<p>I'm female, white, a junior, from Indiana, fairly boring. I go to one of the biggest schools in the state and is highly competitive (100something on the US news/world report listing). I'm in IB as well.</p>
<p>GPA- 4.6 weighted, 3.6ish unweighted; the rigor of classes I take is the highest imaginable...all ap/ib courses except for one art class a semester
Rank- 60ish, but I should be moving down...this is top 7% of the class
SATs- 800CR, 720M, 760W (should I retake?? i feel like a 2280 isn't that great)
APs- 5 on World History, 5 on Art History, 4 on US History...planning on taking millions more and of course ibs</p>
<p>ECs-
lacrosse
speech team
writing/directing a "spec" (we have a program juniors put on to raise money for prom featuring four junior-written one-act plays, and mine was one picked out of seven)
national spanish honor society
pantherquest facilitator (freshman orientation program run by select upperclassmen)
member of young democrats club
writer/editor for "alternative school newspaper" my friends and i started</p>
<p>OTHER-
volunteering at a living history museum for 7 years (about 1000 hours total)
two week leadership training program at a resident camp
won a school leadership award and two "student of the month" awards</p>
<p>I'm looking into international relations, as int'l politics and travel are my passions. SO....most of the schools I'm looking into I'm afraid may be reaches with my lack of ECs and volunteering, not to mention my lack of originality (absolutely NOTHING to write an essay about...).</p>
<p>American University
Tufts
George Washington
Northwestern
Yale (absurd reach? i love their language programs!)
Georgetown
NYU
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>what are my chances at any of these?? any suggestions of schools are also welcome!</p>