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Hey! Just looking for your input.

ACADEMIC

GPA: Approx. 3.8 weighted
SAT: 610/610; 590 M/700 V (will retake)
SAT II's: To be taken
AP's: 2,3 (I'm a bad test taker?)
RANK: 38/399
CLASSES: All of my classes were Honors/AP except for a few electives and some math courses.

EC's
(Includes this upcoming year)

+First chair Viola Honors Orchestra (4 years)
+First chair Viola Chamber Orchestra (3 years)
+Avid member of Academic league since (3 years)
+Religious Club at School
-Freshman: Publicist
-Sophomore: Secretary
-Junior: Vice President
-Senior: Vice President
+Key Club Member (2 years)
+Environmental Club Member (1 year)
+Mock Trial (1 year - got shut down after that)
+National Honor Society Member
+Assistant Teacher at Sunday School (3 years)
-(for Community Service)
+Teacher at Sunday School (1 year)
-(for Community Service)
+Essay competition winner (3rd place)
+Estimated Community Service hours: 100 Hours
+Worked for a company (distributor) of household furnishings (2 years)
-Customer Service
+Tutor at an SAT/SAT II Company (this year)
-First, I did Community Service there
-Then, I got hired by the owner

Some colleges on my list:
1) TCNJ
2) Rutgers
3) Carnegie Mellon (A reach for me)
4) NYU
5) NJIT
6) Penn State
7) Lehigh
8) UPENN
9) College of William and Mary
10) John’s Hopkins
11) Colgate University
12) Drew University
13) American University
14) Georgetown University

Here is my college list breakdown:

SAFETY:
Rutgers
NJIT

GOOD MATCH:
Penn State
Rutgers
TCNJ
Drew
American
Bucknell (don’t really wanna go there, though)

REACH:
Lehigh
UPENN
College of William and Mary
Colgate
John’s Hopkins
NYU
Georgetown
Swarthmore
Vassar

Is my list accurate? Because I don’t wanna get screwed over if my list is wrong. Do you guys have any other suggestions on where should apply?

I know that you guys see tons of these kind of posts, but I would really appreciate it if you took a couple minutes to tell me my chances. Thanks in advance.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 06:07 pm: Edit

You have it pretty well targeted. Drew and American may almost be safeties as well. I'd say drop Bucknell if you don't like it - don't waste your energy applying somewhere you don't like. Maybe Franklin & Marshall, Lafayette or Dickinson would be a better match for you. Realistic reaches for you are NYU, Lehigh, and Vassar. All of the rest are going to be high reaches, perhaps impossibile, so I'd suggest you narrow it down to one or two of them and concentrate on your low reaches and matches. If you absolutely love one of your reaches, consider applying ED to boost your chances.

By Rubenizm (Rubenizm) on Friday, October 10, 2003 - 06:17 pm: Edit

yeah you need much higher scores to even stand a chance at upenn. swarthmore, jhu and gtown are also really really unlikely.


also if you're tutoring people, they'd expect you to have good scores and for some schools there, you're in the botton 25%.

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 01:28 pm: Edit

Bump.

By Thedad (Thedad) on Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 01:59 pm: Edit

Carolyn has given you a good take. I would just take Penn, Swarthmore, and Georgetown off your list right away...save yourself time, aggravation, stress, and disappointment. C's right...drop Bucknell if you don't want to go there.

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 05:48 pm: Edit

Thanks so much you guys

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 10:13 pm: Edit

Do you guys have any more suggestions on which schools I should apply to?