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What are some good "reach" colleges? (Ivy etc.)

You realize that UCLA only admits 24% of applicants, right. And that the average GPA is 4.11

It all depends on what you want to major in
 
I went to Vanderbilt. I wouldn't consider it high caliber 🙂 Rice is a lot harder to get into than Vanderbilt. Even though Rice is ranked closely to Vanderbilt, Rice is definitely better.

If you are a nerd, do not go to Vanderbilt unless if you want to be de-nerded. Let me know if you have any questions!
 
Originally posted by: fyleow
I'm going to be applying for colleges soon and it would be nice to have one or two "reach" schools (as we like to call them). Something harder to get into than UCLA or UCSD, but not in the league of MIT and Stanford (where I'll have no chance at all). My friend picked Vanderbilt and Rice but those seem pretty high caliber too. Are there any colleges that are in between?
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lemme break it down for you son. UCLA is the most applied college in the US, something like 45000 applicants. they admit about 12%
 
Originally posted by: shady06
Originally posted by: fyleow
I'm going to be applying for colleges soon and it would be nice to have one or two "reach" schools (as we like to call them). Something harder to get into than UCLA or UCSD, but not in the league of MIT and Stanford (where I'll have no chance at all). My friend picked Vanderbilt and Rice but those seem pretty high caliber too. Are there any colleges that are in between?
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lemme break it down for you son. UCLA is the most applied college in the US, something like 45000 applicants. about 2500-3000 get in. you want something harder the 6%?
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It's not that hard. About 20% chance of getting in. Even higher if you're a CA resident.
 
Originally posted by: coldcut
Originally posted by: shady06
Originally posted by: fyleow
I'm going to be applying for colleges soon and it would be nice to have one or two "reach" schools (as we like to call them). Something harder to get into than UCLA or UCSD, but not in the league of MIT and Stanford (where I'll have no chance at all). My friend picked Vanderbilt and Rice but those seem pretty high caliber too. Are there any colleges that are in between?
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lemme break it down for you son. UCLA is the most applied college in the US, something like 45000 applicants. about 2500-3000 get in. you want something harder the 6%?
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It's not that hard. About 20% chance of getting in. Even higher if you're a CA resident.
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i take it back, i'm thinking about grad school. it is like 20%. 19000 aplicants with gpa 4.0 or better in 2002-03 btw
 
Originally posted by: fyleow
Originally posted by: coldcut
Go to UC Irvine. I know many happy people there.
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I thought you went to Riverside? You told me I could join you there in my other college thread 🙂
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You have potential!

I'm still in HS right now. I was saying Riverside because that's where I'll probably end up. If you have the chance, go to UCLA or USC.
 
I go to USC right now. It's pretty nice. Unlike UCLA, there aren't a million hills and it isn't super huge. But if you are requird to get a meal plan, UCLA dorm food > USC dorm food.
 
1520 SAT, 740+ on my SAT II's, 4/5's on AP's, weighted 4.71111111111 GPA, unweighted 4.0. Varsity Football, starter. Took a class before school started on TV Video Production, member of NHS, FBLA, Amnesty International, and Key Club(although not too active). Got into U Penn, Lehigh, Penn State Honors, and rejected from Brown. I chose PSU Honors because it was the most cost-effective choice.

By and by, my girlfriend, ex-gf now, who knows, is going to Pomona which is in Clairmont, CA. Really cool liberal school, ranked the same as John's Hopkins I believe. She got in out of state with a 1400 SAT, 700+ on SAT II's, good clubs, softball, weighted 4.566 GPA. Unweighted 3.9 or so.
 
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
1520 SAT, 740+ on my SAT II's, 4/5's on AP's, weighted 4.71111111111 GPA, unweighted 4.0. Varsity Football, starter. Took a class before school started on TV Video Production, member of NHS, FBLA, Amnesty International, and Key Club(although not too active). Got into U Penn, Lehigh, Penn State Honors, and rejected from Brown. I chose PSU Honors because it was the most cost-effective choice.
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I would have chosen University of Penn in a heartbeat.
 
Originally posted by: coldcut
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
1520 SAT, 740+ on my SAT II's, 4/5's on AP's, weighted 4.71111111111 GPA, unweighted 4.0. Varsity Football, starter. Took a class before school started on TV Video Production, member of NHS, FBLA, Amnesty International, and Key Club(although not too active). Got into U Penn, Lehigh, Penn State Honors, and rejected from Brown. I chose PSU Honors because it was the most cost-effective choice.
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I would have chosen University of Penn in a heartbeat.
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I don't have 40k to spend per year. And I'll be doing research for a Prof I know at Penn during the summer in between my years at PSU, at the end of which I will apply to Med School at Penn.
 
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
1520 SAT, 740+ on my SAT II's, 4/5's on AP's, weighted 4.71111111111 GPA, unweighted 4.0. Varsity Football, starter. Took a class before school started on TV Video Production, member of NHS, FBLA, Amnesty International, and Key Club(although not too active).
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You forgot to add "anal retentive to the point of taking GPA to 11 decimal places" to that list. 😉
 
weighted GPA is your GPA if you count honors and/or AP classes as 5 grade points. It can be higher then 4, but never reach 5, because (currently) it is impossible to take all AP courses through high school.
 
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