anyone want to help me pick out some safeties please???

College Search & Selection
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<p>well, im gonna probably major in either IR or poli science and economics (double major. i'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of the app process and my chances at these schools, but here's the list anyway:</p>

<p>Brown (maybe ED)
Stanford (maybe ED too)
Amherst
Georgetown SFS
U Chicago
Tufts</p>

<p>well, does anyone have any ideas about safeties? thanks a lot!!!!!!!!</p>

<p>here are my stats:</p>

<p>ACADEMICS</p>

<p>3.7 UW/4.65 W
Top 10% out of 950 students
Will have taken 8 AP's by end of senior year (all A's so far)
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Finalist (i can't be a scholar because im not a permanent resident or a US citizen)
National Merit Hispanic Recognized student
SAT 2250
SAT II- Spanish (800) US History (760) Biology (750)
So far I've won or been a finalist in 5 scholarships</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS</p>

<p>3 years Varsity Golf</p>

<h1>1 Ranked on team</h1>

<p>Top 40 in state and nationally ranked
Won 10+ state/regional tournaments outside of school
Will be senior captain next year
Taught golf to kids at country club</p>

<p>President of World Affairs Club (most monetarily-backed club at school)
Spoke at several professional events, raised attendance 30%, organized charity fundraiser to raise AIDS money which was sent to Africa, elected as Director of Public Relations freshman year, was a delegate at city wide conference
3 year letter</p>

<p>President of Spanish Club
4 year letter
Biggest club in school (120+members)
3 year State Spanish Symposium nominee (2 time finalist), organized Hispanic Awareness Day
Tutored kids Spanish two times a week after school</p>

<p>Founder of Amnesty International Club
3 year letter
We raised awareness in our community, wrote several letters to senators with strong replies and adopted children to go to school in Mexico
Founded SFA Charity Foundation (Students for Africa) in city and raised over $5,000 </p>

<p>-Over 250+hours of community service total
-This summer I'm doing Junior State of America at Yale
-I've been on two mission trips to Mexico where I was a Spanish translator
-As a job, I was an Amnesty International Student Area Coordinator in Michigan
-I participated at National Youth Leadership Conference in Law in Washington DC
-My other job was at the YMCA, where I was a youth camp counselor and a volunteer coordinator
-Two time Destination Imagination Global Finalist</p>

<p>OTHER</p>

<p>-I'm gonna be considered to be an international student (is that a good thing?)
-I'm fluent in four languages
-I'm half Argentinian/half Belgian (half hispanic)</p>

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<p>FYI: you can't apply ED to two schools</p>

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<p>yea i know, i just haven't decided which one of the two yet</p>

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<p>holy crap, you have a buttload of people in your grade, lol</p>

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<p>Emory (match), Tufts (match), Dickinson (safety), Davidson (match), Santa Clara (safety), Tulane (match/safety), U. Miami (safety), JHU (match/reach but I think you will like it a LOT)</p>

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<p>American, USC, Michigan, GW as safeties.</p>

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<p>haha yea hamchuck, my counselor's gonna have to write a lot of rec's</p>

<p>thanks for the ideas so far!</p>

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<p>If you want to go to/near DC, there is also George Mason, which is in a suburb (Va) but pretty close to the city and they have shuttles there and whatnot. You may know them as the basketball team who inexplicably made the Final Four this past season ;) It would definitely be a safety; it's a public school. I don't think it's worse than American or GW (JMO though, haven't seen any stats). It's certainly more affordable for most people, but with your credentials you could probably get a good merit scholarship to any of the three, so it's just another option, like a preference thing. My sister looked into it and she's going to be majoring in poli sci. They have a great forensics team that is nationally ranked and if you get on it there is all expenses paid travel. </p>

<p>UMD (College Park) is close enough to DC as well, and in a kind of a city like area, but i have no idea about the programs there or anything.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure you'll get into Georgetown SFS, Chicago, Amherst and Tufts through RD. Good chance at Brown if you apply ED. Not too sure about Stanford.</p>

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<p>Do you want to be on a golf team in college?</p>

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<p>no not really, i've heard it takes up a lot of time. plus, compared to college golfers, well, most of them could probably kick my booty haha</p>

<p>thanks for all the advice so far! ill look into george mason!</p>

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<p>What are you looking for in a college (besides your proposed major)?</p>

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<p>if you like brown and amherst, you might like vassar and conn college for matches</p>

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<p>Match - Hamilton, Boston College, Skidmore, Washington & Lee, Claremont McKenna (maybe reach)
Safeties - Boston U, Sarah Lawrence, U Michigan (apply early), U of Richmond (maybe match?)</p>