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December 8, 2020, 11:43am
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swaggarwaljr:
Hey y’all, I’m wondering if my reaches are too selective for me; my EC’s feel mediocre, and I just dunno at this point
Indian American Male, coming from mid-level public HS in central NJ
Stats
Awards
Extracurriculars
Marching band - leadership position was Drum Captain, joined as a frosh violin player and learned percussion from nothing (one of my app essay points)
Also in a bunch of extra/co-curricular ensembles, nothing state/national tho - Out of school Charity Orchestra (sole percussionist and had to audition), Wind Ensemble (audition), Percussion Ensemble (leader and helped revive formerly disbanded ensemble)
Boy Scouts - Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, currently a Life Scout and will earn Eagle around March 2021
Worked for two summers at a Boy Scout Summer Camp as the Dining hall steward - ran sanitation and operations of every meal for 600+ adults/scouts weekly
Track and Field - Varsity thrower and team captain
Student Council - Class officer all four years
Peer Leader - community volunteering + offering help/guidance to freshmen
Waksman Student Scholars Program - was a team leader in this prgrm that collaborates w/ the labs at Rutgers to analyze DNA from duckweed samples
New Jersey Science League - was on my school’s team junior + senior yr and represented us at a couple state competitions due to my and my partner’s score
Intended major(s): Neuroscience, Bio, Biochem (likely premed)
Would prefer to stay in the Northeast or even in-state (OOS tuition will rip me apart considering I’m planning on grad/med school)
List (some are already applied, some are potential)
Safeties - Montclair State, NJIT HC, Seton Hall, USciences, Penn State, FAU (Wilkes HC)
Matches - Rutgers HC, MCPHS U, UMaryland, UPitt, Stevens, UMass Amherst
Reaches - Northeastern, Boston U (doubt I would even go Im not Jeff bezos), Brown, JHU, Princeton
Plz just give me a quick chance me on my reaches or help me out w my list, any suggestions/reccomendations would be super helpful!
I think your list is good. You should get in to BU and Northeastern and most of the matches and safeties - the other 3 are more difficult, but since you have a balanced list, it doesn’t hurt to try. Make sure your essays are good and you can afford all the schools you are applying to (run net price calculators).
I think your list may be too heavy on the safety/match schools - be sure you’d really want to go to these schoolsif you got in. Too many apps sometimes screws up the quality of the overall process because of time constraints with essays, etc.