Am I off in La-La Land?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Colleges I would like to apply to:</p>

<p>-Williams
-Middlebury
-U. Chicago
-Wellesley
-Macalester
-Wesleyan
-Georgetown</p>

<p>I just finished my junior year of school. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA (approx.): 3.8/4.25
SAT: 800 CR, 790 W, 700 M
ACT: 34
Class Rank: Somewhere in the top 10%, class size about 375. I <em>was</em> in the top ten students in a class of 450 till last semester, when my family moved to a new school district with off the charts grade inflation. Whatever. </p>

<p>APs:
Euro: 5
US History: 4
English Lit: 5
English Language: 5
Psychology: 4/5...haven't gotten it back yet!</p>

<p>I've taken four years of both Spanish and German, which I'm told is fairly uncommon, if that's at all relevant.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (a little disjointed, due to moving):
Model UN (9, 10)
German Club, President (9, 10, 11)
Environmental Club (9, 10, 11)
Young Democrats (11)</p>

<p>I have about seventy volunteer hours, mostly tutoring younger kids in German and helping out with a local peer mentoring program.</p>

<p>I'm also going to be studying abroad for my senior year. It's something I've always wanted to do, and I expect I can write a good essay about it. My recommendations should be fairly impressive as well.</p>

<p>I'm really intimidated by the admissions rates of a lot of the colleges I'm looking at, and I don't want to apply to a bunch of colleges and then be rejected by all of them. </p>

<p>I have a few safeties as well. The ones I've listed are the ones I'm concerned about. I don't want to pay $60 to apply if I have no chance of getting in. So...do I need to aim lower? I know no one knows for sure, but do I have a decent shot at any of these? </p>

<p>I'm willing to chance back, but I don't know how helpful my opinion would be.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Uhh… If you ask me you should be able to get into any of those places.</p>

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<p>You should add some Ivies to your list…great stats btw…</p>

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<p>I think you should do well with Wesleyan and Middlebury!</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input, guys. It just doesn’t seem realistic that any of these schools could be a sure thing, considering how few people they admit.</p>

<p>Anybody else?</p>

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<p>Well of course nothing is a sure thing, but I think people are just saying you have pretty good chances.</p>

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<p>I don’t think any one of them is a sure thing, but I think that it is highly likely that you will be admitted to several of them at least. You could even add Brown and Dartmouth (for example) if you are interested in them. You’re definitely not in la-la land, especially if you have safeties as well.
By the way, this is how a chances thread should be begun.</p>