Is my college list viable?

chrysalism
Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:39:04 +0000

@happy1 Thank you! I have been considering putting UMich on the list. I have already had the “money talk” with my parents. They are willing to pay in full at any school (based on my family’s income we would not get any need-based FA no matter what school I applied to), and have not set a geographic limitation, although they seem apprehensive about me going to a school on the West Coast (which is why I stated in my OP that I was not considering schools there).

@intparent I have thus far contacted all of my reach schools and several of my match schools. Of those, they will all accept my ACT score from 8th grade except for Carnegie Mellon. As I stated in OP, I am going to take the SAT as a backup, for CM and for any school that suddenly reverses that decision between now and my senior year.

@LoveTheBard See my reply to intparent in this post regarding the ACT score in 8th grade. I have visited or attended an infosession for most of these schools, and plan to go for an interview for as many as I can. I am either going to apply ED to Columbia or REA to Harvard - have not decided yet. I will look into Brandeis

@Jprothn Thank you! I have heard negative things about RPI and do not plan to apply, but will look into Rochester.

Thank you to everyone who stated that some of my matches should be classified as reaches - that’s why I made this thread. Am definitely going to add one or two lower matches to my list.