<p>I go to a competitve public school in Pennsylvania, and I currently have a 4.0 GPA and a 2170 SAT. I am looking for schools that are above the academic prestige of my state school (Penn State) but are not Ivy League level (I don’t think I could get in). What are some reasonably prestigious schools that are within my range? Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>You should be asking for good schools that have the academic opportunities (major) that you’re interested in.</p>
<p>I recognize the importance of academic programs. However, at the moment, I haven’t really decided on any specific major.</p>
<p>this really helps. it has great stats</p>
<p>[50</a> Top Colleges](<a href=“http://50topcolleges.com/]50”>http://50topcolleges.com/)</p>
<p>Although I definitely encourage you to pursue some of schools in the list above, this statement "(I don’t think I could get in). " is a little sad.</p>
<p>Why not look into some of them. If you honestly cannot see yourself at any of them then you should not apply but you should have a little faith in yourself :)</p>
<p>Haha thanks mango. I plan on applying to one or two of these highly selective schools, but based on the how people from my school have done in the past, I’m not going to expect anything unrealistic.</p>
<p>Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell…</p>
<p>Penn State is a good school already.</p>
<p>Those are great suggestions sus. and beatles, I acknowledge this, but most of the people that go there from my school are ranked much lower than me.</p>
<p>Theres lots: Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Duke, Berkeley, Boston College, UChicago, Georgetown, and Rice to name a few!</p>
<p>Beyond knowing what schools are academically appropriate, you need to sit down with your parents and talk things thru.</p>
<p>Discuss finances: how much, if anything, are they expecting to spend; how much do they expect you to contribute</p>
<p>Discuss distance: do they expect you to stay home and commute? Do you need to stay within 3 hours driving distance? What are their expectations</p>
<p>Kcombs, most of those schools are around the same selectivity level as the ivies.</p>
<p>Colgate, Holy Cross, Tufts, Georgetown.</p>
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<p>Duke and UChicago are not sub-ivy. Georgetown is debatable.</p>
<p>Why not try some Ivies? You have a 4.0 and decent test scores. Admissions are more than numbers, but if you have the EC’s/Essays/Recs I don’t see why you can’t get into an Ivy if you’d fit well there.</p>
<p>You should go for:
Cornell (Ivy, but some of the contract colleges have higher acceptance rates/are more specific)
Emory
Tufts
Michigan
Lehigh
Boston College
Vanderbilt
UVA
UNC
William and Mary
Wake Forest</p>
<p>You need to provide us with more info so that we can better match you with a school.</p>
<p>You should check out Wesleyan or the other little ivy schools</p>
<p>I hate to advocate the use of the USNWR rankings, but they can be a good starting point. schools about 20-50 would seem to fit your criteria for universities and for LAC’s, really any of them fit the bill. </p>
<p>Also, I’d look into Schreyer if I were you. I ended up not applying, but many kids from my school have chosen Schreyer over Ivies. It’s really a high quality education for a more reasonable price.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the suggestions! And I have also heard good things about Schreyer’s. I will try to look into it.</p>
<p>Alright, so we pretty much have identical stats, and I had a similar mentality to you that I wouldn’t get into any Ivy’s but I figured I’d try anyways. I had a 4.0 and a 2170 SAT, too… not incredible EC’s, but I’m also a URM so idk how much that factored into it. Also, my high school isn’t really on the map for top college admissions. Here’s how my admissions process went:</p>
<p>I was accepted to Cornell, Hopkins, USC, UCLA, Berkeley, Wellesley, and Boston College.</p>
<p>I was rejected from the rest of the Ivy’s, Georgetown, Duke, and Williams, and I had some waitlist offers to incredible schools too.</p>
<p>I was very pessimistic concerning my prospects, but I basically applied to any school I preferred over my safety. I was pleasantly surprised by the results, so don’t be afraid to apply to the best schools… if you’re expecting rejection anyways, it’ll only be that much more exciting if you actually get in.</p>
<p>Here’s what I recommend for applying:</p>
<p>USC
UCLA
Berkeley
Cornell
Brown
Boston College
Georgetown
Northwestern
Chicago</p>
<p>and if you’re interested in another college, go for it, no matter how much of a reach you think it may be. I was waitlisted to Harvard but rejected from every other Ivy except Cornell… anything can happen in the unpredictable world of college admissions.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>You can look at newsweek’s new ivies list
[America’s</a> 25 New Elite ‘Ivies’ - Newsweek](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/id/39401]America’s”>America's 25 New Elite 'Ivies')</p>