<p>I'm a rising senior (man, senior year came quick) and I need some help compiling a list of safety, place, and reach schools.</p>
<p>My stats:
GPA: 3.9 (unweighted)
SAT: 2040. 2090 super-scored.
Senior Schedule: AP Economics, AP English/Lit, AP Government, Physics, etc. All my classes are considered 'honors' because of the school I attend.
Extra Curriculars: HOSA officer for two years. Key Club club and state officer. Member of FBLA (competed in regionals and states). Varsity tennis. Spanish Honor Society. Possibly National Honor Society in my senior year.</p>
<p>I'm looking to major in Economics (or maybe Accounting or Finance). I would like a school in the East (possibly as far west as Chicago).</p>
<p>I know my stats aren't like some of you 2400s here (color me jealous), but I was considering applying to some schools like Amherst and possibly one Ivy (like Yale or Cornell or Brown) just to take a shot at it. But of course, I also need safety, target, and reach schools as well!</p>
<p>I don't have any specifics when it comes to what type of school I would like. I just would like to have a list of schools that I can research and narrow down to 8-10 schools.</p>
<p>My home state is NJ. And I am low income, so that’s why I asked for some suggestions so that I may start researching schools (and their financial aid of course). Thanks for that link
!</p>
<p>I know princetonreview can tell you whether a school is safety, reach, or target. you should go to collegeboard and find some colleges you like based on location, size, blah blah and then go to pricentonreview and find in which category it fits. </p>
<p>also in collegeboard if you choose a school, under the paying part, there will be most likely a link that leads you to a school net calculator to find out how much you would have to pay according to the facts that they use to calculate financial aid</p>
<p>I went to Harvards calculator… but just to see how much i would have to pay if I did got accepted even thou im not applying and i found out that my family’s EFC its only like $500! so I mean. really. </p>
<p>to check another school, on the search button just click “school search” and then write whatever university you wanna go to, then click on it and repeat the hole can i get in, its gonna ask you some questions like your gpa and SAT scores and blah blah.</p>
<p>Barkk123, I was thinking of applying there, but within NJ, Rutgers is kind of seen as a ‘typical’ choice, since it’s so common for people to go there. Not that I would mind of course, but it would be a safety school.</p>
<p>Scarlet12223, thanks! And I know what you mean with the net price calculators. I would pay next to nothing at Ivy Leagues, but you know, they’re Ivy Leagues…so…yeah. Haha.</p>
<p>NYU Stern is an amazing business school. I would check it out.
Union College is a good LAC that i think would match your scores well. It is in upstate NY.</p>
<p>However, NYU is known for poor need based financial aid.</p>
<p>If you are low income, your best choices are likely to be:</p>
<ul>
<li>In-state publics (e.g. Rutgers if you live in NJ); in some states, doing two years at a community college and then transferring is a decent option at even lower cost.</li>
<li>Schools that give good need-based financial aid (but most of those are very selective and cannot be safeties; most out of state publics are not good in this respect).</li>
<li>Schools with big enough merit scholarships (guaranteed for your stats for safeties, competitive for matches or reaches).</li>
</ul>
<p>I was looking at NYU but their FA is less than stellar. I’m looking at safeties, place, and reach schools, so the suggestions don’t have to be just safeties.</p>
<p>Cornell is the largest of the Ivies. Therefore it must accept, in numbers, more than the other Ivies. Although it does get the largest number of applications, it is not that much more than Harvard and the other top schools. Because Cornell must accept more because of its size, it will have a higher acceptance rate. Simple math.</p>
<p>But it still only accepts about 16 percent. So to consider it, in any way, easy or easier, would be unwise. It is a reach for everyone. Students with 2400 SATs, and close, are rejected every year.</p>
<p>But CSU East Bay is an unimpacted CSU for which many applicants can know that they are in by meeting the minimum CSU eligibility requirements (a GPA and test score formula) before they apply (but apparently many do not check, or start but do not complete the application, leading to the low acceptance rate).</p>