Virginia Tech
- Bucknell University
- Case Western
- Villanova
- Boston College
- Boston University
- NYU
- Vassar
- CMU
- University of Virginia
- Washington in St. Louis</p>

<p>Feel free to tell me other colleges.
Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>You don’t necessarily have to visit a college to “feel” it; the internet is magic. Search the school’s website but also find student blogs or groups online to see if the people there sound like you. And by sound like you I don’t mean you’re from the same place or something like that, just personality-wise: any schools that you feel you wouldn’t get along with the general population are probably not worth an application.</p>

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<p>Is Michigan affordable?</p>

<p>If so, eliminate schools from your application list that you would not choose over Michigan.</p>

<p>Also eliminate schools which have no chance of being affordable (check net price calculators and merit scholarships offered at each school).</p>

<p>These should trim the list to a more manageable size.</p>