Help perfecting my list?

KathyE
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:24:35 +0000

Hello CollegeConfidential
I, like the majority of rising seniors, have been working on perfecting my college list, and plan to have it finalized before the Common Application comes out on August 1st. I’m happy with the schools on it now, but I’m looking for one or two new schools that I’m crazy about to add :).

What you should know about me:
-I’m not going to list all of my stats, but with a 4.0 GPA and 34 ACT and excellent recommendations coming my way I have a fighting chance wherever I apply.
-I am majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
-I live in smalltown New York (yes, smalltown New York exists), and staying close to New York/ the Northeast is definitely a plus! I am willing to consider schools elsewhere, but no farther west than Missouri please
-I really don’t have any preferences when it comes to urban/rural because I love the outdoors, and would love to be near a lake/ski mountain/hiking trails at a rural college :). However, as I live in a small town, being near a city would be a wonderful change of pace. My ideal college would have aspects of both outdoors/nature and city life. For example, I think Northwestern incorporates both wonderfully.
-I prefer medium size colleges (2,000-15,000 students), but wouldn’t mind going larger or smaller.

My list so far:
REACH:
Brown University (LOVE, know it’s a longshot but considering applying ED)
Northwestern University
Washington University
Macaulay Honors at CUNY City College (don’t like the lack of campus life though :/)

MATCH:
Boston University
Case Western Reserve University

SAFETY:
RPI (I list this as a safety rather than a match because I recieved the RPI Medal Award, which gives me extremely high chances of admission)
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

I love every school on my list right now, including the matches and safeties, but do you guys have any other schools to suggest!? Other schools I considered were Rice (I decided it’s too far away), Columbia (may still apply, but feels to competitive), and Duke (love, but I’m not a big fan of the southern climate)

Thanks so much! Sorry for being lengthy!