Chance me please; Low GPA Asian in NJ striving for T20 [3.7 GPA (top 10%), 1550 SAT]

Chance Me / Match Me
521

Where are you getting these admit rates? I don’t think your middle tier is accurate. I know Duke last year was below 5%

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522

Some (all?) of these middle and least rejective schools should be under “most rejective,” imo.

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523

Agreed. From memory, W&L acceptance was 14-15% last cycle. Plus they over enrolled and have had to get creative with housing so that is something to keep in mind for that school in particular.

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524

I saw on Niche that Duke posted an acceptance rate of 7%.

525

Old data. Check each college’s website for the most recent info.

“ Duke admitted a record-low 4.8% of applicants to the Class of 2029 this admission cycle”

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526

Definitely not correct. I did a quick search and based on schools that have reported, all of your mid tier is at or below 7% I think you have a great idea of having some schools at different levels. But right now you’re still extremely aggressive. You have 10 schools at 7% or lower and then Notre Dame at 9% Washington University of St. Louis at around 12%

I would put those two in your mid tier and find 3 more and then find 2 more for your lower tier.

Best of luck to you!

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FWIW, Notre Dame is a very hard admit at our NJ public school; the percentage admitted in RD is lower for ND than MIT, Caltech, Hopkins, Penn, Cornell, Rice, and Gtown. (But it may be that the average applicants’ stats also are a little lower.) And I’m not sure if that translates to QB.

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528

Looking into this, thoughts? Rider Tuition Guarantee | Rider University

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529

Do you meet the income requirement?

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On my way down to D.C. from Central Jersey last weekend, I cut through Princeton and saw this big Rider University sign… felt like I stumbled on a pretty good find if they’re offering free tuition for eligible students!

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Yep!

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How is your final list looking ?

533

Where would you live if you went to Rider?

534

I would commute.

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My final list is the same as #498 with the addition of Rider University as a safety.

536

So you stick with very heavy.

Rutgers too I assume ?

Good luck

  1. Princeton University
  2. Columbia University
  3. Brown University
  4. Harvard University
  5. Yale University
  6. Cornell University
  7. University of Chicago
  8. Northwestern University
  9. Duke University
  10. Johns Hopkins University
  11. University of Notre Dame
  12. Washington University in St. Louis
  13. Washington and Lee University
  14. University of Richmond
  15. Denison University
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I am glad you discovered full tuition at Rider and decided to add it as a safety. Best wishes!

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@TheInquisitor1 do you have an update ? Did you get your app in ? Where?