My dad is college crazy.....

Venkat89
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:58:03 +0000

if you need schools to apply to just add ones that use the common app and have easy or no supplements. but i dont see the point in applying to schools you know you dont want to go to. if your safety/state school is higher on your list you are just wasting time and money. tulane is an easy one, no required essays, recs, etc.

that said, my mom wants me to apply to schools i know im not going to. she wants me to apply to a school that is very close and may be very strong, but doesnt offer my major (i want to do engineering). she is also pushing another nearby school that i feel i dont fit in at, and telling me not to apply to a school that is on the other side of the country, but one i really want to go to.

your dad is doing what he thinks is best for you because if you apply to 10 semi reach to reach schools, you probably will get in to one which may be better than your state school. one safety may be ohio state and a few matches/slight reaches could be university of illinois, wisconson, and michigan. if you want to do medschool, washu, case western, and either mississippi or missouri have bs/md programs.

and you got 2110 on your sats both times (yet over 700 in math both times, just kidding) and i doubt retaking will help much if you got the same score both times. its an ok score anyways and you got over 1400/1600 your first time, but under your second time (which may hurt, i dont know). just dont take your sats more than 3 times or you look ocd and/or like a perfectionist