Are my Safeties/Matches/Reaches correctly categorized?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
I just wanted a few opinions on my college list and whether I was aiming in the right area. Thanks! </p>

<p>Safety:
University of Mary Washington
Juanita or Sweet Briar </p>

<p>Match:
College of the Holy Cross or Smith
Bryn Mawr
University of Maryland-College Park (somebody told me, this was a reach?)</p>

<p>Reach:
Bates College (also considering Middlebury but would that be too high of a reach?)
GW Scholarship Program (obviously can't chance me for this) </p>

<p>GPA: 3.95 (UW)
By end of senior year will have: 5 AP and 2-3 college course at a pretty highly regarded university
AP Scores:
AP US- 5, AP Art History-5, AP Language- 4
SAT: 1900 (I am going to try the ACT)
SAT II: US History- 790, Lit.- 700, (take more later...)
Type of School: I attend a school that is part of the worst public school system in the nation, but my own school sends its top grads to good schools (is this bad for admissions?)
Rank: 3 out of 111
Interests: English, maybe minor in a language
State Residency: Not in-state for any of the schools mentioned
Ex:
-Piano (3 years)
-Youth Group
-unofficial co-founder of mom's non-profit
- one internship at art museum
-work experience at a public library
-lacrosse camp
-theatre classes/camps
-volunteer work at museum and non-profit
Planned for 12th grade:
-Literary Magazine
-National Honor Society
Awards:
AP Scholar, Honor Roll
Thanks for any responses!</p>

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<p>i think they are all safeties and matches!!!</p>

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<p>I don’t know much about most of the colleges on your list but I would say Bryn Mawr should be around the same as Bates.</p>

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<p>I agree with your safeties caetgorization and think that the rest are all quite reasonable matches given your stats.
Middlebury is SAT optional and so definitely achievable.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all responses! Okay, I just want to be clear about your view of my chances. I was counting Bates as a reach because it has a 30% acceptance rate compared with the women’s colleges of about 45% acceptance rates. Does anybody have any recommendation for reaches? I really appreciate it, thanks</p>

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<p>Wellesley College in Massachusetts would probably make a good reach. It’s a women’s college and has a 36% acceptant rate</p>

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<p>If you can raise the scores a bit, Bowdoin and Colby are good reaches.</p>