<p>Your anxiety/ lack of confidence is not appealing. This may come across in your essays & interviews. Get a grip, find your voice, and market yourself.</p>
<p>I have not read every page of this thread, but from what I have read, I don’t really get that you’re anxious or lack confidence. </p>
<p>I’m in the why not apply to Northwestern camp, if you have the time and energy to do one more application. I don’t see the harm. </p>
<p>By the way, I think Johns Hopkins is a match for you, and could be a great fit. It is known for it’s engineering school and for being a good college for pre-med students, but it actually is quite strong in certain humanities majors as well.</p>
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<p>Just because someone else is crazier, doesn’t mean that you are not also crazy. :)</p>
<p>Seriously, you aren’t crazy, but you do seem to be in danger of making yourself miserable with this stuff. </p>
<p>Personally, I think that subbing NU for Gtown is a good idea. I also agree with SodiumFree that JHU would probably be a great fit for you. :)</p>
<p>“I’m just unsure of my college choices because I have good grades and good extracurriculars but not-so-great SAT scores”</p>
<p>Ha ha. I believe that “not-so-great SAT” score is in the top 1% nationally. I think you may be acting a bit paranoid at this point. Take a deep breath and relax a little.</p>
<p>"I’m scared that I won’t get into the match/reach colleges I really want to go to, "</p>
<p>-I am confused. you stated that you are accepted to Drexel already. I asume that you want to go to any on your list, otherwise why would you applied? What is intended major?For some, it does not matter where you go at all (few examples: pre-med, engineering, IT), for few others it might matter, but still ample of opportunites for top kids everywhere.</p>
<p>I do want to go everywhere on my list, but some more than others.
Anyway, I made my final decision. Thank you to everyone for their input. </p>
<p>1) Harvard (SCEA)
2) Yale
3) Columbia (CAS)
4) UPenn (Wharton + School of Engineering)
5) Cornell
6) MIT</p>
<p>7) Carnegie Mellon
8) Johns Hopkins
9) NYU Stern
10) Tufts
11) Bucknell
12) Georgetown
13) Barnard</p>
<p>14) Northeastern
15) Drexel (Admitted)
16) SUNY Stony Brook</p>
<p>Come back and tell us your results, I am really curious!</p>
<p>take a breath, enjoy your life and stop to smell the roses. remember two rules in life: 1).don’t sweat the small stuff. 2). it’s all small stuff.</p>
<p>Looks like Big Name U will win!</p>
<p>Relax. My D. did not get into her #1 program (was accepted to college with huge Merit award, but not the program of her choice), so she happily went to her #2 for free (Merits covered whole tuition). Looking back, it has worked out much better than expected. Just go to any place that accepts you and you like, it will work out better than you think now.</p>
<p>Deferred from Harvard SCEA.
Not too upset, just a little disappointed. I thought I would be rejected, so there’s that. I’m just scared that if I didn’t get in with an 18% acceptance rate, I won’t get in other places. It doesn’t help that 2 “similar” people from my school got into their EA colleges</p>
<p>waitingforivy- sorry to hear about Harvard… you sound like a great girl with a bright future. Well rounded engineers with good people skills are needed in today’s world. I can also tell by your posts that you seem grounded, and both humble and realistic about where you may or may not be accepted. I think Northwestern is a great add to your list of schools. It makes perfect sense. It may be far but it will be easy access with Chicago being a major city. Keep us posted with what happens. I have a junior d also interested in engineering and business who is looking at many of the same schools as you. Wherever you end up, I’m sure you will be happy.</p>
<p>I don’t think I will apply to more schools, as the application fees are expensive enough as it is.</p>
<p>Even with the Harvard deferral, which is making me nervous, do you think my list is okay?</p>
<p>I think looking at the acceptance rate, as well as comparing your SAT’s vs. the mid 50% for the school would be 2 indicators to help determine how likely acceptance would be. Yes, in my opinion, your list looks like you have your bases covered. You have a great range of schools AND you have already thought about the order of preference if you got into all of them. I think it’s just a waiting game now… do you have any words of wisdom on what you would do differently up until this point. BTW i bought a book for my d about engineering professions. It’s called “Is There an Engineer Inside You?” by Celeste Baine.</p>
<p>Waiting for ivy,</p>
<p>Cornell and Hopkins look like really good bets for you. I would be surprised if you do not get into at least one of those schools (and probably both). Penn does not seem out of the question either, although they already have close to half their class through ED. I don’t see any need to apply to more colleges.</p>
<p>Accepted to SUNY Stony Brook</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptance. Will you attend there?
My compliments too, for not choosing the biggest name school.
Perhaps SUNY is well-known regionally.
Nothing wrong with big-name U., but sometimes potential students think it is the only good schools for them.</p>
<p>I’m not going to decide which college to attend until April - I actually did not expect this decision to come until March either. I’m also waiting to hear about the honors college and possible merit money. </p>
<p>SUNY is the state university of new york, and while there is no flagship university, Stony Brook is considered to be good for science and engineering.</p>