Having trouble narrowing down my college list

johnwesley
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:33:06 +0000

So, if I add Northwestern to my list, would this be a reach? Or would it be a match?



To be on the safe side, I would use NU to replace one of your reaches; it has a number of undergraduate professional schools that I’m sure skew its selectivity by either making it too high or too low. Overall, it still rejects one out of every four applicants:
[2010 Admissions Tally - The Choice Blog - NYTimes.com](http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010-admissions-tally/)