please help me add schools to my list!!!

Hi I’m a junior living in NYS and I’m looking for schools that I can add to my list.

My college list (so far):
Syracuse University
Boston College
Penn State
University of Pittsburg
University at Buffalo

SAT:1300
GPA: 3.7
IB diploma student
I’ve taken 5 AP classes and 5 IB classes

ECs:
Band (8 years-first flute for 4 years)
Key Club (3 years)
Dance (12 years- ranked 14th in region)
Soccer (4 years)
~150 hours of community service

I’m a middle class, first generation student.
OOS tuition is not an issue.

I’m only intrested in schools less than 5 hours from Buffalo as I don’t want to go too far from home.

I’m hoping anyone can add to my list as well as suggestions on how to increase my chances of getting into any schools.

Fordham, Ohio State

Nice stats and good list so far.

What do you want to major in? What is your weighted GPA?

You might start thinking some Ivy League schools. If you can handle an extra hour away, University of Penn.

If you’re looking for reaches (with your current stats), Vassar, Colgate, Hamilton, and RPI are considered really good schools. If you apply to all 4 of them, I think you might get into one, maybe two of them.

NYU and UR are still reaches for you, but not nearly to the extend of the above. Plus, UR is about a mile outside of Buffalo, and is considered extremely good.

You look more than competent to get into some of the other good SUNYs, which I would probably recommend if you need to fill up your fit/safety schools. More specifically, I hear Stony Brook and Binghamton are especially good ones. In terms of privates, Skidmore should also be pretty good fit as would Union.

I hear Clarkson, Lehigh, and Lafayette are supposed to be good, but having seen the pictured, I feel like I personally would hate it. That’s just me, though, and I know that a lot of people have different preferences.

You should have given a bit of a clue as to what you like in a college, your interests/major, and your values; That would make it easier to make a personal recommendation. Definitely try to raise up your objective stats (SAT, ACT, and GPA); your reaches might become perfect for you if you do.

By the way, interested; it’s been bothering me for a while.

EDIT: BTW; @TooOld4College mentioned UPenn. If you want to, apply, but don’t expect to get in. You might, but that’s pretty much a lottery school for almost every applicant. Also, if you really want to go there, 100% apply ED; Their ED vs RD acceptance rate this year was 22% vs 6%.

St. Lawrence U.
Hobart and William Smith
Vassar might be really good for you, but a little outside of your 5 hour zone
Lehigh is a pretty school
U of Rochester
U of Toronto
Stony Brook is more of a commuter school and too far away
Binghamton is a good school, but not that pretty
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Geneseo
Ithaca
Allegheny
Juniata
Muhlenberg
NYU–too far away
Fordham–too far away