Have you guys figured out which colleges you are going to apply to? I have a bunch in mind but am having a hard tine figuring out my final 8ish.
@tigerman333 I have mine figured out! I spent a while figuring out exactly which ones, and i’m always changing mymind on a few
safety:
West Texas A&M- I’m really interested in their equestrian team and it’s pretty cheap
University of South Florida St. Petersburg- right by the beach!
Northern Arizona University- nice view…but it’s a bit too cold for me here
Probably:
Florida Atlantic University- right in the town i grew up in! My mom went here 
Reach:
University of Florida- not really a reach…in between probably and reach
University of Miami- I love the beach
@tigerman333 Oh I know me, too… I have about 16 schools in mind and need to narrow them down!
@tigerman333 I need to find some more schools I want to apply to. I want to apply to 2-3 safeties, 3-4 matches, and 1-3 reaches. I have pretty much all but my safeties.
@tigerman333 I have like 25 in mind but have to narrow them down to 20 because I heard that’s the maximum the Common App allows. And I’ll probably also be applying to some public schools, many of which don’t use the Common App.
I’m down to:
-Univ. of Illinois
-Indiana U
-Miami U (Oxford, OH)
-Ohio State
-DePaul U
-Univ. of St. Andrews (Scotland)
I’m at Indiana right now and it’s stunning! Taking an official visit in the morning.
What I have in mind right now:
-Swarthmore
-Princeton
-Rutgers
-Harvard
-Yale
-University of Florida
Not sure about:
-Haverford
-Bryn Mawr
-Bowdoin
-Colby
-Rensselear Polytechnic
-UVA
-UMich
-U Maryland college park
-Penn state
-OSU
-Rochester institute of technology
-Caltech (!!!)
-actually lots of others that I’ve been intending to look into
It all really depends on what my parents tell me in regards to financial aid (they’ve been evading my questions and it’s getting really late for that), and whether I get a lottery ticket scholarship at one of the OOS top public universities. I have my safeties and my reaches set in stone, but I really need some solid matches.
Hmm…I’m only sure about a few.
- Stanford
- UW-Seattle
- MIT
- USC
- UCLA
- Santa Clara University
I’m planning to apply to a few more, but I have to do more research and talk it over with my parents. I need matches aside from SCU, haha!
I’m quite worried that we won’t have enough time to create high quality applications with all of our AP classes next year. I’m gonna be having 7 APs, and I’m thinking of cutting it down to 6 by dropping AP Lit. Would anyone else recommend this?
Ugh right now I have like 20 schools (5 are UCs, though) on my list, most of which are reaches (oops).
Here’s my current list in order of selectivity:
UChicago, Caltech, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Rice, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO, UCD, UCR
This is subject to change. I have a spreadsheet where I keep this information. It’s a useful tool.
Ahh @dsi411 I keep my college list in order of selectivity too!
Current list:
Agnes Scott
University of Alabama
Hamilton
Howard
University of Iowa
ULL
UNO (not Nebraska-Omaha)
NYU
Tulane
QB colleges if I’m a finalist
Maybes:
Barnard
Culinary Institute of America
University of Washington
My list:
University of Alabama
University of South Carolina
Virginia Tech
James Madison University
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
My list based on selectivity: (I have too many reaches lol)
Stanford (why do I have to be in love with this school???), Columbia, MIT, Pomona, Vanderbilt, Harvey Mudd, Amherst, Rice, University of Southern California, Haverford, Vassar, and CU Boulder (safety)
I still need to find more matches and start narrowing them down.
@athenanv13 The counselors at my school told us that 12 colleges is a “healthy” amount to consider, so you’re good.
Ahahaha wow I had no idea people had already narrowed down their choices for college!
For the sake of this thread, I’m going to try and rank my top ten or so. This is most likely going to change drastically.
Carleton
Northwestern
Pomona
Davidson
UW Madison
Twin Cities
Cornell ??? idk random ivy I threw on here
Notre Dame
Duke ???
Georgetown
UWSL
no idea. definitely interested in Carleton. That’s it so far.
All three of my Scioly events for states are study events: Cell Bio, Anatomy and Physiology, and Disease Detectives.
Good luck to everyone at Scioly states in these upcoming weeks!
@tigerman333 I know a solid four that I’m definitely applying to: MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Hopkins, and UMD. And then there are a couple that I’m still debating about (some I haven’t visited yet): BU, Northeastern, Stevens, Notre Dame, UChicago, Columbia, etc.