Where should I go/consider?

15dkcrater19
Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:15:17 +0000

I want to go to a top university that has a great theater program, and enough academic mobility where I can pursue multiple passions beyond just theater.

I scored a 2180 on my SAT, and plan to retake it again to possibly raise that score to 2250 or higher, because I’m hoping (with plenty of reservations of course) for admission top universities such as Columbia, Stanford, Cornell, or maybe Harvard. I have a solid near 4.0 gpa, unweighted. Solid extracurriculars which revolve around theater and writing. And I definitely have a “heartthrob” background that I can easily write an essay with.

But underneath, so far, I’m matched with UC Berkeley, UCLA, and NYU (places in a large urban area). My safeties are USF and Fordham.

Yet, I just started the college search process. Honestly, I want to find more safeties and matches so I don’t have to place my hopes in the selective and harsh ivy league process. Can anybody give me some examples of matches and safeties that I should consider?

At this point, I’d rather go to a university (not conservatory) that really matches my passion for theater, than have to rely on a crapshoot chance of making it into an ivy league or Stanford.