I am a senoir in high school and have to apply to colleges this year. I have decided to apply to one of the Ivy League schools, in keeping with the saying "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.". In other words, I don't hope to get in, but the curiosity would kill me later in life if there was some chance I would have made it.
That said, I don't want to apply for them all since it costs $40 for each application. I figure they would either all accept me or all deny me. So which one should I apply to?
2006-08-14 03:44:40 · 10 answers · asked by bowlingcap 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
you should apply to schools which offer programs of study you looking to go into. You should also look at the entry requirements and see if you meet the requirements. Then, you should visit some of the campuses to see if it somewhere you would like to live for 4 years.
2006-08-14 03:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by Madhouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly how you feel! Apply for the one you absolutely love the most -- the one you would go to in a heartbeat if you were as smart as you wish you were. For me, that college is M. I. T., but the odds of me being able to pay for it are even slimmer than my odds for getting in. However, the curiosity would kill me too if I didn't apply! I plan on applying there and then maybe another "really good" school, as well as a couple state universities. Good luck!
2006-08-14 03:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try for some of the smaller, liberal arts colleges. There are 20 good national ones, many people consider them as good as the big Ivies, and your chances of getting in and not wasting your $40 will be much greater. I'm talking about the list that usually starts with Williams and Swarthmore. Good luck, I know how this rat race is.
2006-08-14 03:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by TxSup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are really shooting for the moon, apply to Yale, Harvard, or Princeton. If you want to be a bit more realistic, apply to one of the others (i.e. Brown). Also, consider some of the smaller liberal arts colleges like Amherst, Wesleyan, Carleton, or Pomona.
Check out this article:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/13/time.cover.tm/index.html
2006-08-14 03:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't seem to have thought this through. I hope that your essay is more compelling than this question.
My daughter has a friend whose father has a B.S. from M.I.T. and M.D. from Stanford and her mother graduated from Penn. She applied to all of the Ivies (which doesn't make a lot of sense to me) and only got into Penn. Great school, by the way. Good luck.
2006-08-14 03:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 06:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yale, join Skull & Bones and you could be Prez
2006-08-14 03:49:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should apply to texas tech or state
each is a fine school with its own little slice of paradice
2006-08-14 03:52:25 · answer #8 · answered by Erik Stallings 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yale. just because it seems really cool.
2006-08-14 03:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by cherrysnowcone08 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UPenn is probalby your best shot if you're not confident in getting in.
2006-08-14 03:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by airforceterp330 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