There are so much statistics avaialble on net for US College admissions that it confuses me. How to narrow down the search to select only a few colleges so that I can apply to them?
How To Choose Us Colleges Based On Us College Admission Statistics?
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Agree with Kyle on most points, however differ in some..
To zero down your list of target colleges to only a few (7-8 as Kyle said), just find out first what are you yourself: How brilliant are you compared to others (just take the Paterson’s free SAT test – most US colleges accepts SAT scores) and also find out how much fund you can generate yourself (your own, parents etc..).
Based on your finding, go for searching the colleges. I just came across two beautiful blog post on the net. Just refer them:http://careerquips.blogspot.com/2008/10/…http://careerquips.blogspot.com/2008/10/…
Both of these tells you how to make your selections easier. Specially the first post shows you college selections step-by-step.
For starters, don’t select just a few. Choose several, like 7 or 8. For a couple of reasons.
Choose a couple of “dream” schools, the ones you think you’d have the hardest time getting into (Example:Duke). Choose a few that are a step below, that accept a higher percent of applicants.(Example:U of Michigan) Lastly choose a couple of quality schools that have even higher acceptance rates.(Example:U of Pittsburgh). Why limit yourself based upon statistics? Your application might fall into the right pile at a school you’d never risk applying to otherwise. Also, financial aid packages vary widely. A mid-range priced school could wind up providing more aid/scholarships than the least expensive one. All in all, apply to as many as you can afford.