<p>If you play squash, you can pick basically any school with a squash team, join it, and immediately make “preppier” friends.</p>
<p>No. They are squash teams at hippie schools and even though I could find preppy people there, I don’t want to go to a school where dreadlocks and pot are the norm.</p>
<p>Ok, sure, so rule out schools like Wesleyan, Vassar, Brown etc, but my point was that schools like Columbia, Tufts, George Washington, St. Lawrence, William Smith, Colby, Hamilton, Middlebury, might fit some of your criteria.</p>
<p>Bump .</p>
<p>So far, my list is:</p>
<p>Tufts
Claremont McKenna
Middlebury
Princeton
Yale
Georgetown
George Washington
Stanford</p>
<p>Does money matter? Not one post has mentioned the cost of the schools and the fact that many of them are not meeting 100 percent of need.
IMHO you have no safeties on this list. Not a good plan. As was suggested, look at the stats for students who are rejected from these schools. You are counting on the URM card way too much.</p>
<p>You should get some publics in there</p>
<p>superstar12, the OP despises the Midwest (which ironically has some great public universities).</p>
<p>Tufts
Claremont McKenna
Middlebury
Princeton
Yale
Georgetown
George Washington
Stanford </p>
<p>I totally agree with ebeeee.
You have lots of reaches[ 5 out of 7] . Now you need to find some real matches and safeties that you would be happy to attend. Keep diggin’. There are 3500 colleges in the US. There are plenty of colleges to choose from, but don’t forget to “show the love” to the safeties and matches you do apply to, because colleges such as Stanford could not care less how much you want to go there. They will have plenty of top students, from the US and from abroad to choose from.</p>
<p>There are many reasons to hate the Midwest, most of which I agree with. I too was from the Midwest and got the hell out of there for college. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.</p>
<p>ca87: “Consolation, how are the Ivies an absolute reach for me?”</p>
<p>Ivies are an absolute reach for anybody. While a 2150 is an excellent score that can get you in to some great schools, it definitely leans toward the lower end of scores that Ivy League admits have. And this is what you’re projecting? With all due respect, I think you should come re-post when you have your actual scores. Projected scores mean absolutely nothing. But anyways, SAT scores aren’t everything. Your ECs are strong, but lackluster. And quite frankly I don’t think being 1/16 Native American will give you much of a boost at all. If it has placed you at some sort of disadvantage, and you can write about this in your essay, you might have a better shot. </p>
<p>You need more matches/safeties. Not that rankings mean anything, but I think you should take a look at some more of the USNWR schools ranked between 20-40. They are all excellent schools that may be more reasonable in terms of admissions. good luck.</p>
<p>And as has been said here before, you’re not going to find preppy students at an urban university. I know from personal experience.</p>
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<p>Georgetown? Boston College? BU? Vanderbilt? Villanova? Harvard, even?</p>
<p>“There are many reasons to hate the Midwest, most of which I agree with. I too was from the Midwest and got the hell out of there for college. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.”</p>
<p>You sound like a spoiled little brat. Grow up!</p>
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<p>I have an excellent instate public that I will be content with going to if all else fails.</p>
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<p>I don’t want to go to a public school for many reasons. Most are way too big, huge class sizes, the campuses that are sometimes miles long. They’re not for me.</p>
<p>bigp9998, could you tell me about Middlebury and your experience there?</p>
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<p>Wrong. Find me a 2200+ African American that has been rejected from any Ivy. I’d be surprised if anyone could find one.</p>
<p>rjkofnoci, have you been to the midwest?</p>
<p>BTW, I emailed several of the schools that I have interest in regarding filling in the Native American and Caucasian box. Stanford said to fill in whichever races I identify with, Princeton said to choose any and all ethnic groups with whom I identify. Dartmouth said to mark all choices that apply. Also, I realized there isn’t a space to specify on the common app what proportion of each race I am. Maybe they have this on their supplements, however.</p>
