Am I stupid for having no safety?

<p>Numbers:</p>

<p>2120 SAT, 2200 super-scored
31 ACT
3.20 unweighted GPA, 3.7 weighted</p>

<p>Rigor:</p>

<p>3 out of 6 classes per semester were AP/honors/advanced, from 7th grade to 12th grade. Half college courses at a local community college right now, senior year.</p>

<p>ECs:
9 years of studio art, going to a class, online portfolio, etc: + joined art club at school
Aartschool</a>. Personal Art Galleries
150+ hours of volunteering at the University of Washington hospital + joined key club at school (volunteering)
10 months of working at a 5-star retirement home, 16-20 hrs school, 35 over the summer
Independently studying Japanese since I was 6, having moved here from Japan after being born in Russia - reflected in both my 3 years of Japanese (+1 of Spanish) and me joining the Japanese club at school
also worked for my dad's company doing office assistance for about 5 months before everything.
Plus 1 year of JV Track on the tail end of doing it for three years (7th-8th-9th grade).</p>

<p>Most of my essays are apparently written pretty well, not spectacularly - they majorly shine in their content according to everyone, where I talk about my whole life (born in Russia, raised in Japan, moved to America, seen some s*** lol) and all the cultures and experiences in diversity that I've been exposed to that have now become a part of me in lots of different ways. They won't ruin any of my chances, they'll help, I just don't know how much. I can send them or post them if people are interested, but I don't know if people will be interested.</p>

<p>So, really good SATs, bad GPA, moderately OK ECs, good to great essays.</p>

<p>Here's where I applied, business majors for all of them:</p>

<p>University of Washington
UC San Diego
UC Davis
UCLA
UC Berkeley (it and LA are super reaches but same application, no effort, so whatevs)
New York University
Boston University
University of Chicago (REALLY good essay for this one IMO, the most creative of mine)
George Washington University
American University (DC)
University of Colorado - Boulder (Leeds School of Business, one of the top in the nation)</p>

<p>Now, they're all reaches - maybe Boulder's regular school is a match, but I want to get into Leeds. They're all pretty huge reaches, actually, according to how I think of it. </p>

<p>What do you guys think - or if you were in my position, what would you expect - will happen to me come March 2012 when acceptances/rejections are sent out?</p>

<p>Note: the only safety I MIGHT apply to is Western Washington University, but I've basically decided against it even though I'd definitely get in. It's a great school and all, apparently, but I already go to community college for the Running Start program while I'm still in HS, and 2 years' worth of credits there will basically guarantee me admission to the University of Washington. If I get rejected everywhere I'll just do that and get into UW. And there's no comparison between UW and WWU - there's preference, of course, and then there's pure fact that UW is just more prestigious. #40 national ranking vs like #130.</p>

<p>since you have a plan B to complete courses at local CC and then go to UW, and if you can be happy with that, it is OK. If you did not have a plan B that you could live with, that would be a problem.</p>

<p>Can you afford the ones you listed too? If not, then you’re under an additional pressure.</p>

<p>Yeah, I can afford it, but I really should find scholarships for them, assuming I get accepted. I really don’t know what the timeline is for people that want scholarships, but I’m assuming I should get on that pretty soon.</p>

<p>Colorado is your safety. I got in with a 1900 so even with your low GPA, your SAT and EC’s will out shine it.</p>

<p>Colorado has something like an 80% acceptance rate so I wouldn’t be worried! </p>

<p>Goodluck.</p>

<p>My DD got into American with similar GPA but way lower ACT score. I would say pretty confidently that you’ll get in there.</p>

<p>youll probably get in to one of them, so i guess not, id apply to a school anyway just as back up you never know.</p>