<p>In one line or less, in a pithy statement, explain why you are not applying to a school.</p>
<p>I’ll start -</p>
<p>JHU - too academically intense, (friend’s sister goes there and she told me that everyone is always studying)</p>
<p>NYU - the lack of a true college campus really disturbs me</p>
<p>Amherst- Seemed ultra-competative when I visited. </p>
<p>NYU- Crappy FA.</p>
<p>NYU -lack of college campus </p>
<p>UPenn: my friend goes there, it’s ultra-competitive, too “professional minded” </p>
<p>Cornell: too big </p>
<p>Georgetown: extremely bad security on campus </p>
<p>UChicago: I didn’t really want to go to a place where the unofficial motto is “where fun goes to die.” </p>
<p>Princeton: from the people I’ve talked to, its’ very segregated between those with money and those w/o money.</p>
<p>Olin - the application account password had to have at least 1 capital letter and 1 number</p>
<p>UNC- too many instate, but I’m also doing UVA, SUNY-Bing and, UMD, so I actually don’t really know why, maybe too far away</p>
<p>JHU- Too much research; too intense</p>
<p>Michigan- WAYY too big and too far away</p>
<p>I didn’t to Cornell and Chicago for the exact same reasons as athenegoddess.</p>
<p>I also didn’t apply to Stanford because I realized that I didn’t really want to go there.</p>
<p>An extensive thread on this topic:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/474179-what-s-dumbest-reason-you-applied-didn-t-apply-school.html?highlight=dumbest+reasons[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/474179-what-s-dumbest-reason-you-applied-didn-t-apply-school.html?highlight=dumbest+reasons</a></p>
<p>Actually pretty amusing…</p>
<p>I didn’t apply to Rice because it’s in Houston.</p>
<p>Upenn - 10 minutes from my house; hate the campus; hate Philadelphia</p>
<p>I’m not applying to any school in Illinois because I’m bored of Illinois
I’m not applying to any school in the South because I hate the heat</p>
<p>Dartmouth- don’t like greek life
Swarthmore- student atmosphere sounds really stressful out</p>
<p>NYU- Requires SAT 2s and freakishly pricey
Boston U- Same as above, but not worth the money
Gonzaga- Weird name
Quinnipiac- In the middle of nowhere
American U- I don’t want to go back to DC
GWU- Same as American, and it’s also too pricey</p>
<p>lol imitosis we think alike!!</p>
<p>Oh yes. I didn’t apply to any schools in the South as an Asian liberal who has very bad experiences with humidity. I went to San Antonio for 2 days and almost passed out from the heat.</p>
<p>Caltech - too small, girl : boy ratio sucks being a girl, too near me
NYU - not interested in some of the programs there
Northwestern - my dad didn’t let me :(</p>
<p>Currenty a junior</p>
<p>When I began applying to universities, I will not apply to private universities ( due to overall size, etc…) nor universities located in the south (due to climate, etc…).</p>
<p>Quinnipiac- The name sounds disgusting. Where do you go? um, QUINNNIPIAC.
Harvard- No chance.
Yale-No chance
Rutgers- The name reminds me of a ghetto.
NYU - Plastic lips, silicone boobs, liposuction- you get the point.
