What are some good target/reach schools for me?

Transfer Students
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<p>Planning to transfer but not for a while...I'm looking for suggestions since I'm not really sure which schools are a target/match or whatever. I'm looking for a college that's:</p>

<p>Rural/suburban
Has a campus
Medium-large university (no LAC's)
Northeast (Mid-Atlantic-New England)
Strong academic programs/top 40ish </p>

<p>Here are my stats:
High School:
GPA - 3.53 UW
SAT - 1360/2130
8 AP classes + couple of honors/advanced
HS ranked in top 15 public schools by NewsWeek
Had a bad Soph year, but gpa has upward trend
5 EC's, 2 leadership positions, 80 hrs Community service, pretty average</p>

<p>College:
New York University, interested in International Relations, Policy, Econ
4 Clubs, no leadership positions, some community service
Will apply for Fall 2010 Transfer as a Junior, except to colleges who take Spring transfers, where I'll apply Spring 2010 as a mid year Sophomore
College GPA: 3.7-3.85 range (have only completed 1 semester so I don't know yet). </p>

<p>Any suggestions are welcome :)</p>

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<p>You should get into most sub-ivy schools. Maybe even try and hit an ivy or two as reaches. Best of luck, Trevor</p>

<p>now go respond to my thread</p>

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<p>thanks, cornell is top of my list, but it's a pretty big reach. any other suggestions? I really need some target/low reach schools. safeties have been taken care of.</p>

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<p>Tufts, BC, Brandeis, Villanova, Lehigh, any of the Washington DC area universities (whether overall top 40 or not, they are mostly quite strong in your fields) - GW, American, UMCP, JHU, UVA....</p>

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<p>Will you apply as an IR major or Economics? Because I know Cornell doesn't have an IR major, just a minor.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth/BC/TUFTS? bc and tufts would have such decent chances!</p>

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<p>you attend NYU and have a 3.8 GPA...why transfer?</p>

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<p>PasadenaSTCA
obviously stargazerlilies want suburb campus...</p>

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<p>Pasadena - this board is full of strong students who want to transfer out, most of them much smarter than i am :) I want to transfer because I hate my college experience. </p>

<p>I'm applying as an Econ major, btw. BC and Lehigh have that preppy LAC-type atmosphere I want to avoid, plus I have a close friend at BC who hates it and is transferring as well. Do you guys think my list is ok?</p>

<p>Safeties - SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Geneseo
Target - Villanova, American,
Reach - JHU, Cornell, Georgetown</p>

<p>Do you think William & Mary is a target or reach? I know it's small, but I really like it.</p>

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<p>I dont know much about SUNY Geneseo your list seems alrite.
W&M ranks the no.1 on national popular greek life. are u sure you are okay with that? cuz i know NYU is not that much greek though.</p>

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<p>WM will be a reach since you're OOS, but definitely worth a shot</p>

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<p>To be honest, if you keep a 3.8 GPA, I think you can get into Cornell. The only thing that is really hurting you is your high school GPA, I think how much your hs gpa plays into your applications will determine what type of schools you can get into. In my opinion, I think you could get into any school within the UNC/Tufts range to the Umich/UCLA/Cornell/Northwestern range depending on how much your hs gpa matters as a factor in admissions.</p>

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<p>Your list seems to me to have a nice balance. Good luck.</p>

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<p>well I'm looking for a college with a vibe totally different from NYU, so i don't mind a strong greek scene. i've decided against WaM for a couple of reasons, mostly size and location. i've decided to cross American off the list as well. </p>

<p>Do you think i'm reaching too high with Cornell, JHU and Gtown? it's worth a shot, I think.
Gtown and JHU will be Junior transfer so HS won't be a big factor, I think. Cornell (which is my 1st choice, as I love the location, its ideals and mission, plus JHU is in Baltimore and Gtown's Catholic and in DC and I prefer something more rural) will be 2nd semester Soph transfer, so they'll see 1 full year of college as well as mid year grades for next semester. What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Any more suggestions for target schools would be great, btw. i appreciate all the advice.</p>

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<p>have you considered Emory, Vanderbilt, or Carnegie Mellon? Maybe even Brown, although it's a reach. </p>

<p>gl</p>