<p>Thanks for taking the time to look this over. The only schools that I've really looked into and really liked are Vandy and Yale. Can you all suggest some safties, matches and reaches for me based on my stats, ec's and fit? </p>
<p>State: Illinois
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: East Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 180,000ish</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I: CR800; M800; W780= 2380
SAT IIs: Biology 800; Literature 800; Spanish with Listening 800; Math 800.
GPA: 4.6W; 3.97UW
Rank: N/A
ACT: 36
APs: World History (5);
Junior Year: Literature & Composition; U.S History; Biology; Spanish
Senior Year: Literature & Language; Micro and Macro; Chemistry; Calculus BC
Courseload: Most rigorous (sp?) </p>
<p>Music
Clarinet - Seven Years - Division I Solos and Ensembles
Flute - Three Years - Division I Solo
Piano - Nine Years
Women's Chorus - Three Years
Varsity/ Symphonic II Band - Two Years
School Dance Company - Two Years</p>
<p>Writing & Languages
Yearbook - Editor - Three Years
Newspaper - Layout Editor - Three Years<br>
Bilingual Essay Contest - First Place
Winner of Carl Sandburg Essay Contest<br>
National Spanish Exam - Level IV - Gold Medal </p>
<p>Thanks once again for looking this over. I'm looking for a school that is medium-ish (?-6000ish) and I don't think I can go for anything less 2000 since my hs has around 4000 kids. I'd like alot of partying going on, but it dosen't necessarily have to be drunk fratboy partying, but I like those too:) I also like the idea of a pretty decent greek life, but not so strong that it runs the campus. I live in a suburb of Chicago, and most of my friends and other ppl I kno are dead set on either going to U of I or Purdue which are great schools but WAY too big. I don't want to attend schools in the midwest or somewhere overly conservative like Texas. I want an urban campus or a suburban campus with close proximity to any major cities/towns. I would also like a sizable minority population of around or over 20% and no religious affiliation. I'd also attend a university where undergraduate research opportunities are bountious. I kno those are alot of things, but I'm open to any suggestions that dosen't jive with the above. </p>
<p>Duke could work, they like the high test scores, and maybe Brown. A lot of people are choosing UVA over the ivy's for some great opportunities and they would love your stats. Good Luck you'll have wonderful things available to you!</p>
<p>-- University of Miami (10,000 kids), could easily be your safety.
-- Wash U (would be a match, but sometimes waitlists students who are strong candidates)
-- Johns Hopkins (match/reach)
-- University of Rochester (5,000 undergrad, safe match, highly recommended)</p>
<p>American as a saftey fits your description of urban setting, and is spot-on in terms of size. Does have a religous affiliation with the methodists, but it's almost unnoticebale. Diversity isn't great, but it's not detrimental. Has a greek system (at about 15%), but isn't wild by parties. It's biggest asset is it's DC location.</p>
<p>Emory would be a pretty good match that no one here has mentioned. Vanderbilt and Northwestern could be pretty good matches. Also could look at Georgetown.</p>
<p>A safety, by definition, is a school you are almost certainly guaranteed to be admitted to, and that you will be able to pay for without financial aid. This means that you should take another good hard look at the public universities in your home state, and learn to feel at least a weak affection for one of them.</p>
<p>After that, you need to find decent schools where your stats are almost guaranteed to get you in (and if you need money because it is private or out of state, where those stats will get you money).</p>
<p>If you can stand the midwest at all, I'd suggest you consider the University of Northern Iowa - not horribly expensive for out-of-state students and good music program.</p>
<p>Before you take your college hunt any farther, sit your parents down and ask them just exactly how much money there is to pay for your college education. Don't be like all the kids here at cc last month who were broken-hearted when they learned that their only real true options were their home-state public university, and a "no-name" private college that gave them a big merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Reach: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia. Penn(Take 10% or less)
Match: Cornell, , Middlbury, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Wash U(Take less than 20%)
Safety: Vassar, Bucknell, Bates, Colby, UMichigan, Hamilton, Kenyon, UWisconsin (Take from 23-40% depending, but are all really good schools) The state schools are getting harder, and are hip to the fact that kids use them as safeties. But apply early cause they have rolling admissions, and the ones with honors colleges fill up FAST.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, located in Baltimore, MD, sizeable minority population, no religious affiliation, powerhouse research school (over $1.4 billion dollars of research conducted per year, most $ in nation), great research opportunity, frat parties going on almost every week...</p>
<p>Yes, you need to get a safety on that list. Easy to put Yale, Vandy and other name schools on the list. Much harder to find a school that is a sure bet, fits your academic needs, and you can like it. That is the hardest part of any school search. UIUC may fit the bill for you. I think you are an excellent candidate for Vanderbilt. Yale is a super reach for anyone.</p>
<p>Case Western might be a good safety. 4000+ undergrads, 5000 grad students, urban environment. I know it's mid-west but it's on the other side of the lakes.</p>
<p>GW, NYU, William and Mary, BC, BU, Tufts, Northeastern, USC, Claremont Colleges, Hopkins, American, Temple (don't know how big it is), Drexel, Villanova, Georgetown (ignore the Catholic affiliation, they both are very secular), Fordham, Lehigh, Haverford, etc.</p>
<p>I can't really think of many colleges in NYC but there should be a bunch in your range.</p>
<p>with your stats you don't need a safety (vandy for you probably is). If you apply to HYP, Duke, Penn and some others you will get into at least some. If you want a really good chance somewhere--Hopkins, Wash U, Northwestern sound good also.</p>
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<p>AUGH!!!!!!!</p>
<p>(Everyone needs a safety. UIUC could be your safety or if you got an early action early response from one of your schools then it could be your safety.)</p>
<p>Vandy is a safety for OP. A great safety since she likes it. If she wants engineering, she will probably get a full ride at Vandy too. Great grades, perfect ACT, and great ECs. I know of female candidates applying to Vandy engineering with lesser qualifications who received full rides.
However, I will offer another suggestion for a safety with probable big merit money: Tulane.</p>