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Neither Cornell nor Penn has merit aid. So that’s step one.
These schools will be $400K over four years so if you’re not able to afford them, you cannot apply ED - plain and simple.
You say NYU and BU are bad for aid - not sure how much better, if at all, Cornell and Penn would be - so right there I’d say no to ED, forgetting your academics.
Here are the NPCs - your parents should fill out.
If the #s came back favorable and you decided to ED, you are talking about hugely urban vs. suburban…city vs. nature, etc. so I don’t think anyone can make that call for you although I suspect Cornell might be better odds.
As for your overall list - and I’m not an AO so it’s just guesses:
UMASS - safe
Fordham - safe
BU - maybe but it’s a reach, even with your stats in RD
Chicago - reach
Wellesley - reach but better than BU. Interesting choice whereas others are much larger.
Pomona - reach but being from MA will help.
Claremont McKenna - reach but being from MA will help.
Emory - reach but
Barnard - reach
NYU - reach but maybe
Stanford, Harvard, Cornell, UPenn, Gtown - none of these have merit aid. Add Barnard, Pomona to that.
What’s your budget - what are you able or willing to spend? Start there - but unless you’re ok with UMASS, you might need to update your list and include some less expensive schools - which we could provide once we know what you’re able to spend.
What’s your goal after school?
You can’t do anything without a budget and without running the NPC to compare to that budget. No matter how great the school, if you can’t pay for it, you shouldn’t waste your time applying.
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