Post Your Final Lists (the "breathe because its over" thread)

Applying to College
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<p>Son applied to:</p>

<p>Bucknell
James Madison
Lafayette
Lehigh
Old Dominion (accepted)
RPI
Villanova
VCU
Western New England (accepted with $$)
Widener Univ (accepted with $$)
WPI- #1 choice</p>

<p>I hope he gets into WPI because we both feel that it is THE school for him, but dread him getting in at the same time. If there’s not enough money, it will be disappointing. And yes, we have already had “the talk” with son about finances. So we’ll wait and see. Right now he has three schools that he can afford to go to, so the stress has been removed.</p>

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<p>Whoops, forgot Alfred University, which I plan on applying to today. I’m applying all over the place because I’m shopping for merit aid, which is a large factor in my decision. Luckily a few places already seem reasonable both academically and financially.</p>

63

<p>Anagram - Why Carleton if you need merit aid? It only offers a few k for NMF, nothing more.</p>

<p>My list, in alphabetical order. Actual preferences correlate somewhat with selectivity but some surprises, too. All of the applications are done except for financial aid.
Carleton
UDelaware (safety, guaranteed acceptance)
Grinnell
Macalester
Middlebury
Oberlin
Pomona
URochester
Scripps
Stanford
Swarthmore (EDII)
Yale (SCEA rejected)</p>

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<p>Keil- Carleton’s my dream school. I know the merit aid is practically nonexistent, but I’m applying to see if I’d get in and just in case the financial aid works out somehow. It helps that there’s no application fee.</p>

65

<p>UPenn
Harvard
Princeton
University of Michigan</p>

<p>I would like to go to U of M, the other schools are my reach schools. Should have applied to more, though.</p>

66

<p>Cambridge, Christ’s College
Chicago (Accepted EA)
Dartmouth
Edinburgh (Accepted)
Georgetown, FLL (Accepted EA)
Harvard
Manchester (Accepted)
MIT (Accepted EA)
SOAS (Accepted)
Swarthmore
Yale
York (Accepted)</p>

<p>I’m still writing for Swat because the deadline was moved. And Cambridge is mailing decisions on the 5th!</p>

67

<p>Posting for my son:
Boston College (got in-honors)
Univ of Delaware (EA)
UCONN (EA)
USC (EA)
UNC-Chapel Hill (EA)
UPENN
Wake Forest</p>

<p>The waiting is tougher than I thought! lol</p>

68

<p>Yale (accepted EA, first choice)
University of Pittsburgh (accepted rolling to honors college, full tuition)
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
UMD (College Park)</p>

69

<p>tier one- brown, cornell, penn, northwestern.
tier two- chicago, washu, harvard.
tier three- bucknell, syracuse, american.</p>

70

<p>Williams
Swarthmore
Grinnell
Bates
Trinity C
Washington and Lee
St. Lawrence
U of Richmond</p>

71

<p>I think my final list is:
University of Minnesota<br>
University of Iowa<br>
University of Arizona
University of Michigan
University of Illinois<br>
Boston University
George Washington University</p>

<p>( The order I put my public universities can virtually spell Miami)</p>

72

<p>@Northstarmom
I understand how risky my list is. I was deferred EA at Georgetown, MIT, and Caltech. However, my GC called Georgetown to ask about my deferral, and the major reason was due to a misunderstanding during my interviewer. I cleared that up in an update letter, so I am fairly confident I will get in RD.</p>

<p>I do have a back-up plan, so as devastated as I may be if I get in nowhere, I will have <em>something</em></p>

<p>I realize that it is good to encourage people to apply to safties, but I would appreciate it if I wasn’t used as an example of having a poor college list. Sorry if this seems rude or curt, but I’ve thought long and hard about my application choices.</p>

73

<p>I applied to 12 schools.</p>

<p>Ithaca College (in hopes for their MLK Jr Scholar Program, otherwise it’s a definite no)
UCLA
UCSD (never wanted to attend. My mom wanted an in-state safety for me)
U Virginia
U Miami (no longer want to attend)
U Maryland (no longer want to attend)
U Alabama (accepted - full tuition)
U Michigan (accepted)
Northeastern (accepted - 17k/year)
U Washington
Clemson (accepted - would only have to pay in state tuition)
UNC Chapel Hill</p>

74

<p>In order of acceptance:

  • Drexel
  • Creighton
  • Baylor
  • St Louis University
  • Texas A&M
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Notre Dame</p>

<p>Waiting 'til April:

  • Rice
  • Wash U in St Louis
  • U of Texas (darn top 10% rule…)</p>

<p>Heh, I’m not completely happy where I applied… I feel like this was my “let’s be practical list,” not my “wish list.” Too many safeties. :(</p>

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<p>Anagram - Ah, that’s understandable. I adore Carleton as well.</p>

<p>HYPhoper - Without knowing of your “back-up plan,” whatever it is, your college list as posted IS a perfect example of a poor choice. You made that choice knowing full well of the risk, as you’ve said yourself; so really, you’re not in a position to complain when others use you as an example of being too risky/overconfident.</p>

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<p>Michigan State (accepted)
UMich (accepted)
UChicago (accepted EA)
Case Western
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
UPenn
Duke
Swarthmore
Brandeis
Washington University in St. Louis </p>

<p>Good luck everyone!</p>

77

<p>Reach</p>

<p>Dartmouth (Deferred ED)
University of Chicago (Accepted EA)
Brown
UPenn
Cornell</p>

<p>Match</p>

<p>UVA
William and Mary
Vassar
Oberlin
Emory</p>

<p>Safty</p>

<p>James Madison (Pending EA)
Christopher Newport (Accepted EA)</p>

<p>Good Luck Everyone!</p>

78

<p>MIT 1st choice
Caltech 2nd
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (accepted)
Stanford
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Purdue (accepted, safety)</p>

<p>All are for engineering</p>

79

<p>Applied tO:</p>

<p>Trinity University [EA]
UT Austin
UT Arlington
UT San Antonio
San Jose State University
Zaytuna College
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland: Bahrain</p>

<p>i might apply to baylor idk.</p>

80

<p>Wesleyan ED (deferred to EDII)
Bard EA (accepted)
Vassar
Hamilton
Swarthmore
Colgate
Conn College
Middlebury
McGill
NYU
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Binghamton</p>