Apply early to these two rolling admissions schools:
- The University of Pittsburgh
- The University of Minnesota
Consider: Arizona State University & Big 10 schools like Ohio State.
Wow, @circuitrider, what a racist comment. Any school would be a bit sorry if they rejected someone who went on to become accomplished and respected worldwide. I don’t see what being a URM has to do with it.
I would put Hamilton on that list. Only a minor in linguistics, but for some reason it feels like it might be a good fit for you. With demonstrated interest, they’d be nuts not to accept you.
And I agree with lwnwawbw - take a look at the SUNYs, particularly Binghamton and Buffalo.
Huh? The OP’s URM status was mentioned at post #5 by the same person who made the Swarthmore reference a few posts prior, thus making both items fair game for comment. Since when is discussing holistic admissions, racist?
As mentioned before visit Pitt and apply early if you like it. My D loved it and she eliminated some safeties due to that so her list was more reach heavy. My D is also Neuroscience and Latina. Latina is probably the weakest URM hook.
Case Western would be a match as long as you are genuinely interested in it and they know it. They have some merit.
Fordham is another match school with 2 NYC campuses depending on which type you like best.
WashU is a reach but you might like the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Pyschology program. For diversity they may waive the app fee and pay for you to visit. They also have merit including the Rodriguez Scholars which targets Latinos. My D liked that program(P-N-P) better than anything Duke or Vandy had to offer and eliminated both from her list.
Also did you miss your chance for National Merit consideration and in turn National Hispanic Recognition Program? Did you take the PSAT last fall and if so is it possible to submit for consideration?
@circuitrider You are obfuscating. Yes, the OP’s URM status may be an admissions boost. But it is a leap to say that colleges should give preferential treatment primarily because they might miss having a URM who becomes a famous person attend. Or that Swat pines to have admitted Obama (vs not having admitted a non-URM famous person).
Good Safety schools all which have excellent neuroscience and linguistics would be
Pitt
Wisconsin
Ohio State
McGill
Toronto
The Canadian schools in particular, admit solely by numbers and you have the goods. You apply, you get admitted, no drama. Not sure how early Toronto and McGill notify.
Pitt and Ohio State have nice honors programs, and because they offer good merit scholarships, can attract some very high caliber out-of-state students.
Wisconsin is just an all around power house - like Michigan without the hype.
Pitt, Wisconsin and Ohio State are best applied to early, so that you get back an early response and have the safety in the bag.
Any school you apply early to and admitted to becomes a safety.
@intparent wrote:
Facebook and Google must be feeding us completely different internet content because not one of those statements strikes me as even remotely racist.
“Wisconsin is just an all around power house - like Michigan without the hype.”…and the overall excellence. Wisconsin, btw, is not a safety school.
I second @jmek15’s suggestion to check out USC’s Resident Honors program, as well as some of the other “early college” programs that are designed for high school juniors seeking early admissions to college. Here are a few others:
Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)
Clarkson School (NY)
Georgia Academy (GA)
Mary Baldwin College Early College (VA; for females only)
Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing (MO)
Shimer College, the Great Books College of Chicago (IL)
University of Iowa National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (IA)
University of Southern California Resident Honors Program (RHP) (CA)
@ circuitrider @intparent
Two of the best posters on CC IMHO. Surely this is just a misunderstanding.
I get the undertones to which @intparent refers, and yet I also know it was not within the zipcode of @circuitrider 's intent to offend. The issue is subtle, but perhaps somewhat related to an experience I had as a young man. When I was applying to Georgetown LS, a school classmate of mine who pined for, but did not get into, GT said to me, “oh they’ll love YOU,” referring to my ethicity as a Cuban. Of course, graduating magma cum laude and a perfect LSAT didn’t come up. Just my ethnicity. We are good friends to this day, and he didn’t intend anything malicious. I know that.
I think - but stand to be corrected - what @intparent is getting at is that we make smart URMs appeal like a shiny object, and in so doing we marginalize them and their merits ever so slightly. At least in the way I experienced it, it feels, at best “different” from others and, at worst, a little bit trivialized. Hard to explain this, but that’s where I’d have come from.
On the other hand, I’ve been called derogatory names so many times in my life that I’m hardened to it and am not bothered by what was written, and thus would not have thought to say anything. Also, to @circuitrider’s point, URM status IS a variable and we do and should talk about it. Also, missing out on who would become the first AA POTUS is no doubt on someone’s regret list at Swat.
Make up you two. CC relies on your insights!
To everyone who gave me advice, thank you, thank you, thank you a million times. I’m developing a strong list of safeties. I even found out one school that I wouldn’t mind going to, ASU, has automatic admit for my stats! I sincerely appreciate the care you’ve put into helping me along my college journey and for taking into consideration my wants/needs for colleges. You are phenomenal!!
I want to clarify – the schools I posted a ways back would all be (IMO) fairly low matches for you, and some could be pretty safe.
And the two fit variables I used were Greek/party life and big-time sports. That’s it. Of course there are big differences(in other areas) between some of those schools and Duke/Vandy.
ASU could be pretty cool – desert sun, a fun in-state rivalry with Arizona, no snow (if you want to stay away from it), solid academics.
Seeing what students at my D’s school experienced this year, I wouldn’t consider any of the top 30 LACs or universities safety schools for anyone anymore. Applying early does help a little, and if you apply to your top schools ED, it might be worth applying to a couple EA (non-binding) “safeties” so that you might have some backup choices if ED doesn’t work out.
@ClassOf2018P I think the OP was asking for recommendations outside the top 30. So having qualifications for these school but knowing the landscape wants advice for other schools to consider along with some of the top 30 ones already identified.
I see the relationship between UW-Madison and UMich as akin to UCSD to UCLA. Research powerhouse. Just a little worse than the very top publics. Anyway, while not a safety, I’d put UW-Madison as a likely.
BTW, I think you’ll do pretty well on your matches like UMich/NYU.
Anyway, here’s some world linguistics research ranking:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/08/qs-world-university-rankings-2017-linguistics
Some are reaches, some are likelies.