Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:37     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Also if showing demonstrated interest as a classic major she’ll get into Yale and brown.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:34     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Target, but not true targets since they have low acceptance rates and yield protect, but a top 10% kid at a private should get in to

Grinell
Vassar
Macalester
Carleton
William and Mary

Another safety to add is st Andrews Scotland which has a ton of Americans, a campus feel, and is very strong and admits on scores no BS.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:33     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
DD strongly considered REA to Yale but fell in love with Smith and EDed there instead. I know you said research university but check it out. With its open curriculum, you can easily double major in unrelated areas. DD is a double major in STEM and humanities. Academics are top notch. It’s an impressive place. They even have engineering. She’s very happy there.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:12     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Likely chemistry and English or Latin


Stuck on Privates?


Sorry what does this mean?

Appreciate all suggestions so far! Will try to schedule tours to most


You've listed all Private colleges/universities so far. Interested in Public Universities?


OP- Yes definitely interested in publics. DH and I both went to public colleges and thought our education prepared us well. DD’s school’s scattergram is full of privates and her friends with her stats are touring those schools so she only has those on her list so far. We consider McGill and Pitt publics.


I would put UW - Madison on the list then. Good sciences program along with language.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:05     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Likely chemistry and English or Latin


Stuck on Privates?


Sorry what does this mean?

Appreciate all suggestions so far! Will try to schedule tours to most


You've listed all Private colleges/universities so far. Interested in Public Universities?


OP- Yes definitely interested in publics. DH and I both went to public colleges and thought our education prepared us well. DD’s school’s scattergram is full of privates and her friends with her stats are touring those schools so she only has those on her list so far. We consider McGill and Pitt publics.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:04     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is a great school. Hopefully it’s on the list.


$90,000 plus per year for a Chemistry/Latin Degree? I mean...whatever. To each their own.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 11:00     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:Likely chemistry and English or Latin


Stuck on Privates?


Sorry what does this mean?

Appreciate all suggestions so far! Will try to schedule tours to most


You've listed all Private colleges/universities so far. Interested in Public Universities?
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:33     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:Tufts, Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin, Rochester (in rough order of selectivity).



For OP, some of these are safeties.
Tufts yield protects RD so it’s a low reach, but schools like Rochester oberlin Wesleyan should be safeties.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:29     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Tufts, Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin, Rochester (in rough order of selectivity).

Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:26     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Northwestern is a great school. Hopefully it’s on the list.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:24     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
look at wash u, tufts, gu, emory, gw, bu, cornell, MI. DC accepted to all RD/EA, rejected from yale and brown, wl at rice. in at pitt and mcgill fwiw.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:22     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Likely chemistry and English or Latin


Stuck on Privates?


Sorry what does this mean?

Appreciate all suggestions so far! Will try to schedule tours to most
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:19     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:High reaches are Yale and Brown; more realistic reach is Rice. DD’s school has near 100% acceptance rate to Rice in past 5-7 years in ED round with stats similar to DD’s but DD may not choose to ED there. Don’t know if those accepts include legacy (which we’re not); we know they were not athletes or Questbridge. If DD decide to ED Brown or SCEA Yale, will need target schools ready for RD round. This is for next year.

Safeties are EA early at Pitt and McGill, both also have 100% acceptance rate for DD’s stats and rank from her school.

Looking for suggestions for more attainable reaches and target colleges similar to Yale, Brown and Rice. DD most interested in interdisciplinary studies (science and language), want a research university with collaborative, learning for learning’s sake culture, not pre-professional. Full pay from well respected private HS known to elite colleges but otherwise an unhooked applicant, top 10% of class. Every year top 35% of class get into Ivy+ WASP but we don’t know how many are legacy (not many are athletes).

Thanks!


Science and language? Pretty broad. Can't advise on best schools without truly knowing what your kid wants to study. I mean certain schools do certain majors a lot better than others in preparing their graduates. For instance, if by science you mean CS or Engineering, my list will be very different. If by science you mean Biology or say Chemistry etc. then I'd say you are wide open for whatever school.


Likely chemistry and English or Latin


Stuck on Privates?
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:18     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Anonymous wrote:Does your DC prefer a mid-sized school? McGill is huge- my DS considered it, because he is fluent in French and the idea of using his language skills in Montreal was of interest, but the intro lecture classes with 600-800 other kids didn't appeal to him. He's at Brown in CS/Engineering right now. The other schools that have a vibe similar to Brown (at least to me, from the many tours we've done) were Oberlin- the campus felt very similar and we were impressed with everything from science offerings to the strength in music. Wesleyan U- very similar student body, lots of kids use it as a backup school if they love Brown, and Brandeis - my kid spends time up there with his club sport and says the students he interacts with are very similar to Brown students- quirky, nerdy, friendly kids. Plus it's the second smallest R1 and the science offerings are extremely strong. Case Western is also worth a look, but demonstrate interest. My DS was rejected from Case but accepted at Brown (we didn't tour/do any online info sessions at CWRU)


Op- Thanks for the detailed and very helpful insight! Did your DC apply to Brown ED? Stats similar to my DD’s or higher?
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2025 10:15     Subject: Please suggest lower reach and target schools
Boston College