<p>anyone hav input?</p>
<p>anyone please?</p>
<p>ill bump this one more time...</p>
<p>"I'm a senior and have applied to a bunch of schools, I was just wondering what you guys thought of. I "
mesaboogie, Am I missing something here? What difference does it make at this point? You've already applied, it's too late to add most other school. Come back in three months after you get your offers and ask which one you should accept. I'm sure you'll have great options.</p>
<p>How many of these schools have you visited? Can you see yourself attending any one of them in particular? There is a little test you can try: pretend you get just one acceptance. What college springs to mind? </p>
<p>I think you are going to have a handful of acceptances, but very little time to make a final decision. You should keep up to date on the schools and developments in their chem/bio/math departments. Check out school newsletters for clubs and activities that make a school seem like the place for you. If you haven't visited of the schools, make plans to use whatever vacation you have coming up (President's day, teacher's institute days) because if you try to cram everything into the month of April you are going to feel even more pressured and confused.</p>
<p>That's what I'm asking. Which ones do you think I have a solid chance of acceptance at so I can plan my visits over the next few months?</p>
<p>Why don't you write out how you see your chances at these schools, and I'll bet more people would comment on them. Be sure to include your research on the pros and cons of each school. You should also ask your golf coach, and anyone else you know who played college golf, how you would fit in as an athlete, and include their comments in your notes.</p>
<p>Okay, now I understand what youre trying to ask. Your grades, scores, and accomplishments are good enough for any of the schools on your list, but as Im sure you know, theres no guarantee. </p>
<p>You definitely need to visit (overnight if possible) to determine which would be the best fit for you. You could get a fine education at all of the schools on your list, but they are very, very different in ambience. Have you been recruited by any of these schools? Have you contacted the golf coaches? How about financial aid? Is that at issue here? Which ones are your favorites (pick one in the each of the reach/match/safety category)?</p>
<p>If you have the resources (time and money, that is) to visit before you are accepted, Id suggest that you split your list geographically. For example if you chose upstate NY /Massachusetts /RI you could cover Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Williams, Colgate, Amherst, Skidmore, Tufts in a reasonable hectic weeks trip. Alternately, you could do the same thing in Pennsylvania/Maryland/Virginia. This would also give you a pretty good feel of the character of the different types of schools on your list. After this overview youd have a better idea of what YOU want, e.g., urban/rural, big/small, university/LAC. After you get your acceptances you could overnight at two or three of your top choices. (Again, if you have the time and money to do this.)</p>
<p>I know zilch about college golf so I shouldnt be giving advice on the subject, but it seems to me in general the division 3 offers great opportunities to kids who are excellent athletes but are not up to division 1 levels. You certainly sound like Williams material to me and it seems to fulfill all of your requirements (research opportunities, med school accessibility, nice dorms, small size, strength in math/science). They certainly have a strong golf team: <a href="http://www.williams.edu/athletics/sport.php?sport=11%5B/url%5D">http://www.williams.edu/athletics/sport.php?sport=11</a> . Being a small school in a fairly remote rural location, however, Williams is definitely one you should visit. The kids who go there love it, but its not for everyone.</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown-I know I would most likely start at these schools, but, admissions is russian roulette. I have told one of these coaches that, if accepted, would attend over any other school no matter what. He said he would help in any way he could. The positives of these schools are countless...top education plus the D1 experience (w/o the scholarship money, though). I am very interested in economics (and then possibly business later) and it seems like it would be quite easy to switch my focus to this and still be in a high quality program. However, they are pressure cookers, much like my high school, and it seems like one could get lost in the system.
Northwestern, Tulane-These are the schools that I would LOVE to go to, if it weren't for a few "minor" details-they actually are pretty big. Nwestern is a 5 minute drive from my house and I have been doing research there for 2 years; it just would not seem like college. I could stop home for a drink of water if I wanted to, and still not be late for class. Tulane seems really fun, as most of New Orleans is, but the academics do not seem up to par with the other schools on my list, and my ultimate goal is an education. Despite the better golf and the (possible) scholarship money, these are not at the top of my list. But, if these were all I was accepted to, I would still be thrilled. Well, maybe not thrilled, but not bummed out. I do not understand why people freak out so much over this; it is supposed to be fun, it's COLLEGE!
Williams-I cannot really get a feel for what's going on here. I also do not understand the big difference between a Liberal Arts College (and degree) versus a university. Can anyone explain?
