Can you tell me which ones are matches, reaches, and safeties?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas at Austin
Washington Univ. in St Louis
Yale University</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.94
Rank: 7 out of 382
2260 on SAT
800 on Math 2, 700 on USH
Taking the ACT in Sept. </p>

<p>I am a black female. I was born in the UK and moved here when about the time when I started school. I want to be a pediatric psychiatrist and plan on majoring in psychology.</p>

<p>Next year, I plan to take AP: Calculus, French (Possibly), Biology, English Lit., Government, Economics, and Music Theory.</p>

<p>I’ve taken AP: World (3), US History (Waiting), Psychology (Waiting),
English Lang. (Waiting).</p>

<p>EC’s:
President of French Club
French National Honor Society
National Honor Society
Student Council
A program where upperclassmen go to underclassmen dens and take a leadership role there
Varsity Tennis (Quitting senior year for complicated reasons)
Played piano for twelve) years (But only taken lessons for eight of those)
Played drum lessons for four years (Only took lessons for three)
Have a part-time job at my church as a child-care worker
Shadowed a doctor (20 hours)
HOSA
Leadership Group in Church</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
A camp where we fix houses for those in need. (Freshman and Junior Year Summer)
Bible School (8th, Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year Summer)
Acteens - A mission group at my church (Year round; we have gone to Galveston and helped serve food to homeless, things like that)
A program for kids, in my church (for part of freshman year)
Random things for NHS
Season of Service - Random Days of Service at my Church</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Tennis Freshman Girls Singles District Champ (3 other 1st Places, and 2 2nd Places; Haven’t played much because I tore my ACL)
I have had perfect attendance ten years of my life (Probably irrelevant).
I’m in the G&T program.
Possibly NMS (If not, I’m pretty sure I made NAF; 219 in Texas)
French Symposium Sophomore Year: Poetry Semifinalist
French Symposium Junior Year: Poetry, Prose, and Guided Speaking Semifinalist, 3rd Place Scrapbook (Group Event), 5th Place French Movie (Group Event)
French Club Merit Award
Duke TIP State Recognition (But can’t put that on app because in Middle School)</p>

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<p>Brown University-reach
Columbia University-low reach
Cornell University-low reach
Duke University-low reach
Georgetown University-low reach
Harvard University-reach
Johns Hopkins University-high match
Northwestern University-high match
Princeton University-reach
Rice University-low reach
Stanford University-reach
University of Chicago-reach
University of Pennsylvania-low reach
University of Texas at Austin-safety( I’m assuming you’re instate)
Washington Univ. in St Louis-low reach
Yale University-Reach
Your obviously a very talented student, but when applying to Harvard/Yale/Stanford is a crapshoot for every one. Best of luck!!</p>

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<p>If you are in Texas, then your top 2% rank should make UT Austin and any other Texas public university a safety for admission – but check the net price calculator at each school for a financial aid estimate. (One nuance is that automatic admission based on class rank may not get you into a specific division, though that is typically mentioned mainly in the context of Austin’s engineering division.)</p>

<p>Texas A&M has an automatic scholarship for NMF and NAF:
<a href=“https://scholarships.tamu.edu/national_scholars/national_merit.aspx[/url]”>https://scholarships.tamu.edu/national_scholars/national_merit.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Many of the other schools on your list are reach-for-everyone schools.</p>

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<p>Georgetown may be a match, UT presumably a safety if you are instate. Everything else a reach. When school reject 85-93 out of 100 applicants, no one can say who will be the ones admitted vs. the ones rejected. You have excellent record, and that makes you a qualified applicant. But no one here can say more than that.</p>

<p>If you are thinking med school, then you want the least possible debt and highest possible gpa for undergrad. That is not necessarily those schools. If UT is not your instate flagship, take a look at what is and run the net price calculator, investigate automatic merit scholarships at your instate school. You don’t mention finances at all, but that should be the first conversation with your family when discussing colleges.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>A quick thought about classes – you mention you might take French – almost every good school wants to see 4 years of foreign language, so dropping in senior year may not be a good idea. The fact that you won french writing contests in high school may mean that you had french in middle school which counts towards your 4 years, but you want to investigate that and make sure you don’t fail to meet the expected course distribution for applicants. </p>

<p>Overall, I would concentrate on identifying some realistic match and safety schools, focusing not on prestige of the school but substantive programs and criteria such as location – do you want urban or rural; curriculum – open or highly structured; large or small. A quick glance at your list shows dramatic differences – Brown has an open curriculum, Chicago and Columbia have core curriculum with strict requirements; Cornell rural, Penn urban.</p>

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<p>All reaches except UT-Austin and Northwestern.</p>