Having trouble narrowing down my college list

squashgirl
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:05:14 +0000

Right now, Brown is pretty much my top choice. Would it be a good idea to apply ED, and then if I didn’t get in, make my list a little more safety-heavy, taking off some of the reaches?

But at the same time, I liked Harvard equally as much as Brown, I just know that getting into Harvard is like winning the lottery. Since I am waffling, would it be a better idea to apply SCEA to Yale or Stanford, and then base my list off my acceptance/deferral/rejection?

Or would it be even better to just apply early action to one of my safeties (the other doesn’t offer early action) and apply to all my other schools RD?