Where would you apply if you were me?

Applying to College
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<p>I guess the title kind of says it - I'd like to know a realistic list of safety, match, and reach colleges for me according to the following information. I won't say what colleges I am already considering, because I think it would be neat to see some new options and also if people come up with the same choices as me. If you would like to know anything more, ask away! So.... thanks to anyone who replies</p>

<p>Quick info:
I'm going into senior year
I would like to study something in either math or physics
I would like to stay east of the Mississipi River and north of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina
I live in New York (upstate)
I am a white male</p>

<p>Stats:
Unweighted average: 3.9 (not sure about weighted)
SAT: 2200/2400, 1510/1600
Reading: 750
Math: 760
Writing: 690 (8 essay)
Aps: AP world history, AP US history (only APs offered before senior year)
Honors: Honors english (9,10,11), Honors Global (9)
Accelerated (1 year ahead) in math and science</p>

<p>ECs: (Listed as grade 12 indicates I am planning on doing it next year)
Varsity swim (9-12) (Placed on All-Division team) (Likely captain this year)
Varsity track & field (10-12)
Ski club (9,10)
Student council (11,12)
National Honor Society (11,12)
Mathletes (11,12)
Drama club (12)
Orchestra (4-12) First chair viola, President of orchestra (11, probably 12) All-county (4-9) All-state (7) NYSSMA (4-12)
Homecoming float commitee (11,12)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Unpaid intern at local observatory
Ball boy for pro circuit tennis tournament
Volunteer work at local zoo
Girls varsity swim team manager
Help with modified (boys and girls) swim meets
Helped clean up after major flood in the area</p>

<p>Awards:
AMC 10 school winner (8-10)
AMC 11 school winner (11, probably 12-up against the same people)
Student of the year for Pre-calc</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
Calculus at SUNY Binghamton
AP English
AP Physics
Regular gov (couldn't take AP because taking calc at Binghamton University didn't permit)
Orchestra
Health
Gym</p>

<p>Okay, thanks for reading! Any questions? go ahead and ask. Thanks for any replies!</p>

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<p>Cornell
Colgate
Bucknell
Holy Cross
Dartmouth
Duke</p>

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<p>You’ll have a 50% chance at
Harvard, Brown, and Stanford</p>

<p>You’ll have a 75% at the rest of the big names
UPenn, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, U of Virginia</p>

<p>You’ll have a 100% at, plus scholorships
U of Michigan, U of Maryland, U of Florida, Duke, U of North Carolina, George Washington</p>

<p>You’ll get free rides too
UConn, Pitt, Rutgers, and every other school you’ll go too</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies guys! I gotta say I’m pretty surprised at how good of chances you give me for some of those schools, ericbchoe</p>

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<p>Hate to be negative, but completely disregard what ericbchoe said. No one has a fifty percent chance at Harvard or Stanford and no one has a hundred percent chance at Duke. His groupings of colleges in general don’t even make sense?</p>

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<p>Cornell and Carnegie Mellon look like you have a great chance of getting in. SUNY Bing or Buffalo would cost you nothing. You should also apply to a school like MIT or Princeton which are reaches for everyone but have strong physics departments.</p>

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<p>Malenonfare- I’ll admit i did think ericbchoe gave me oddly high chances for many of the schools listed and had groupings i would not use. I see where you are coming from - not really negative, just trying to be realistic. But i still appreciate him taking the time to give an answer.</p>

<p>Buffaloherd- Thanks for the answer</p>

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<p>Nobody on CC knows what your chances are to any highly selective college.</p>

<p>The best anyone can do is say whether you are or are not in the range of applicants that a college has accepted before.</p>

<p>[edit]And you can find this information yourself, faster and probably more accurately, than you can get it from anonymous posters on Internet message boards[/edit]</p>

<p>Colleges accept some students with lower stats and reject other students who have higher stats. It happens all the time.</p>

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<p>Yes i realize giving chances to ivies and highly selective schools is mostly just speculation and opinion, but im not asking for chances to ivies and the like.
What would be some good match/safety schools for me with my interests and stuff? Obviously ivies are reaches for everybody… What are some lesser known schools with great acedemics that i may not have heard about that i could still aim for as reaches?</p>

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<p>You have a strong application, for sure, and will be competetive for many top schools, but in order for anyone to give you educated suggestions we need to understand, at least to some degree, the type of environment you desire in a school. Are you looking for a research university, and if so, are you looking for a larger or smaller one, or are you looking for a LAC for a strong physics program, like Williams or Swarthmore? Are you looking for a school with a lively, jocky social atmosphere, like a Duke or UVA, or are you looking for a more focused, rigorous school, like a Hopkins, Columbia, or U of Chicago? Answer these questions and it will begin to be quite clear the schools to which you should apply.</p>

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<p>Lets see…
I’d prefer a research university.
Size isnt a huge issue to me - I’d just want it more than like 2,000 total undergrad and below about 25,000, but really not that important
And i would prefer a school more focused on acedemics than the social scene, but i don’t want it to be completely absent, of course. (though it never really is, i’m sure)</p>

<p>Thanks for the questions, feel free to ask more
hope those answers help</p>

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<p>B.U.M.P.
Bring Up My Post</p>

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<p>look at:
Emory
University of Chicago
Northwestern</p>

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<p>With your stats – basically anywhere you want.</p>

<p>The Statutory Colleges at Cornell will probably offer you the best value (Reputation vs Cost), though that may be a bit close to home?</p>

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<p>Apply high.</p>

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<p>no where. you suck too much</p>

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<p>Seeing as how the OP said east of the mississippi and north of georgia, I don’t think Emory, Chicago, or Northwestern were very good suggestions but…Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, and JHU all have strong natural science programs that may fit what you desire. Also try UPitt, UVA, UMD College Park (though larger than you asked) as public matches/safeties with strong reputations.</p>

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<p>hahaha oh man didn’t read that very well</p>