Chances for Bryn Mawr ED and others

shielapathukare
Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:11:18 +0000

Safeties:
UIUC
Penn State
UMD CP
BMC
Rutgers
Syracuse
UConn

Targets:
GWU
Villanova

Target-Reaches:
Lehigh
Colgate

Reaches (you meet the academic criteria for the most part, these are only reaches bc the acceptance rates are low)
Haverford
Wesleyan
U Washington Seattle

Only apply ED to BMC if you are COMPLETELY CERTAIN want to go and don’t need financial aid. You are overqualified for BMC, esp ED… You’d definitely get in BMC for RD, plus you’d get more aid so consider applying RD! You could use your ED, if you want to apply ED at all, to one of your target-reaches or reaches. Also, if you are only applying to BMC no need to take the ACT again.

You could aim higher if you would like, because as of now you have a very strong resume under your belt, fantastic grades, and tons of ECs… and you have no true reach colleges. Not sure what you want to study but consider looking at Georgetown, Cornell, & Penn for your EDs, all of which are real reaches but worth a shot.
Based on the colleges you are looking at, I also recommend taking a look at Amherst (Reach), Wellesley (Target-Reach), Smith (Target), Mount Holyoke (Safety), Bucknell (Target), and Conn College (Target-Reach). Good luck!