<p>I want to know if you guys think I am reaching too high, too low, or just right. Also, if you could help me categorize my list (safety, match, reach) it would be very appreciate</p>
<p>Also, is 15 schools too many (especially with 6 UC's)?</p>
<p>UCSC
UCSB
UCSD
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Berkeley</p>
<p>University of Chicago
Pepperdine
Syracuse
Boston College
USC
Tufts
Reed
Stanford
College of William and Mary</p>
<p>CA resident
good public school</p>
<p>GPA:
Weighted: ~4.22
UC GPA: 4.0
Un-weighted: ~3.65</p>
<p>All AP and honors classes</p>
<p>SAT:
2130
730 CR 740 M 660 W</p>
<p>US: 710
Chem: 700
Math 2: 640</p>
<p>APs:
euro 4
apush 4
chem 4
eng lang 5</p>
<p>EC's:
strong
many awards in yearbook (nationally recognized)
leadership
~300 hrs. of volunteer work</p>
<p>I think you are aiming in the right direction. Stanford will be a reach for you and UCLA/Cal should be low-reaches, but the rest of your list looks fine. Also, 15 schools is not too many – especially given the UC applications since they’re all one application. Good luck!</p>
<p>As a fellow resident of California, it is not atypical for a student in my own school to select 12+ colleges to apply to if you count the UC’s as separate schools. I myself will be applying to about the same number of schools you do. If you start early, there’s no reason to adjust the list as it appears about right in my opinion. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>15 is not necessarily too many these days, and you have a decent range of selectivity, but it’s not clear what is motivating your choices. Those schools are all over the map, geographically and otherwise. Public, private, big, small, inner city, suburban, east, west, religious/conservative, lefty liberal. What’s the common thread (other than selective - super selective)?</p>
<p>Oh well the UCs are not indicative of what I want. I want a private college (wm has this feel, even though it isn’t) and stronger in the humanities or social sciences somewhere near some form of water. I want a school bigger than my high school (however, I feel Reed just bodes well with me despite its size) and plan to study abroad.</p>
<p>Mr. President, Comment?</p>