too many colleges, help please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>lmao you're having an interesting conversation here with yourself...
yeah i wasn't talking a/b you when i said the SAT thing cuz I knew you had gotten a very good score, but that mom was saying the average score at her kids prep school with more rigorous academics (and thus a lower GPA) was 1370, and I thought that wasn't very reflective of what is supposed to be a more intelligent student body.</p>

<p>You've got some great schools listed there and you have a decent shot at all...just put your heart into the app.</p>

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<p>and i can bet you several thousand dollars that you're in at BU, so there's your safety.</p>

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<p>Oberlin isn't a safety for anybody.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Oberlin is definitely not a safety at all.</p>

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<p>how selective is it? more or less than case western?</p>

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<p>oberlin: 1361 SAT, 30 ACT, 34% acceptance
case: 1320 SAT, 28 ACT, 68% acceptance</p>

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<p>so case western would probably be a safety for me?</p>

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<p>Firstly, you need to use get some perspective and narrow your using some fundamental factors; such as geographical. Will you definitely leave home?
Would you be comfortable in California or other far away location? Start there and wind your way down.</p>

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<p>ok here's my list right now. geographically, I don't care too much as long as there's something to do in the area.
wash U in stl
upenn
duke
cornell
columbia
u michigan
carnegie mellon
wesleyan
bowdoin
haverford
u chicago
mit
amherst
rice
emory
stanford
harvard</p>

<p>still many too many schools.</p>

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<p>would u michigan be a sefety for me? I don't know how selective it is for out of state people.</p>

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<p>umich is a match for ppl with your stats in state, its a reach OOS</p>

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<p>really? is u michigan that selective? what are the in state vs oos percentages there?</p>

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<p>Here'e where you list falls right now, in terms or reach/match/safety.
harvard - super reach
stanford - super reach
mit - super reach
WUSTL - super reach unless you show lots of demonstrated interest</p>

<p>Columbia - reach
UPenn - reach
Duke - reach
Rice - reach
amherst - reach
UMich OOS - definitely REACH
Uchicago - reach
Cornell- reach</p>

<p><em>the rest</em> - all seem to be matches</p>

<p>I'm curious as to what you consider your "safety" school is? Otherwise, there you go.</p>

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<p>how about WUSTL? is that a reach or a slight reach?</p>