Starting my apps with too many schools to pick from...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Feh, here are more schools that I've thought up. I really, really need to shorten my list. </p>

<p>Public school senior
Caucasian Female
3.81 UW GPA/ 4.1 W
1st Decile (class of 586)
State: PA</p>

<p>SAT
CR - 650
M - 630
W - 670 (10 on essay)
Retaking in October and taking the ACT also in October. </p>

<p>SAT II
German - 570 (taking two more in November)</p>

<p>AP Stat: 3</p>

<p>Courseload: Here's where I'm in trouble most of all. I definitely didn't take the hardest courses offered 9th-11th. I tried kicking it up a notch senior year. </p>

<p>Senior Schedule
AP Bio
AP Microecon
AP Macroecon
APUSH
AP German
Honors Humanities
Latin I
Regular Calculus</p>

<p>Scheduling Conflict - My senior year schedule was messed up. I was put in Latin instead of Physics, and it couldn't be fixed. My guidance counselor is noting that this wasn't my fault in her recommendation.</p>

<p>EC's
-National Honor Society
-won second place at the German Fallfest Competition at Millersville University
-scored in the 85 percentile on the AATG German exam
-working as a cashier at a supermarket for a year
- treasurer of Student Historians Club for two years
-worked with special needs kids and helped them do crafts/helped organize activities for them to do (during school for the past two years)
-"Walking Tour" I'm a tour guide for the elementary school kids (this year'll be my third). I take them to different historically significant landmarks in our town and explain why they're important.
-member of the Civil War Heritage Foundation (Civil War Reenacting organization)</p>

<p>Major: Undeclared</p>

<p>Schools of Primary Interest:
New York University
University of Maryland
George Washington University
University of Delaware (Honors College?)
University of Southern California
Emory University
Millersville University
University of Chicago</p>

<p>Schools That Have Crossed My Mind:
Franklin and Marshall
Fordham University
Penn State - Harrisburg
University of Georgia
Georgia State
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Rochester
Gettysburg College</p>

<p>Any suggestions for what to keep, what to ax, what to add (hopefully not)? That's a ridiculous amount of schools, and I have to make decisions NOW. I'd like maybe three reaches, four or five matches, and two safeties to keep. Thanks</p>

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<p>Oh, and Boston University. I forgot about that one.</p>

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<p>Though your GPA is very good, your test scores won't impress Chicago, and it doesn't have the same flavor as others on your list. I'd remove it unless you have a passion for this school. What is your state university?
Geographics might help you narrow the list. You have a mix of hot and cold, urban and rural.</p>

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<p>I'd prefer not to be in-state, but Penn State's the university. Bleh. I like places all over. New York, Maryland, California, Georgia. Penn State - Harrisburg would be a safety, as would Millersville. </p>

<p>Yeah, I just think that Chicago is a really nice school, though, I don't plan on even applying unless my SAT's get into the 2100's. </p>

<p>I'd rather have urban, but there are some suburban and rural schools that I do like.</p>

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<p>You should definitely visit Fordham's Rose Hill campus--I was torn between choosing an urban or rural college, and Fordham's gorgeous green campus in New York City made gives its students the best of both worlds. A few names on your list were on mine as well when I was deciding on where I wanted to go, and I ended up making the best decision I could have by coming to Fordham. Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have about Fordham, or why I chose it!</p>