A Dose of Realism, Please?

Lindagaf
Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:16:05 +0000

I do not agree that Duke is a low reach. The acceptance rate is 9%. Anyway, this person needs safety schools.

OP, your high school is large and full of people who have no choice in where they attend school. College is different, in that most people decide they want to be there. This is especially true of smaller colleges. Think about the kind of experience you want, and not just the name. What is important to you? Do you care about greek life, or lack of? Big sports? Intimate atmosphere? Personalized interaction with profs? Opportunities to do research as an undergrad? Urban, suburban or rural? Easy access to the outdoors? There are a lot of colleges out there that can give you a fantastic education and the kind of experience you desire, and they aren’t all called Yale.

As an aside, in Princeton Review’s annual list of best professors, Kenyon College, pop. 1700, has 8 of the best 300 profs in the country. James Madison U, with a 61% acceptance rate, has 9 of the best profs. Yale, pop. 12,385, and a 6% acceptance rate, has 2. Something to think about.