Vassar - Too many hippies.</p>
<p>Anything not in a city-because it’s not in a city.</p>
<h1>California Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Carnegie Mellon University</h1>
<h1>Duke University</h1>
<h1>Emory University</h1>
<h1>Georgetown University</h1>
<h1>Johns Hopkins University</h1>
<h1>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Northwestern University</h1>
<h1>Rice University</h1>
<h1>Stanford University</h1>
<h1>University of California - Berkeley</h1>
<h1>University of California - Los Angeles</h1>
<h1>University of Chicago</h1>
<h1>University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</h1>
<h1>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</h1>
<h1>University of Notre Dame</h1>
<h1>University of Virginia</h1>
<h1>Vanderbilt University</h1>
<h1>Washington University - St. Louis</h1>
<h1>Amherst College</h1>
<h1>Barnard College</h1>
<h1>Bates College</h1>
<h1>Bowdoin College</h1>
<h1>Bryn Mawr College</h1>
<h1>Carleton College</h1>
<h1>Claremont McKenna College</h1>
<h1>Colby College</h1>
<h1>Colgate University</h1>
<h1>Davidson College</h1>
<h1>Grinnell College</h1>
<h1>Hamilton College</h1>
<h1>Harvey Mudd College</h1>
<h1>Haverford College</h1>
<h1>Kenyon College</h1>
<h1>Macalester College</h1>
<h1>Middlebury College</h1>
<h1>Mount Holyoke College</h1>
<h1>Oberlin College</h1>
<h1>Pomona College</h1>
<h1>Reed College</h1>
<h1>Smith College</h1>
<h1>Swarthmore</h1>
<h1>Trinity College (Connecticut)</h1>
<h1>Vassar College</h1>
<h1>Washington & Lee University</h1>
<h1>Wellesley College</h1>
<h1>Wesleyan University</h1>
<h1>Whitman College</h1>
<h1>Williams College</h1>
<h1>Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs</h1>
<h1>Coast Guard Academy - New London</h1>
<h1>Merchant Marine Academy - Kings Point</h1>
<h1>Military Academy - West Point</h1>
<h1>Naval Academy - Annapolis</h1>
<h1>Service Academy Parents</h1>
<h1>Agnes Scott College</h1>
<h1>University of Alabama</h1>
<h1>Albion College</h1>
<h1>Albright College</h1>
<h1>Alfred University</h1>
<h1>Allegheny College</h1>
<h1>American International College</h1>
<h1>American University</h1>
<h1>Antioch College</h1>
<h1>University of Arizona</h1>
<h1>Arizona State University</h1>
<h1>Assumption College</h1>
<h1>College of the Atlantic</h1>
<h1>Auburn University</h1>
<h1>Austin College</h1>
<h1>Babson College</h1>
<h1>Ball State University</h1>
<h1>Bard College</h1>
<h1>Baylor University</h1>
<h1>Beloit College</h1>
<h1>Bennington College</h1>
<h1>Bentley University</h1>
<h1>Birmingham Southern College</h1>
<h1>Berea College</h1>
<h1>Boston College</h1>
<h1>Boston University</h1>
<h1>Bowling Green State University</h1>
<h1>Bradley University</h1>
<h1>Brandeis University</h1>
<h1>Brigham Young University</h1>
<h1>Brooklyn College</h1>
<h1>Bucknell University</h1>
<h1>Butler University</h1>
<h1>University of California - Davis</h1>
<h1>University of California - Irvine</h1>
<h1>University of California - Riverside</h1>
<h1>University of California - Merced</h1>
<h1>University of California - San Diego</h1>
<h1>University of California - Santa Barbara</h1>
<h1>University of California - Santa Cruz</h1>
<h1>California Lutheran University</h1>
<h1>Cal Poly Pomona</h1>
<h1>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</h1>
<h1>California State University - Fresno</h1>
<h1>California State University - Fullerton</h1>
<h1>California State University - Long Beach</h1>
<h1>California State University - Monterey Bay</h1>