<p>Also, I’m first generation and probably won’t be needing much aid, if any, but just to be safe what schools don’t have good financial aid programs?</p>
<p>^^^ Yes I have been to the midwest. I’ve lived here all my life. I was responding to another poster’s negative remarks.</p>
<p>Boston College? University of Virginia? Those are some nice preppy schools right there, both within your reach.</p>
<p>Miami of Ohio</p>
<p>^^ I don’t want Midwestern schools and Miami is huge and public.</p>
<p>XX55XX, since you’re going to BC, what do you think of it? (pros and cons) How was the campus if you visited?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>BC is huge too…</p>
<p>ca87: “Wrong. Find me a 2200+ African American that has been rejected from any Ivy. I’d be surprised if anyone could find one.”</p>
<p>To start of, I just want to acknowledge that race is a very touchy issue in college admissions and in every area of life. Some of the things I say are, for the purpose of this thread, generalizations, but I have no intention of offending anyone of any background.</p>
<p>One of my good friends, half African-American and half Japanese, was rejected from Harvard and Princeton. 2nd in class too. My problem is that you treat all URMs as if they’re the same. Well, they’re not. Some may have mixed background, some may be affluent, some may be 1st generation college, etc. Yes, race plays a factor, but most of the weight of being URM comes from socioeconomic status, not simply what color your skin is. Generally, an African American or Hispanic from an affluent area will only get admissions preference to a caucasian from the same area if the URM has the same or better stats. I have no doubt that URMs for the most part have an advantage over Asians/Whites in the admissions game, but the URMs who tend to get in with lower stats are located in poorer areas where their opportunities or troubled upbringing may have inhibited them from performing to the best of their ability. It’s not like Ivies will admit unqualified students just because of their race. </p>
<p>So, that being said, you’re going to have to stop relying on the fact that you’re 1/16th Native American. It’s not going to do much. Since you said you won’t “need much aid”, it can be inferred that you’re well-off. I was double legacy (something my father and I banked on) to Brown with similar stats (and IMO stronger ECs) and was deferred ED and rejected RD.</p>
<p>I’ll say it again. You need some safeties. Your list is very top heavy. People have suggested publics, which I think is a great idea for safeties, but you seem to have an aversion to going to a public university; I don’t understand this. Classes at privates won’t necessarily be THAT much smaller. If you want small, try LACs. And why not Midwest? Because the Ivy League is not there? Cmon… that’s just being ignorant. There are some Ivy calibur (if not better) schools in the Midwest (e.g. Northwestern, UChicago, UMichigan). I admire you for applying to Ivies, but you really have understand how difficult it is to get into these schools. Keep in mind that the Ivy League is technically nothing more than a sports conference.</p>
<p>As has been said before, you do sound somewhat spoiled and set on the idea that you’ll get into an Ivy. For your own sake, check out some match/safety schools so you’re not screwed over if the worst is to happen.</p>
<p>“Find me a 2200+ African American that has been rejected from any Ivy. I’d be surprised if anyone could find one.”</p>
<p>Not TOO hard; such a small “N”</p>
<p>How about Hotjava? ( sorry Hotjava. Hope you understand). Awesome applicant, awesome results, but I believe rejected at Yale.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/681434-official-harvard-university-2013-decisions-thread-10.html#post1062308209[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/681434-official-harvard-university-2013-decisions-thread-10.html#post1062308209</a></p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 CR, 780 M, 740 W</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/681183-final-roundup-hsl-results-college-5.html#post1062246309[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/681183-final-roundup-hsl-results-college-5.html#post1062246309</a></p>
<p>Accepted: Stanford, Duke, UCB, UCD, UCR, Cal Poly SLO, SDSU, CSUS, ASU
Waitlisted: Harvard
Rejected: Yale, UCLA, UCSD</p>
<p>Dbate got rejected from two Ivies with a 34 ACT ( presumably = to SAT of 2280–2330).</p>