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<p>“Hail Mary” (as in, “full of grace”) FYI.</p>
<p>I actually really disagree with the previous poster. Your GPA is far too low for these schools; the same for your ACT. Ideally, for a school like Vandy or Wake Forest, you’d need around a 3.7+ GPA and a 31+/2200+ ACT/SAT score. </p>
<p>I doubt there’s much you can do to improve your GPA at this point in your HS career, so you should really focus on improving your test scores to the levels I mentioned above, if not higher. It could help you out.</p>
<p>You have good ECs, but the GPA/test score combo is still a red flag for admissions at the top 25 schools.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t apply to more than one reach school. If you’re basing it off of the USNWR list, you should look at 30-60 range for the Universities and anything below #10 in the liberal arts rankings.</p>
<p>Finally, going to a highly ranked school isn’t everything. It is better to go to a school you are matched with academically and succeed there than it is to struggle to stand out at a Top 25 school.</p>