<h1>Carroll College</h1>
<h1>Case Western Reserve University</h1>
<h1>Catholic University of America</h1>
<h1>University of Central Florida</h1>
<h1>Centre College</h1>
<h1>Chapman University</h1>
<h1>Christopher Newport University</h1>
<h1>University of Cincinnati</h1>
<h1>Clark University</h1>
<h1>Clarkson University</h1>
<h1>Clemson University</h1>
<h1>Coe College</h1>
<h1>College of Charleston</h1>
<h1>University of Colorado - Boulder</h1>
<h1>Colorado College</h1>
<h1>Colorado State University</h1>
<h1>University of Connecticut</h1>
<h1>Connecticut College</h1>
<h1>Cooper Union</h1>
<h1>Cornell College</h1>
<h1>Creighton University</h1>
<h1>Deep Springs College</h1>
<h1>DePaul University</h1>
<h1>DePauw University</h1>
<h1>Denison University</h1>
<h1>University of Delaware</h1>
<h1>University of Denver</h1>
<h1>Dickinson College</h1>
<h1>Dominican University of California</h1>
<h1>Drew University</h1>
<h1>Drexel University</h1>
<h1>Duquesne University</h1>
<h1>Earlham College</h1>
<h1>East Carolina University</h1>
<h1>Eckerd College</h1>
<h1>Elizabethtown College</h1>
<h1>Elon University</h1>
<h1>Embry-Riddle - Daytona Beach</h1>
<h1>Embry-Riddle - Prescott</h1>
<h1>Emerson College</h1>
<h1>Fairfield University</h1>
<h1>Fairleigh Dickinson University</h1>
<h1>Fashion Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Fisk University</h1>
<h1>Flagler College</h1>
<h1>Florida A&M University</h1>
<h1>Florida Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Florida International University</h1>
<h1>Florida State University</h1>
<h1>Franklin & Marshall College</h1>
<h1>Furman University</h1>
<h1>University of Florida</h1>
<h1>George Mason University</h1>
<h1>George Washington University</h1>
<h1>Georgia Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Georgia Tech</h1>
<h1>Gettysburg College</h1>
<h1>Goddard College</h1>
<h1>Golden Gate University</h1>
<h1>Gonzaga University</h1>
<h1>Goucher College</h1>
<h1>Grove City College</h1>
<h1>Gustavus Adolphus College</h1>
<h1>University of Georgia</h1>
<h1>Hampden-Sydney College</h1>
<h1>Hampshire College</h1>
<h1>Hampton University</h1>
<h1>Hanover College</h1>
<h1>Hartwick College</h1>
<h1>Hendrix College</h1>
<h1>Hillsdale College</h1>
<h1>Hiram College</h1>
<h1>Hobart and William Smith Colleges</h1>
<h1>Hofstra University</h1>
<h1>Hollins University</h1>
<h1>College of the Holy Cross</h1>
<h1>Hope College</h1>
<h1>Howard University</h1>
<h1>Humboldt State University</h1>
<h1>Illinois Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Illinois Wesleyan University</h1>
<h1>Indiana University - Bloomington</h1>
<h1>Indiana University - South Bend</h1>
<h1>Indiana University of Pennsylvania</h1>
<h1>Ithaca College</h1>
<h1>University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign</h1>
<h1>University of Iowa</h1>
<h1>Iowa State University</h1>
<h1>James Madison University</h1>
<h1>The Juilliard School</h1>
<h1>Juniata College</h1>
<h1>Kalamazoo College</h1>
<h1>Kansas State University</h1>
<h1>Kent State University</h1>
<h1>Knox College</h1>
<h1>University of Kansas</h1>
<h1>University of Kentucky</h1>
<h1>Lafayette College</h1>
<h1>Lake Forest College</h1>
<h1>LaSalle University</h1>
<h1>Lawrence University</h1>
<h1>Lehigh University</h1>
<h1>Lewis & Clark College</h1>
<h1>Linfield College</h1>
<h1>Louisiana State University</h1>
<h1>Loyola College in Maryland</h1>
<h1>Loyola Marymount University</h1>
<h1>Loyola University - New Orleans</h1>
<h1>Loyola University of Chicago</h1>