Illinois-As a third generation legacy, I'm confident I will be accepted (unless the Tufts Syndrome kills another applicant...). But, I have friends who have been through the system here, and they have told me that it is not possible to play sports here and get a solid education. So, it is my last safety school and I have not done extensive research on it.</p>
<p>This is a summation of my thoughts, by no means all of it. If anyone wants me to elaborate more on anything, please ask. </p>
<p>Anyone have new thoughts based on this?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how big of a boost participating in RSI gives people? It seems like this would <em>almost</em> guarantee admission, but then again, there are no guarantees.</p>
<p>The classification of Liberal Arts College is misleading because it has nothing to do with being liberal politically (although many are) and study of the arts per se (like music, art studio, literature) is only one part of what is offered; social studies and science are usually equally strong. Generally LACs are defined as small colleges usually between 1500-2500 students that do not offer a wide range of graduate degrees. Their hallmarks are small classes taught by professors (as opposed to graduate students) and a lot of personal attention. </p>
<p>Basically, you can get an excellent education at either a large university or a small LAC. Proponents of each system are passionate in their defense. I went to University of Michigan and my son now attends Williams so I can definitely see the advantage of both. Whats right for you is a matter of fit. Since you applied to several of the top ranked LACs you are obviously aware of their prestige value. What is it that youd like to know?</p>
<p>What are the pros and cons of 4 years at each?</p>
<p>I love likely letters. Thanks for the help yall. Maybe I'll see you next year at...(suspense)!</p>
<p>You're list of schools has no coherence. The schools on your list are all completely different. I cannot believe that you would be equally happy in the wilderness at Cornell or in the big city at Columbia. How can we tell you where you belong since you don't seem to have a strong prefrence? It seems like you simply chose all of the most prestigous schools and threw in too many safe ones. </p>
<p>About 25 schools? Why? You know you're taking acceptances away from those that really want them. What you should have done was visit the schools BEFORE you applied and then decided that way. You're spending more money than it's worth. You seem to know very little about the schools you applied to and probably should do some research. In fact, I get the feeling you applied to Williams simply because it's an easy application. </p>
<p>You seem like a good kid and are very competitive at all of your prospective schools. You just need direction and that's not something we can give you, I could tell you which of your schools are my favorite but that would be meaningless as it is such a personal choice. Good luck but I doubt you will need it. Where did you get the likely letter(s) from?</p>
<p>Add Dartmouth!! I went there, it sounds perfect for you</p>
<p>Like he needs more schools...</p>
<p>Did I say Cornell? If I did, sorry, I didn't mean it. Yeah, not big on Dartmouth either. Thanks though.
I really did not have time to visit schools ahead of time. I go out of town for a few days every month and that airfare+hotel $$ adds up pretty fast, so to add a few more trips on top of a possible 40K/year school next year is just not reasonable. I would have liked Williams, but I have already committed elsewhere. I knew I was going to apply to a number of schools because of the golf trip issue, so I planned ahead and saved up some caddy $$ (as opposed to blowing it all on something like I usually do...) and applied...not that big of a deal. As for doing my homework and researching these schools, I actually did. I just have absolutely no preference between college town versus big city. In all honesty, I would be completely happy in either.<br>
Another thing with the trips, one of my younger brothers is 11 months younger than me and will be applying to colleges next year. We (obviously) wanted to take the trips together, so we wanted to wait until he too had some idea of where he wanted to go. </p>
<p>Even if it wasn't the ideal scenerio...it all worked out fine.</p>
<p>Well, at least it all worked out. Where did you commit to, if you don't mind me asking? Are you withdrawing your other apps? </p>
<p>P.S. I find it hard to believe that you would be very happy at Williams, since you said you do not like Dartmouth. These schools are very similar.</p>
<p>"The list consists of (but is not limited to-I might have forgotten a few): Stanford, Duke (why not?), Harvard, Yale, Tulane, Princeton, Brown, JHU (do they even have golf?), Illinois (legacy), Mich, CORNELL, Columbia, Williams, W&M, Swathmore, Colgate, Northwestern, Amherst, Skidmore, Lehigh, Tufts, Redlands (legacy), and UPenn."</p>
<p>I am impressed with your statistics. You will be accepted at a lot of schools, including some Ivies, unless you did a shoddy job on the applications due to having so many. I would pick Brown or Yale if accepted.</p>