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Ok! This is hopefully my LAST and FINAL post of where I can get in. Like (almost) every other senior in HS, I am panicking my ass off about where I should apply…and what places I can get into. I am asking you fine members of College Confidential to help me out, but if you don’t want to, that’s fine…

ACADEMIC

GPA: 3.8 weighted
SAT: 700/700
SAT II's: To be taken
AP's: 2,3 (horrible, I know)
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)
- Community Service there

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
15) Columbia
16) John’s Hopkins

Here is my college list breakdown:

SAFETY:
Rutgers
NJIT

GOOD MATCH:
Penn State
Rutgers
TCNJ
Drew
American

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

Can you guys just tell me what you think my chances are at these schools?
I know I sound like I’m a begging moron, but I’m really counting on your advice..

By Sostressedout (Sostressedout) on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 07:42 pm: Edit

I dont think NYU is a saftey for you, more like a match..um the rest are pretty straight, you seem like you have a good shot at most of these colleges

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:01 pm: Edit

Thanks, sostressedout...

(I can definitely relate to your nick...)

By I1lmatics (I1lmatics) on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:21 pm: Edit

lehigh isnt a reach for you... you would defintatly get in

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 09:53 pm: Edit

Bump..please

By Jnorsky18 (Jnorsky18) on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 10:12 pm: Edit

penn state is a safety, average sat score is 1210

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 05:18 pm: Edit

I'm looking towards the more selective schools, such as Columbia and UPENN. Do you guys think I have a chance? I've answered many posts on this board, I think it's only fair for you guys to help me out a little bit.

By Mz_Sterious_510 (Mz_Sterious_510) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 05:24 pm: Edit

I think you have a pretty good chance at all except Columbia and UPENN. Still you have nice ECs
but your test scores for those 2 are ify. BTW, I think applying to 16 schools is somewhat excessive.

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 05:45 pm: Edit

lol I'm not applying to 16 schools. This was a list I made a few months ago and I was thinking about them. My list is now:

REACH:
UPENN, Columbia

MATCH:
TCNJ,

SAFETY:
NJIT, Rutgers

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 07:22 pm: Edit

Bump.

By Virgo007 (Virgo007) on Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 02:39 pm: Edit

Bump. PLEASE