<h1>Lynchburg College</h1>
<h1>Manhattan College</h1>
<h1>Manhattanville College</h1>
<h1>Marietta College</h1>
<h1>Marist College</h1>
<h1>Marlboro College</h1>
<h1>Marquette University</h1>
<h1>Mary Washington College</h1>
<h1>Marymount Manhattan College</h1>
<h1>McGill University</h1>
<h1>Mercer University</h1>
<h1>Merrimack College</h1>
<h1>Miami University - Ohio</h1>
<h1>Michigan State University</h1>
<h1>Michigan Technological University</h1>
<h1>Mills College</h1>
<h1>Millsaps College</h1>
<h1>Moravian College</h1>
<h1>Morehouse College</h1>
<h1>Muhlenberg College</h1>
<h1>University of Maine</h1>
<h1>University of Maryland - Baltimore County</h1>
<h1>University of Maryland - College Park</h1>
<h1>University of Massachusetts - Amherst</h1>
<h1>University of Miami - Florida</h1>
<h1>University of Minnesota - Twin Cities</h1>
<h1>University of Mississippi</h1>
<h1>University of Missouri - Columbia</h1>
<h1>University of Missouri - Kansas City</h1>
<h1>Missouri University of Science and Technology</h1>
<h1>University of Montana - Missoula</h1>
<h1>New College of Florida</h1>
<h1>New England College</h1>
<h1>New Jersey Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology</h1>
<h1>North Carolina School of the Arts</h1>
<h1>North Carolina State University</h1>
<h1>Northeastern University</h1>
<h1>The College of New Jersey</h1>
<h1>University of Nebraska - Lincoln</h1>
<h1>University of Nevada - Las Vegas</h1>
<h1>University of New Hampshire</h1>
<h1>University of New Haven</h1>
<h1>University of New Mexico</h1>
<h1>University of New Orleans</h1>
<h1>University of North Carolina - Asheville</h1>
<h1>University of North Carolina - Greensboro</h1>
<h1>University of North Dakota</h1>
<h1>Occidental College</h1>
<h1>Oglethorpe University</h1>
<h1>Ohio Northern University</h1>
<h1>Ohio State University - Columbus</h1>
<h1>Ohio University - Athens</h1>
<h1>Ohio Wesleyan University</h1>
<h1>Old Dominion University</h1>
<h1>Olin College</h1>
<h1>Oregon State University</h1>
<h1>University of Oklahoma</h1>
<h1>University of Oregon</h1>
<h1>Parsons School of Design</h1>
<h1>Penn State - University Park</h1>
<h1>Pepperdine University</h1>
<h1>Philadelphia University</h1>
<h1>Pitzer College</h1>
<h1>Pratt Institute</h1>
<h1>Providence College</h1>
<h1>Purdue University - West Lafayette</h1>
<h1>University of Pittsburgh</h1>
<h1>University of Puget Sound</h1>
<h1>Queens University - Kingston, Ontario</h1>
<h1>Quinnipiac University</h1>
<h1>Randolph-Macon College</h1>
<h1>Randolph College</h1>
<h1>Regis University</h1>
<h1>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</h1>
<h1>Rhode Island school of Design</h1>
<h1>Rhodes College</h1>
<h1>Rider University</h1>
<h1>Ripon College</h1>
<h1>Rochester Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Rollins College</h1>
<h1>Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Rutgers</h1>
<h1>University of Redlands</h1>
<h1>University of Rhode Island</h1>
<h1>University of Richmond</h1>
<h1>University of Rochester</h1>
<h1>Sacred Heart University</h1>
<h1>Saint Anselm College</h1>
<h1>St. Bonaventure University</h1>
<h1>St. John’s College (Maryland)</h1>
<h1>St. John’s College (New Mexico)</h1>
<h1>Saint John’s University - College of Saint Benedict</h1>
<h1>Saint Joseph’s University</h1>
<h1>St. Lawrence University</h1>
<h1>Saint Mary’s College - Notre Dame</h1>
<h1>Saint Mary’s College of California</h1>
<h1>St. Mary’s College of Maryland</h1>
<h1>St. Michael’s College</h1>
