Which Schools Should I Take Off My List?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>4 AP Classes (U.S. Hitory, World History, Government, English Literature)
1800 on SAT (roughly around 600 for each subject)
3.6 G.P.A. (unweighted)
4.2 G.P.A. (weighted)
Top 30% in the class (which is out of 400)
4 Years of a Foreign Language
Good Teacher Recs
Main ECs are French Club, Prom Committee, FCCLA, Freshmen Mentoring</p>

<p>Which Schools are Reaches, Safeties, and Matches, and which ones should I take off my list?</p>

<ul>
<li>American University</li>
<li>George Washington University</li>
<li>Mount Holyoke College</li>
<li>Boston University</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Northeastern University</li>
<li>Connecticut College</li>
</ul>

<p>Also, could you make suggestions as to universities that you think I would have a good chance at in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Im just a junior so I’m not the best “chancer” but the only reach in my opinion is BC</p>

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<p>Disagree with ^^ about GW. Early , you’d most likely get in. Regular decisions have become more and more unpredictable every year- take a look at least year’s RD thread- crazy. Your SATs are below their average.
And GW likes legacies- maybe that’s why he got in.
<a href=“Institutional Research | The George Washington University”>Institutional Research | The George Washington University;

<p>The biggest reach on your list is BC. Your SAT is below their 25th %ile.</p>

<p>U Vermont has rolling admissions, so you may as well apply there as early as possible.
Also, UMass Amherst- my brother had similar stats to yours (better SATs, similar grades), and got in with 20K a year scholarship. Didn’t go, tho. Went to GW, got in ED.</p>

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<p>I’ll probably choose between GW and BC for my reaches. Which one of the two would I likely have the best chance at?</p>

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<p>Boston College seems like a reach for you. You’d have a better chance at GW.</p>

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<p>What about my chances between Boston University and Northeastern University?</p>

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<p>Can you do ED anywhere, or do you need to compare FA packages?</p>

<p>And admissions are tougher at Northeastern than at BU.</p>

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<p>FA is HUGE for me and will be a determining factor of where I go to school. The only college that I am sure of the practices need-blind admission is American, which is one of my top choices.</p>

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<p>“… practices need-blind admission …”</p>

<p>This should be irrelevant for you. Why would you want to attend a school any less just because it is need-aware? :)</p>

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<p>I’m not saying that I won’t apply to schools that don’t practice need-blind admission. It’s just that my stats are not the best and at competitive colleges needing as much FA as I do could be a factor in my admissions.</p>

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<p>It could be, but there’s no way to know, so it shouldn’t change your actions, that’s all! :)</p>