<p>I'm making my list of colleges, and I was really just wondering if I'm on the right track. This isn't a chances thread, though. I just want a general overview to make sure I'm not shooting for way out of my league.</p>
<p>general stats- 3.9 UW GPA and hopefully ~2100 SAT (i'm a sophomore).--edit, rising junior</p>
<p>the list (in order of how much I want to attend):
UChicago
Carleton
WUSTL
Willamette
Knox and Kenyon are equal
Truman State (my main safety)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>what are you looking to get out of your college experience? what do you want to study? what programs are you interested in? what about campus life? with which types of students do you fit in best?</p>
<p>we can't comment on your list without knowing what you want</p>
<p>UChicago: If you still want to go here when you're a senior you will be accepted
Carleton: reat chances
WUSTL: Reach
Willamette: You're in
Knox and Kenyon are equal: you're in to both
Truman State : safety</p>
<p>Your list is fine. You will get into most if not all. Many people want to get into WUSTL these days. You are well qualified- it's just a situation of needing to make them select you. You may get merit money from Knox, probably will.</p>
<p>I think your list looks great. As others have said, WUStL is pretty tough these days, but I do think that interest has a lot to do with it...if you show them that you really want to come and aren't just responding to their mass mailings, you will be ahead of a lot of people. Carleton and UChicago are in the high match/low reach category...you seem very competitive, but can't walk in. The rest seem very likely to take you...I can't make guarantees, but from bare stats, you are plenty qualified and will very very very likely be admitted to all. </p>
<p>The first three schools are competitive enough that they can be plenty picky with who they choose. I know someone with very strong stats who was denied from UChicago, for example, because the pool is very competitive and certain "red flags" (poor ecs, dropping a class/classes, etc.) were serious detriments to his application, even with probably a top 3% rank and 33 ACT.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.
a778999- For a campus, I mostly want a school that's average sized (no more than 12,000 students). The smaller it is, though, the better for me.
I like schools that are near a city, but the campus is seperate from it. I don't want the city to be my backyard (like NYU or Columbia), but I think how WUSTL, UChi, or Willamette has their campus set up is perfect.</p>
<p>Academically, my interests are very spread out, and what I study may come down to where I go.
At WUSTL, I would be interested in studying biomedical engineering.
At UChi, I'd probably want to study math or economics.
At Carleton, I'm interested in studying math.
For the others, i'm not really sure (and i don't need to be now... again, a rising junior).</p>
<p>[edit] I don't know why I forgot, but I'm also interested in Rice (it'd probably be right after or equal to WUSTL)</p>
<p>If you are unsure of what you want to study, the best choice for you right now would be either a liberal arts college or a university with a large core curriculum (like the University of Chicago). This way you would study a variety of areas your first few years before deciding your major based on how you feel at that point.</p>
<p>carleton, uchic, WUSTL</p>
<p>footbally- what do you mean by those colleges? Are those the schools I can get into, I can't, or the ones I should consider going to once accepted???</p>
<p><strong><em>bump</em></strong></p>
<p>I think he just means that those would be good options. I'm sure you already knew that, though. Or maybe he was putting them in order based on preference.</p>