<h1>Saint Olaf College</h1>
<h1>Salisbury University</h1>
<h1>Salve Regina University</h1>
<h1>Samford University</h1>
<h1>San Diego State University</h1>
<h1>San Francisco State University</h1>
<h1>Santa Clara University</h1>
<h1>Sarah Lawrence College</h1>
<h1>School of Visual Arts</h1>
<h1>Scripps College</h1>
<h1>Seattle University</h1>
<h1>Seton Hall University</h1>
<h1>Shimer College</h1>
<h1>Siena College</h1>
<h1>Simmons College</h1>
<h1>Simon’s Rock College of Bard</h1>
<h1>Skidmore College</h1>
<h1>Sonoma State University</h1>
<h1>Southern Methodist University</h1>
<h1>Southwestern University</h1>
<h1>Spelman College</h1>
<h1>Stephens College</h1>
<h1>Stetson University</h1>
<h1>Stevens Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>Stonehill College</h1>
<h1>SUNY at Albany</h1>
<h1>SUNY at Binghamton</h1>
<h1>SUNY at Buffalo</h1>
<h1>SUNY at Stony Brook</h1>
<h1>SUNY College at Geneseo</h1>
<h1>SUNY College at Purchase</h1>
<h1>Susquehanna University</h1>
<h1>Sweet Briar College</h1>
<h1>Syracuse University</h1>
<h1>University of San Diego</h1>
<h1>University of San Francisco</h1>
<h1>University of South Carolina - Columbia</h1>
<h1>University of Southern California</h1>
<h1>TCU</h1>
<h1>Temple University</h1>
<h1>Texas A&M University</h1>
<h1>Texas Tech University</h1>
<h1>The University of Texas at Austin</h1>
<h1>The University of the South</h1>
<h1>Thomas Aquinas College - California</h1>
<h1>Towson University</h1>
<h1>Trinity College - Connecticut</h1>
<h1>Trinity University</h1>
<h1>Truman State University</h1>
<h1>Tufts University</h1>
<h1>Tulane University</h1>
<h1>Tuskegee University</h1>
<h1>University of Tennessee - Knoxville</h1>
<h1>University of Toronto</h1>
<h1>Union College - New York</h1>
<h1>Ursinus College</h1>
<h1>Ursuline College</h1>
<h1>University of Vermont</h1>
<h1>Valparaiso University</h1>
<h1>Villanova University</h1>
<h1>Virginia Commonwealth University</h1>
<h1>Virginia Tech</h1>
<h1>College of William and Mary</h1>
<h1>College of Wooster</h1>
<h1>University of Washington</h1>
<h1>University of Wisconsin - Madison</h1>
<h1>University of Wyoming</h1>
<h1>Wabash College</h1>
<h1>Wagner College</h1>
<h1>Wake Forest University</h1>
<h1>Warren Wilson College</h1>
<h1>Washington College</h1>
<h1>Washington State University</h1>
<h1>Webb Institute</h1>
<h1>Wells College</h1>
<h1>Wesleyan College</h1>
<h1>Wesleyan University</h1>
<h1>West Virginia University</h1>
<h1>Western Michigan University</h1>
<h1>Western Washington University</h1>
<h1>Westminster College - Pennsylvania</h1>
<h1>Wheaton College - Illinois</h1>
<h1>Wheaton College - Massachusetts</h1>
<h1>Whitman College</h1>
<h1>Whittier College</h1>
<h1>Willamette University</h1>
<h1>William Jewell College</h1>
<h1>Wittenberg University</h1>
<h1>Wofford College</h1>
<h1>Worcester Polytechnic Institute</h1>
<h1>Wright State University</h1>
<h1>Xavier University</h1>
<h1>Yeshiva University</h1>
<p>not in manhattan/didn’t have app money/don’t want to go there =/</p>
<p>done applying yay!</p>
<p>hehe, i was waiting for someone to do that :)</p>
<p>All Ivies- Way too competitive (plus I’d never get in)
All schools in IL- I want to escape from this state
All schools in the South (with one or two exceptions)- Too formal and conservative</p>
<p>I’m just a junior. I’m sure by this time senior year, I’ll have plenty more.</p>
<p>D did not apply to Reed because when she visited there were 2-3 students smoking outside of most buildings.</p>