Is my college list suitable?

College Search & Lists
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I really need help with my college list. But I don’t know if I have enough or too much reach, target, or safety school. So

The colleges I am interested in includes:
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
NYU
UT McCombs
Carnegie Mellon
Boston College
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Texas A&M
SMU
Washington University at St. Louis
Notre Dame

I am planning on majoring in Business or Economic.
I am a Texas resident, so the 10% rule applies.
My SAT scores will probably be around 2200 (CR: 680 Math: 780 Writing: 740)
SAT Chinese: 800 SAT Math II: 780
ACT: 32 (W: 32 M:35 R: 29 S: 32)
GPA: 3.97
Rank: 15/674
AP courses: AP World History, APUSH, AP English Language, AP Physics I, and Pre AP everything else from freshman to junior
Senior course load: AP Economic, AP Stat, AP Cal BC, AP Spanish Language, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, AP Chem, and advanced CIA
Extracurricular:
BPA (President)
Spanish National Honor Society: 2013-present (Co-President)
Spanish Club: 2012-present (President)
FBLA 2014-present (Treasurer)
National Honor Society: 2014- present
Key Club: 2013- present
I have 60+ hours of volunteering and a job.

And I’m Asian

I feel like my college list is quite too long, so how many should I cut out? and which?

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NYU: terrible aid, not worth the price tag you’ll get

What kind of environment are you looking for? That might help narrow it down.

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You need to increase your ACT score for UPenn,UC,WUSTL and maybe for Cornell as well.

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@Lilliana330
I like it to be in the north east or central. But I don’t to eliminate schools like SMU and A&M since I think I should use them as safety. And I’m forced to apply to schools like NYU and WUSTL by my dad… :-S

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^ Ouch. If your parents can pay for it, fine. But if they’re unaware of the price/are expecting aid, it might be good to show them the reality of the cost. That way you won’t waste your time and money on the app…

Try this: http://www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/misc/npc/

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Are you top 10%? Top 7%?

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^ 15/674 according to his post, so yes.

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Sorry, missed it! Then All tx publics are safeties for you. Apply to honors colleges,too. Anything you can apply for as soon as it’s up- and “applytexas” is a great tool. This way you’re sure to have choices, and with admissions in hand you can easily apply to any school you like. You can even apply scea/rea to some elite schools if you apply to public universities.

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remove–University of Pennsylvania