Really Need Help deciding what is a Reach/Target

Connor0607
Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:38:26 +0000

So the major problem I am having is that I REALLY want to go to a top 15 business undergraduate program but I’m pretty unsure if I can get accepted into them. This has led me to create a list of nearly every top business program and just apply to them all. I don’t feel like this is a very good strategy and that my essays will suffer because of the quantity. Could you guys tell me whether any of these schools are more like target schools and not necessarily a full-blown reach. I need to balance my list out by searching for more safety/target schools and eliminating some of these extremely difficult ones.

My Stats

ACT:34
Rank: 1/312
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.39 W
5 APS: Four 3s and One 5
Missed National Merit by one question
Alabama Boys State Delegate
Placed 6th nationally in an NJROTC Academic competition

Extracurriculars
I have a youtube channel with 215,000 subscribers and over 75,000,000 video views. I have also hired two part-time employees to run the channel for me.
NJROTC (4 years) w/ tons of leadership: Supply officer, Academics Officer, Drill team commander, JLAB Commander, Orienteering team commander. All of these are major positions that I served in throughout the years,
I founded my schools Rho Kappa chapter.
I ran both Track and Cross Country for the last two years
A bunch of other random clubs such as NHS. Mu Alpha Theta. FCA, SGA, I started an ACT study group

No consistent volunteer work but a bunch of small things that I have tied together.

My essays are mediocre. Not necessarily the best but not awful.

I live with a single mother who makes under 30k/year.
Can’t afford a school without financial aid/scholarships

State: Alabama
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White

These are the top tier schools that I have come up with. I’m not sure if these are all reach schools or if some of them are actually reasonable to get into. Could you guys recommend any other Target/Safety schools that have a decent business program. I don’t really care about the location of the school, but I do want the quality of life to be good. Stuff like the campus, housing, food, and just happy people

UT Austin (Already Applied)
UCLA
UC Berkley
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Dartmouth
New York University
Rice
University of Michigan
Chapel Hill
Notre Dame
UPenn
USC
Vanderbilt
University of Virginia
Washington in St. Louis
University of Alabama (Safety)