How to Pick a Reach School aka toss a bone

sjbd94
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:48:26 +0000

So I am kinda in a a hurry and want to apologize ahead of time for being brief, but I was content with staying with my in state school choices, which include UNC, but the more i think about it with time winding down i kinda want to apply to some out of state reaches, i dont really know if there is an answer to this question, but I am just curious as to what “reach” do you think I would have the best chance of getting into.

Here are my average stats
28 ACT
3.4 unweighted
3.9 weighted
2 varsity sports captains
2 years of technology internship
-of course I have more but i feel those are the ones that matter most

Now as for the reach schools
-Vanderbilt
-Notre Dame
-John Hopkins
-Cornell
-Emory
-University of Chicago (they have sent me alot of mail if that is special or even matters)

I know applying to any of these is probably a waste of time, but if you were me and were applying to only one reach, which one do you think would give me the best shot? Thanks!