Help me narrow down my list of colleges to apply to?

As long as you can afford it, I think the list is fine.

If you're shooting for Yale, I'd say you're a pretty sure bet to get into Wesleyan, Franklin and Marshall and a bunch of the others. I'd also include a more non-liberal arts college in case you decide to do engineering or something, maybe like UPenn...

It is absolutely impossible for us to give you any solid advice or suggestions without knowing anything about you. I'm going to assume that you have reason to think you are Ivy League material, but I can't be sure. All I can say is that if I were you, I'd apply to no more than four elite schools and then apply to three or four other good institutions, one of which should be a pretty "sure thing".

You've already got 8 definites on your list, and two of them are Ivy schools, with Amherst, Williams, and Bowdoin being pretty elite. That's enough.

Moreover, Pomona and Rochester are very different, and I see some schools on your "possible" list that are, too. Are you sure you've researched all these schools with real care? Thought carefully about what part of the country you want to be in?

I can gather that you may be in America, and applying for university courses may be different over there but this is my plan anyways.

If you want to narrow it to ten then apply for three that have high entry levels (Yale, I'm guessing?), then apply for three that have middle entry levels (this is usually your target grades), then apply for three that have very low entry grades (whichever has low entry grades in your group). That way you are more likely to get a place because if you are good enough to get into Yale, then you pretty much have a guaranteed place at a lower university. This way you make it more likely that you are given a place.

I'd say do a pro and con list, figure out what is more important to you. Do you want to be far away or close? Somewhere in the middle? Do you want to be close to the nightlife? Do you want a city or a campus? How good are the courses for what you want to do? Are they course-work based or essay based and which do you prefer? How do you feel about the city the university is in?

Hope I helped!

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Which are your safety schools? I haven't heard of all of them, but the ones I have heard of are extremely good. And they are all also expensive. Add some schools you can get into with a lower tuition.

Yeah... you need back up schools or you can prepare yourself for some major disappointment.