<p>Erin’s Dad’s advice about your safeties is extremely important.</p>
<p>I’m afraid that with a GPA of 3.6 and a rank well down in the second decile, Chicago, Yale and Brown are all really out of reach. Have you looked at GW (you might like American better than GW; GW’s student body is a little more conventional in an Uggs-wearing kind of way–JMO, of course) or something in/near Boston (Brandeis, BU, Northeastern)? I think Tufts is unlikely, though. They seem to me to be very interested in class rank, and pretty reluctant to take students who aren’t in the top 10% of their graduating class.</p>