I need matches.

collegebound5
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:45:19 +0000

When one has SAT scores in 700’s, and a high grade point average at their school and taking the most rigorous curriculum, the ivy league and top tier schools are not reaches in the sense of lets say someone who is not as competitive trying to reach themselves into a school. They are reaches for someone in the 700’s ect only in so far as there are so many who apply and most are qualified but only a small percentage get in. What I mean is that with your scores and grades you are a candidate to apply to the ivy league and other top tier schools. They are reaches only because even with scores in the 50% range of those the school accepts, only a very small percentage are accepted. So schools like Yale, MIT, would be reaches.
A match school for you is a school in which your scores are in the 50% of those the college or university accepts, and the school accepts a higher percentage of those who are admitted than your reach list, and the percent of accepted students who attend is lower. That makes that school not as competitive even though it may be competitive
A safety school for you would be one in which your scores are in the 75% range or higher than those who are admitted.
Reach Schools given your stats: