Anonymous
Post 09/07/2025 09:06     Subject: Re:Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Multiple posters mentioned MIT, CMU, Swarthmore and Harvey Mudd. Are these not where fun goes to die schools which OP said they don’t want?
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 22:31     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:Emory, Boston College, WashU, Vanderbilt, Brown, Yale, Penn, Carnegie Mellon, Haverford, Wesleyan, Columbia/Barnard

Case Western, Loyola Chicago, DePaul, UVM, Macalester, Wellesley, Fordham, Elon, Drexel[/quote

+1 Case Western
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 22:31     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Emory, Boston College, WashU, Vanderbilt, Brown, Yale, Penn, Carnegie Mellon, Haverford, Wesleyan, Columbia/Barnard

Case Western, Loyola Chicago, DePaul, UVM, Macalester, Wellesley, Fordham, Elon, Drexel
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 06:53     Subject: Re:Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory seems like a good target or even safety: strong in science, suburban, near a city

Emory isnt a Safety or target for anyone. Emory is harder to get into than WashU or Georgetown, schools that everyone in here says is a Reach.


Emory’s acceptance rate for the class of ‘29 was 14.95%
Washu’s and Georgetown were 12%.




Plus, Georgetown is test required and Emory is test optional. This puts them in entirely different leagues, even if test score stats look “similar.”
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 06:47     Subject: Re:Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory seems like a good target or even safety: strong in science, suburban, near a city

Emory isnt a Safety or target for anyone. Emory is harder to get into than WashU or Georgetown, schools that everyone in here says is a Reach.


Emory’s acceptance rate for the class of ‘29 was 14.95%
Washu’s and Georgetown were 12%.


Anonymous
Post 08/29/2025 05:04     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:- Ideal small to medium-sized interdisciplinary college in a city or suburb
- chemistry major, also wants to take classes in AI and applied math
- wants high exposure to professors and research opportunities
- has strived in high rigor environment but doesn’t want the kind of place where fun goes to die or everyone is studying for grades
- collaborative, highly intellectual culture where students love learning, not all about jockeying for IB connections or the next IPO opportunity
- Female, unhooked, non URM, from a top private, full pay, quiet nerdy but has lot of friends
- 1580, 3.88 from a school that’s known for rigor/doesn't grade inflate (no one gets a 4.0), decent ECs (STEM leadership, part time job year round, volunteer year round, some regional math and writing awards)


I love how every post feels compelled to point out that their private school does not inflate grades. The fact is, virtually all schools do, private or public.

She might be at NCS.


Likely. How ridiculous that this parent is on DCUM looking for suggestions rather than engaging with the College Counseling Office.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2025 03:07     Subject: Re:Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:Emory seems like a good target or even safety: strong in science, suburban, near a city

Emory isnt a Safety or target for anyone. Emory is harder to get into than WashU or Georgetown, schools that everyone in here says is a Reach.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2025 23:15     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
University of Rochester could be a great target!
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2025 09:07     Subject: Re:Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Anonymous wrote:Emory seems like a good target or even safety: strong in science, suburban, near a city

Are you trolling? Who has a 75%+ chance at getting into Emory to call it a safety?
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2025 11:08     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
Based on your daughter's criteria, she may benefit from looking into colleges notable for their classroom experience:

Best Colleges for Classroom Experience | The Princeton Review https://share.google/ZDi01YnD61PTdawJm
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2025 10:41     Subject: Pls suggest 2 each for reaches, targets, safeties for this student
With respect to applied math, consider including colleges with an available major in data science.