<p>I see you’ve eliminated Holy Cross, Grinnell, Kenyon, Oberlin, and Wesleyan. you’re list looks like a good amount of schools. full disclosure: I am Wes student, and am not trying to push Wes because of that, but you mentioned that Wes had accepted a lot of students with credentials less than yours… might want to keep it on the list just for that reason alone, that they see potential in your school’s applicants. if not, that’s fine too! dont keep a school on your list that you do not want to attend. </p>
<p>i think i have finally decided that im going to “go for broke” and use my ED on johns hopkins in baltimore…does anyone think i have shot with that</p>
<p>you have just as good a shot at JHU as at the schools already discussed (maybe, better.) what about it would make it your first-choice among all the colleges and universities in the entire country? It seems to me, the answer to that question would affect all the other schools on your list, no?</p>
<p>DO NOT APPLY ED if your primary reason is to improve your chances of admission. Only apply ED if you’re IN LOVE with a particular college and you’re sure it’s the one place where you’d be happiest.</p>
<p>You should to apply to both Williams and Amherst. In such small schools, admissions are even more of a crapshot. Sometimes, you will be rejected just because there’s another person who played soccer and golf, and you wouldn’t provide “diversity”.</p>
<p>you should apply to all of these colleges. They look at the entire student - not just test scores. I know students who have similar profiles as you at these colleges.</p>
<p>hawkman- I think you’re obsessing over your chances a bit too much… no one here can predict whether you will get in to each of these schools. some here may classify middlebury as a reach for you, others a match. the point is that you’re “in the ballpark” of accepted applicants. which means you have a chance. no one can tell you how good a chance, because they can’t say for sure. you’ll only find out by applying. </p>
<p>a better question might be: do I have a safety? am I happy with all of the schools on the list? is this a reasonable list?</p>
<p>you should look at our list as a whole and not necessarily focus on whether a school should be a reach or match. if you have some reach-ish schools, some in the middle, and some definitely match, that’s fine. if you only have very reach and safeties, that’s fine too. you’ll be fine. trust me.</p>
<p>I am happy with all those but I think baltimore or atlanta would be an ideal location, do these schools including johns hopkins and emory along with amherst look more favorably upon minorities and non science applicants?</p>
<p>they’re all solid, mainstream liberal institutions with long-standing programs to implement diversity. But, you should be aware that the closer the insitutions are to major cities with significant minority populations, the stiffer the competition will be from other URMs.</p>
<p>it seems like your preferences are creeping slowly toward research universities?</p>
<p>You don’t have to choose yet. Just apply to a range of schools and wait to see what your real choices are next spring. Until then, this is all pure speculation.</p>
<p>try to get accepted to the diversity open houses and weekends if you can. that will give you some insights into these institutions and also increase your chances of admissions.</p>