#cut down / edit college list for a shotgunning woman in STEM

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lost sage
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I would ed to somewhere else and not do REA(as plenty of kids with perfect scores don't get into many of these colleges(that isn't to say that it doesn't help)), so you can ea to other schools like MIT, GT, and USC. Also keep in mind that common app only takes 20 schools, and it would be suspicious if you applied to a school w/o common app(no school wants to be the 21st choice)

lost axle
lost sage
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np

analog root
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i think ur stats is quite fitting for ivies

analog root
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i never knew it only takes upto 20 schools

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personally for this list i have no problem with it

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but ig if u want to be this ambitious, it'd be better if u finish all the college essays and other stuff before ur senior year

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so u wont die during that year haha

lost sage
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So true, just get it done ahead of time. Use your summer smartly and get these essays done quickly. Make sure they aren't too generic and actually write a why essay(don't focus on generic stuff like you love the town/city or you love their travel abroad programs or very generic classes or ranking or etc. etc). Focus on the people, the community, and the vibe and specifics of the place(like professors or niche classes/clubs)

dense plover
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Will you really go to Dartmouth if you get in?

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I mean, you look like a high achiever who wants a strong interdisciplinary CS and Math program

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You’d probably love Brown and Duke given what you want to do

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What you should do is, make a spreadsheet of all the supplements you have to write for all your reaches and see where they overlap. Then decide if you have enough time to do all ivies
The ivies, and your other reaches, have a ton of supplement essays

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One supplement from Princeton and Brown is almost the same

analog root
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this is the key

dense plover
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And also, don’t blindly apply to all ivies. Idk about you but I don’t like Columbia and Dartmouth

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I’m a CS major probably minoring in math and stats btw

analog root
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i only applied to cornell haha

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ivies are lowkey mid

viscid moon
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I would narrow down schools based on your interests in AI/CS/math, but also allow you to explore interdisciplinary opportunities, there are some schools where integrating those interests will be a lot easier than for others. I might look into Case Western instead of Northwestern or one of the other schools you feel a little more iffy about

lost axle
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dartmouth is probably the most iffy ivy league i have on my list but i like the smaller classes + undergrad research focus, kinda similar to other LACs

lost axle
torpid jackal
# lost sage I would ed to somewhere else and not do REA(as plenty of kids with perfect score...

ED if u have a school that's clearly ur first choice, or a choice that u won't regret going to over Stanford. If u couldn't figure out a specific school to get married to then don't. u could also not REA and just EA to MIT, GT, and USC

for the common app 20 school cap thing, not all schools on the list uses common app. for example MIT & UCs has its own app, and look for the others that accept Coalition App. Considering how much schools market the coalition app I doubt they'll be suspicious if ur not using common app

torpid jackal
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it's also in the middle of nowhere & cornell also kinda is (4 hrs away from everything lmao)

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a lot of the schools aren't in the suburbs & some r in kind of sus environment in terms of safety. Like Yale in New Haven kinda sus, and Berkeley/LA/NY doesn't feel safe to me either