fr need some targets and safeties 🙋🏻♀

[solid tulip]

HS jr
gpa : 4.0/4.3
sat: 1490(will retake)
location: literally anywhere
cost: doesnt matter
size: small is good but idc much
preferences: good professors
good social stuff
major: bio/psych
looking at rn:
uc’s
uga

[topaz gyro]

If you want good acedemics then i reccomend some top schools. Cornell, UPenn, Duke, UNCCH, Vanderbily, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Columbia, etc.

[signal goblet]

Targets and safeties they said I think

in regards to UCs, if you are out of state they are all pretty much reaches

UGA is really big

the LACs would be good (weslyan, haverford, carleton, macalester, grinell, reed, etc)

[orchid flame]

What major

That’s the main thing lmao

@solid tulip

[lyric mica]

doesn't grinnell have like 10% acceptance rate

[signal goblet]

Grinell is competitive

But it can be a target if u keep up GPA and SAT

[tidal scroll]

Carleton as safety :((

[tidal scroll]

Those are not targets (maybe NYU is and CMU depending on major)

[topaz gyro]

They are reaches

[tidal scroll]

Yeah

[tidal scroll]

Look into Emory university it’s low reach/high target

For safety schools if your looking at any LAC check out occidental college or Whitman college

[signal goblet]

I meant as target 😭

[tidal scroll]

An ic

[signal goblet]

No one i've met here in the LA area likes occidental

[tidal scroll]

I just realized it said target after I wrote that Carleton as safety stuff

[signal goblet]

idk though

[tidal scroll]

Fr I don’t like the vibe

I heard it’s easy to make which is why I put it at safety

Is it actually safety though @signal goblet

[signal goblet]

its probably a fine safety

[tidal scroll]

Fr

[signal goblet]

Well kind of

[tidal scroll]

I kinda regret going to Carleton over Swarthmore

[signal goblet]

For his stats, basically yes

[signal goblet]

Oh damn, that is an interesting choice. I definetly would've chosen swarthmore

did you ED?

[tidal scroll]

Yeah I was recruited by both schools

[signal goblet]

Ooh nice

[tidal scroll]

I liked Carleton’s vibe better

[signal goblet]

well Carleton is great anyways though

[tidal scroll]

So I chose to ED at Carl

I liked it more until I realized they referred to students as Carls 💀

[signal goblet]

I think Reed might be good for him though, from what i've researched

[signal goblet]

lmao

[tidal scroll]

Yeah probably either that or Emory

[signal goblet]

Yeah emory is great

Macalester as a target?

idk

[tidal scroll]

Btw can I add you to friend on discord

[tidal scroll]

Safety-target

[dawn kelp]

Isn’t Carleton a reach tho

For rd

[signal goblet]

I think its a target but u could be right

[dawn kelp]

The top lac is gambles

[tidal scroll]

Does anyone wanna see my stats

[signal goblet]

sure

[tidal scroll]

Ok I’ll dm

[signal goblet]

epic

[solid tulip]

oh my b it was bio

[solid tulip]

ok tyty

[solid tulip]

like 1500+ or 1550+?

[signal goblet]

1500+ is fine i think

[solid tulip]

ok 🤞🏻

[solid tulip]

ok ty 😫

[dawn kelp]

Do you want to go into med school?

[solid tulip]

yes

[dawn kelp]

I hate to say this but NYU is not a top school

Espically for pre med

Only 37 percent on NYU students make med school for pre med

So don’t go to NYU

For pre med

[solid tulip]

hm yea my mom likes it cuz my brother goes

but thats for music tech

[topaz gyro]

No i personally hate NYU, but it is a pretty good and well known school.

[dawn kelp]

Look into some lac for pre med some of them have otherworldly stats for med school

Swarthmore has a 78 percent chance of pre med to med

Bowdoin is at 89 percent

[topaz gyro]

Also cornell and columbia are really good for med

[dawn kelp]

Carleton is at 82 percent

Williams and Amherst are 90 percent

[solid tulip]

goddamn

those r looking good rn 🤞🏻

[dawn kelp]

Only 76 percent of Cornell make med school

Columbia doesn’t publish stats

[topaz gyro]

Im saying they are good schools in general.

You do realize that a lot of the time numbers dont matter

what if they are in those 76 percent of ppl who make it

[dawn kelp]

Yeah but it does say something about chances

[topaz gyro]

Indeed

[dawn kelp]

Upenn is 82 lercent

[topaz gyro]

And compared to other schools, 76 is a lot. and since its an ivy, its very respected for whatever field u go into

[dawn kelp]

Harvard is god tier at 95 percent

[topaz gyro]

dream school frr

[dawn kelp]

That’s true

[solid tulip]

god tier 😍

what about stanford

[dawn kelp]

Yeah it’s a W school

[solid tulip]

i have legacy but my chances of acceptance r kinda ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[dawn kelp]

I can’t find it

[solid tulip]

thats fine

[dawn kelp]

Aparently Stanford is 75 percent since the college lets their students fight it out

[solid tulip]

LOL

[dawn kelp]

Yeah

[solid tulip]

wait so for LAC do u think my stats r good for making them targets/safeties?

