Is this a bad college list?

Mwfan1921
Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:18:18 +0000

RafizXD:

Guys, so I have this list right now but I feel it’s too big(14). Could you suggest 2/3 colleges to exclude and why so? Check first page for stats.

Reaches-harvard(EA),princeton,yale,dartmouth,columbia,cornell,mit,stanford,rice

Matches and safeties-UT Austin,BU,Uni of Rochester, Uni of Wisconsin Madison,Uni of Houston

PS-Dont remove rice or Uni Houston cause dad wants me to apply to at least 2 houston unis.
Also, I ditched questbridge.

OP, is your budget still $10,000 or under?

Have you run the NPCs on all of these schools? If so, please let us know those results. Because your parents are divorced it can complicate things, but for all of these schools just enter all the requested financial information for both parents (and any step-parents).

So let’s start with a financial safety…is U Houston affordable? They don’t meet full need, and we aren’t sure if you qualify for in-state tuition? Have you figured that out? Would you live with your dad and commute?

You might find another safety or two.

I would take U Wisc off, that will be unaffordable as they offer limited FA for OOS students. OOS COA $55K/year

U Austin is a reach, because you are not an auto-admit Texas resident.

After that, culling the list is up to you. Do you like Columbia’s core? MIT’s vibe? Cornell’s vibe? Etc.