<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I need your help!! I have so many colleges on my list. How can I get rid of some without ending up only being accepted by one?</p>
<p>SAT: 2250/1550
SATII: 2 800s, 1 760
GPA: 3.9
APs: 5 on US, French Lit, Bio; taking 4-7 more this year (except this won't show)</p>
<p>college list:</p>
<p>Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Barnard
NYU
U Mich -Ann Arbor
U Wisconsin - Madison
U Mass - Amherst
Tufts
BC
WUSTL
McGill</p>
<p>How can i get rid of some?</p>
<p>Make a list of all the things you want in a school (limit it to your top five things you want) and then eliminate all those that don't fit that criteria. Make sure you keep matches/safeties on there.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I'm kind of afraid that if I just picked the things that I want NOW, I may not end up in the right school... ><</p>
<p>Are finances an issue?</p>
<p>Look @ each school and seriously think "Would I be happy if I didn't get in anywhere else and had to go here?" Cross any off that you don't answer "Yes" to.</p>
<p>Thanks Artyyy, that is a very good advice! Finances aren't really an issue, but of course it would be nice to only pay 20k a year rather than 50k.</p>
<p>Right now I worry about whether my "intended major" will stay the same and the schools that I now see fit that major will be a good match for me after 2 years...</p>
<p>Look at yourself in the mirror. Pretend you're 30 and someone seated next to you on an airplane just asked you where you went to college. Watch your face as you say, "I went to UMass" and "I went to Cornell" and "I went to ______." Some will feel just right. Others will feel just wrong.</p>
<p>I'd drop WUSTL--if you can get in there, you can get in several of the others that have better sports and/or are in/near nicer cities than St. Louis (which recently edged out Detroit as the most dangerous city in the country). And you might also drop whichever is your least favorite between UMass and Wisconsin (you're certain to get in both of them and McGill).</p>
<p>TourGuide446, I worry your advice is asking people to pick the school with the most name recognition. I might have misinterpreted it, but that's what I got from it.</p>
<p>many of those are urban schools, or are <em>right</em> near cities. if you definitely want a city school, think of dropping Yale, Cornell, Dmouth, and maybe a couple of the publics. I'd suggest keeping UMass though, only because you need a safety. Not that you need yet another school to apply to, but think about BU too as a """safety""" (hate that word when applies to BU). </p>
<p>Also, think about where you want to go in concern to the rest of the country. You listed alot of New England schools, so to me WUSTL sticks out a bit. </p>
<p>These are both more geographical factors than regard to each actual institutions, but it is a very strong dividing factor between alot of the schools.</p>
<p>Hope that helped</p>
<p>Do you have an intended major??</p>
<p>No, Just Browsing. Name recognition has little to do with it. I think it's good to use logic to narrow the field down to schools that have what you want. But after that, I'd use a healthy dose of emotion to decide the winners. Just as it is between 2 people, the relationship between one and his/her alma mater works best when there is a certain inexplicable chemistry at work...a certain thrill with just being associated with it. The college you go to will cost a lot of money and be on your resume forever...it's not asking too much that you're at least a little bit smitten with it.</p>
<p>Thanks guys=) I'm THINKING of majoring in art history and architecture, but I am not sure if I'll stick with it. That's part of the reason I put wustl, since it has a good architecture program. Some of my schools also don't have an art and architecture program, but I just like the "feeling." I sort of like the suburban feeling, not too much New York City but not too Arizona-ish either. lol</p>
<p>By the way, is Yale rural? or saburban?</p>
<p>new haven seems pretty urban....</p>
<p>Yale is in a medium-sized city. Not at all rural or suburban.</p>
<p>For Yale...New Haven is definitely not the <em>best</em> city in the world. It's certainly not like going to Havard which is literally a sidwalk alway from Cambridge and a couple T stops way from Boston, or the schools in New York city.</p>
<p>Drop U Mass - Amherst (you will for sure get into U Mich which is a better school)
Drop NYU - no campus
I would also drop Tufts and/or BC</p>
<p>Yale,Harvard - rejected
Columbia, Dartmouth- a chance
Cornell, Barnard, U Mich -Ann Arbor,U Wisconsin - Madison - in
WUSTL - in if interest demonstrated
McGill - in</p>
<p>Architecture at Cornell is one of the toughest schools in acceptance rates. You can't be wishy-washy about studying there - it's a serious commitment. Take a closer look at it, and at your other schools in terms of what they offer in your intended major.</p>
<p>Also, I wouldn't discout WUSTL based on its name recognition. It seems like a match/low reach school for you, and it is not in the dangerous part of St. Louis. The alums and students I know rave about the school.</p>
<p>How do you demonstrate interest for wustl? They have no supplement other than your personal information sheet.</p>
<p>Drop WUSTL, Umass, Wisconsin. Also, Yale is a beautiful campus enclosed with a hood right outside its gates. New Haven (I live in CT) is ghetto, not entirely dangerous but there are a couple murders there every night (mostly crack heads, never students). You thought that Yale was suburban or rural. This demonstrates a clear lack of knowlendge of colleges. I mean, do you really know anything about these schools, have you visited them or are you applying out of name recognition? It seems to me like you are looking for a brand name rather than a college.</p>
<p>I'm basing this on your stats and I'm assuming you are looking for a school with a decent community if you like the suburbs:</p>
<p>I would have this list:</p>
<p>Super-Reach
Harvard
Yale</p>
<p>Reach
Dartmouth
Brown
Penn</p>
<p>Slight Reach:
Cornell
Northwestern
WUSTL</p>
<p>Match
U Mich -Ann Arbor
Tufts
BC
Emory</p>
<p>Safety
Wisconsin</p>