[dawn kelp]

The top LAC it’s all reaches

Like the top 10 are all reaches

Regardless of stats

All of the acceptance rate for the top 10 is under 10 percent but Carleton which is at 16 percent but that’s likely to fall

But for top 11-20 LAC it could be a target if u have over a 1500 sat

When I mean top 10 LAC I don’t mean the US news ranking I mean the consensual ones of Williams, Amherst, swarthmore, Pomona Wellesley Bowdoin Carleton Claremont Mckenna Harvey mudd and Middlebury

[solid tulip]

hmm ok tysm

[green kestrel]

Brandeis

Not great socially, but small with science research focus

[tidal scroll]

Harvey mudd gives out depression

[solid tulip]

okok

[tidal scroll]

But harvey mudd is insanely good for pre med

It’s just that it has a very rigorous academic environment

[dawn kelp]

Np

[dawn kelp]

Lol

[spiral bison]

umd safety

[mellow widget]

Grinnell's not a target

[signal goblet]

i see

i stand corrected

[mellow widget]

they accepted 7% of my round last RD cycle

[signal goblet]

oh shit

I didn't know it was sub 10

thats insane

[mellow widget]

9% overall

Its weird

Its a combination of having a relatively high yield and getting a lot of apps

lots of international applications too lol

[tidal scroll]

Somehow I knew Ridan was gonna write this

Btw @signal goblet Grinnell rejected me in an academic pre read

When the other colleges accepted me

[signal goblet]

I see

[tidal scroll]

Only other college to reject me was a school equivalent to HYPSM or inside of this list

@signal goblet

So I’m kinda salty that Grinnell of all colleges rejected me lol

[signal goblet]

That’s interesting, i know grinell was competitive but thats actually insane

[tidal scroll]

Yeah fr

I think it’s also cause I’m international seeking aid

[signal goblet]

idk if its better than swarthy or bowdoin

[tidal scroll]

Tbh I thought my profile was pretty good

[signal goblet]

thats true as well

[tidal scroll]

I would say it’s slightly worse

[signal goblet]

it was insane

[tidal scroll]

Carleton and Grinnell are pretty similar

In level

Same with Bowdoin

I would say Bowdoin is slightly better than Carleton and Carleton is slightly better than Grinnell

But the difference between those is so small that you should decide based on cost and the vibe

Cause Carleton’s vibe is unreal like it’s so good

[tidal scroll]

Thanks

[dawn kelp]

Tbf all t15 lac are reaches

[solid tulip]

damn really?

so whuch are the safeties?

[tidal scroll]

Occidental and Whitman

They are also pretty good colleges

[solid tulip]

ok ty

[dawn kelp]

And Reed could be target/safety same with oberlin depending on ur stats

[tidal scroll]

I’m sorry what

[dawn kelp]

Those schools are targets/safeties

Like halfway point

They are low target

[median kindle]

I think UCLA is a good target, their lab is really good. MIT is always a good choice. (according to my research)

[tidal scroll]

Ucla is definitely reach

[median kindle]

yea it is

but if op wants to go to a party school BU is good

these are all reaches tho

[tidal scroll]

I think for op BU is a target

[signal goblet]

Oh yeah btw here in orange county, occidental doesn't have the best reputation but for what its worth it is a pretty campus with good academics

[solid tulip]

ok yea i was thinking about BU to apply to

[solid tulip]

whys it have an iffy reputation?

[signal goblet]

Horror stories about admin, SA, Drugs, and little to no student support

[green kestrel]

Isn’t that every college in America?

[mellow widget]

Lowkey ya 💀

[solid tulip]

DAMN

[solid tulip]

but maybe its worse there if thats a big enough topic to spread

[signal goblet]

I hear that it is particularly bad there

but obviously all of this is anecdotal

Also im not saying every college doesn’t have these but occidental is known to be worse, especially with career dev

[tidal scroll]

Even Grinnell?

[mellow widget]

I mean ya no school is perfect

Admin is bad everywhere honestly - although I hadn't had to reach out to them

SA/||rape|| culture exists on every campus

And Ig student support is one thing that my school like beats most others at

Im not really exaggerating there, like our main academic advisor is our first year seminar advisor and academic advising/career advising is very stacked and there's a lot of opportunities for funding for internships

And ig drugs problems can vary depending on what drug ur talking about

but ya

[tidal scroll]

Oh rip Grinnell seemed like a very chill school when I visited

I guess every school has like a hidden dark side

[dawn kelp]

Boston college is a good target

[mellow widget]

I mean ya I’m sure Carleton has the same issues

Maybe to a varying degree

Like this is a US higher Ed thing

[tidal scroll]

Probably true :((

[tidal scroll]

Us higher education needs to find a way to prevent this

I heard rumours about Swarthmore also being bad in this aspect

[solid tulip]

like bu?

[solid tulip]

real cuz why is this still happening 🤨🤨

[tidal scroll]

Nah Boston college

[dawn kelp]

BC it’s better than bu

[solid tulip]

LOL

was that supposed to be a pun with BC being because in txt slang

[median kindle]

I think Boston college is on more of the country side tho

depending if u want a rural or like urban area i guess BU and BC are both good

my mother went to BC and my dad went to BU lol

but they went like 20 years ago so idk if this is like accurate

lol

[tidal scroll]

I think BC is better ngl

It has a smaller student population

And academically it’s slightly better

[median kindle]

i think BU is a party school so yea i get that

[tidal scroll]

Oh yeah @solid tulip look into tufts uni

It’s a low reach school but is amazing

[solid tulip]

hmm ok tyty

[solid tulip]

yea my dad went there for grad 🤔🤔

i think he liked it

[mellow widget]

Tufts seems nice. Look into it!

[green kestrel]

Tufts not safe but maybe legacy will help

[mellow widget]

It's probably a high target for cracked students. In OP's case, probably a reach school, you're right.

[green kestrel]

Yes, one of the “Ivy Safeties”

[shadow stone]

Tufts is ending legacy consideration

[solid tulip]

i wish i was a cracked student 😐😐