Need some suggestions.

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for a school with a good engineering or a good psychology program. Ideal location is Mid-Atlantic or Northeast. Private school, not too big underclass size between 4,000-10,000. Indifferent about greek life. I live in NY, but DO NOT want to go to any college in NY. My GPA is a 89.93 UW, 90.1 without religion. ACT-28, SAT-1720(CR-540, M-600, W-580) Retaking both. Good EC's without getting into details.
Looking at:
Villanova
Lafayette College
Boston University, a bit too big
UChicago
UDelaware only public uni I like
Bucknell
UScranton
Manhattan College only as a safety, but no more in NY
Lehigh</p>

<p>Anyone have any good suggestions, particularly reaches and matches. Or any other colleges similar to the ones I'm looking at now</p>

<p>Thanks a ton for your help!</p>

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<p>Add more safeties…I would retake SAT and try to get 600+ CR. If you can do that you have a shot at all on you list except UChicago. I think for Lehigh and Lafayette you may need a higher math score. But do not let my feedback discourage you from applying to any of these places…you never know what may happen</p>

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<p>I’m not discouraged, i know what i have to do but, im just lookgin for more suggestions, i have 2 safeties, and thats all i need.</p>

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<p>How about applying to some of the top SAT optional colleges? Wake Forest, Bates, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Wake Forest, Franklin & Marshall, Holy Cross, to name a few.</p>

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<p>No, i can definitely bring them up. Anyone other suggestions.</p>

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<p>Class of '12 enrolled students at Bucknell SAT’s, middle 50% CR 600-680, middle 50% M 630-710. Average GPA 3.62. Admitted students stats are higher. Its acceptance rate is under 30%.</p>

<p>I think it is a big reach for you. Apply. But have better safeties on your list. Most of your listed schools seem like matches or reaches.</p>

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<p>This board is so inconsistent, people have said Bucknell is a low reach and now your saying its a high reach, i know what I’m doing, and Scranton and Manhattan are absolute safeties, ill be in without a doubt. Besides morris what was the point of the post, i was looking for suggestions for new colleges to look at, not critiques at my current ones.</p>

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<p>No one on this thread said Bucknell was a low reach. No need to get defensive. It is a high reach given your stats.</p>

<p>I was telling you that I thought most of your listed schools were a match (maybe ) or reach.</p>

<p>So you want suggestions? You gave little requirements other than population 4-10k. Given that- Drexzel, RIT, Clarkson, Northeastern U.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Little requirements? You already broke one with suggesting RIT and Clarckson, i said not in NY in uppercase if you actually read my requirements, and while i said Bucknell is a low reach, someone else on the board said that.</p>

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<p>“and while i said Bucknell is a low reach, someone else on the board said that.”</p>

<p>Huh???</p>

<p>OK. I stand corrected. Leave out RIT and Clarkson. </p>

<p>Please leave out most of the other schools on your list because you SAT scores are AVERAGE at best. You might want to consider starting at a community college and transferring if you can get good grades.</p>

<p>Good luck hon.</p>