<p>-White, Male from New York
-GPA: 94/100 Unweighted
- SAT: 600 Critical Reading, 630 Math, 630 Writing (Taking again)
-ACT Composite:28 (taking again)
-AP's: Bio-5, US-4, Euro-3, Taking Psych, Calc BC, and Chem this year
-EC's: 2 Years Varsity Lacrosse, Lots of Work experience, Over 100 volunteer hours
-Looking to go into some type of engineering</p>
<p>My list of possible schools to apply to:
Northwestern
Bucknell
Umass-Amherst
Virginia Tech
Case Western-Legacy
RPI
U Delaware
Penn State- University Park
Clarkson
SUNY Buffalo
Northeastern
Miami U-Oxford
Lafayette
Lehigh
University of Pittsburgh
WPI</p>
<p>Do I have too many reaches, or too many safeties? I don't think I will apply to all these schools. Which ones are reach, match, safety?</p>
<p>Northwestern…reach
RPI…reach</p>
<p>the rest matches and safeties.</p>
<p>However…the main thing I see are a LOT of out of state publics. </p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year? If they won’t pay for all costs, then take off most of those OOS publics. </p>
<p>For instance…the OOS costs of UPitt and UDel are about $35k per year. If your parents won’t pay for nearly all of those costs, then those schools won’t be affordable.</p>
<p>What schools are your financial safety schools (schools that you know you’ll get accepted to AND know that you can cover all costs.)</p>
<p>Once we know how much your parents will pay, we can help you trim your list and perhaps add new ones.</p>
<p>If you have a safety you like (U. Mass Amherst?) you might be able to take off a few of the less selective places. I’m not sure that Lafayette is a match with a 1230. If you like the small Pennsylvania schools, you might look at Muhlenberg and Ursinus which are a little easier to get into. Don’t drop Lafayette, but maybe add one slightly less selective Pennsylvania LAC.</p>
<p>Money is not too much of an issue. Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>Right about Lafayette…missed that.</p>
<p>Money is not too much of an issue.</p>
<p>Does that mean that your parents will pay for most costs? How will you cover costs that your parents can’t/won’t pay?</p>