Chance a nervous junior from a tiny Bay Area city for some crazy reaches + tell me how to improve!

You’re fine - your reaches are reaches for a reason. For IR, a Gtown or Tufts are difficult but you’re also worthy of applying anywhere in the country.

So add an Occidental, Macalester, Connecticut - these type schools or Brandeis and maybe American or GW (if you like urban) as a back up - and you’ll be ok.

UGA is an excellent IR OOS program…but obviously different than what you’ve looked at.

And W&L because the Johnson is just so worth it - same with the Frederick Douglas at AU.

You may want to thin your list at the top - these schools are not easy apps.

Best of luck.

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