Unimpressed and Intimidated

Jewels44
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:58:18 +0000

So I’ve stumbled across a big problem. I applied for three schools. Two schools that are pretty much on par with each other (but I’m only really seriously considering going to one of them) and a reach school.
I love the safety school; my parents went there, which is a huge push for me, and I also spent an overnight there and really enjoyed myself, except for during the one class I went to because it was extremely boring. Some of the people in the class were…odd and it was the professors first time ever teaching, so the class purposely took him off topic a lot. But I understand that this is a VERY small picture and that one class shouldn’t effect my judgment on the whole school. But after looking at the average GPA and test scores for freshman admitted to the school, I feel as if it might be a little too easy for me. I am in the upper 75% range of the applicants. My parents keep telling me that you can make college as hard as you want it to be. I plan on applying for the honors program and am considering ROTC, but I still fear that all of the work that I did in high school to earn a very high GPA and high test scores will have been for nothing.
But then I come across my reach school. I am very intimidated by it. I don’t want to get left behind in the dust. It is a great school, great campus, great location, but I’m afraid that I won’t be on par with a majority of the students so I will fall behind. I hope to do ROTC there because I think the support and discipline will help with my grades.
I know that a lot of people apply and instinctively go to their reach schools, but how do they turn out? I know that I could go to my safety and get a high GPA, get a good job, and be successful. Or I could go to the reach, get an okay GPA, and see what happens.
But anyways, if anyone has any advice or suggestions, please help. Thank you.