<p>Hey guys! So, here are some colleges I'm thinking of as a rising senior. There are more than the ones listed below, but I've already classified them as reaches/safeties. These, not so sure. That's where you guys come in! :D Anyways, here's your stinkin background info you're probably looking for:</p>
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<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Race: Asian (Filipino)</li>
<li>I go to a competitive private Catholic school, but we don't typically feed a lot of students into ivies, or any top 20 school (e.g. only 2 admits into Yale and 4 into Duke since 2007, and it's not like a lot of our students apply to such places, anyways)</li>
<li>GPA (UW) : 3.86 </li>
<li>most rigorous schedule all 3 years. Senior year is gonna be the hardest year yet.</li>
<li>School doesn't formally rank, but I'm sure I'm, at the very least, in the top 10% </li>
<li>ACT: 32 (34 E, 33 M, 29 R, 32 S. DEFINITELY retaking in September)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760 (Bio-M); Will take Math II in October</li>
<li>5 APs: US History (Soph.), Biology, Statistics (Junior), Chemistry, and Calc. BC (Senior)</li>
<li>5 Honors: Chemistry, Alg.2 (Soph); Precal (Junior); Physics (Senior)
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<li>my school's AP/Honors policy restrict how many I can take, and this is the max. amount I can take all 4 years. Also, no freshman can take AP/Honors</li>
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<p>EC's & SERVICE
- NHS
- Choir with 2 concerts and a special trip for those who did well in juries (incl. me :D)
- Member of local church's youth choir (while it lasted - only 3 months)
- Swim Team w/many 1st & 2nd places in meets (All 3 years and still going)
- Water Polo (All 3 years and still going) (These 2 sports go on throughout the whole year, including summer. There's a lot of time commitment to these (15-20 hrs a week))
- Altar Server in my community church since 5th grade (I also serve as an usher, too)
- Member of my local church's Filipino service and cultural group (can't have a leadership position, since the rest of the members are adults)
- Key Club
- Member of my school's Asian cultural group
- Service Hours: 300+ hours; will reach 500-600 hours by the end of senior year
- will volunteer at a hospital throughout senior year</p>
<p>AWARDS
- Top student in Latin 1, Latin 2, and AP Biology
- Gold medalist in National Latin Exam for 2 years, Honorable Mention 3rd year
- Honor Roll throughout whole high school career
- Most improved in swimming </p>
<p>LEADERSHIPS
- Camp counselor in a camp for children with muscular dystrophy (I now have a taste of what parenthood is like lol)
- Freshman Orientation activities leader and organizer</p>
<p>JOBS
- I really don't know if you can count this as a summer job, so please clarify. Since I'm on financial aid for my high school, the school requires me that I work as a maintainence worker for 2 weeks during the summer (raking leaves, cleaning buses, etc). In exchange, the school "pays" us $500, but it goes to our tuition. In a way, I guess it's like a high-school version of work-study. Technically, we DO get paid - just not directly.</p>
<p>SKILLS (sorta)
- umm..I file my parents' taxes and I've organized our family vacations the past two years LOL (I know, not gonna boost chances, but hey planning a family vacation is not that easy)</p>
<p>Now all that's said and done, can you please classify these schools for me:</p>
<p>Tufts
BC
USC
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Tulane
Emory
Rice (I'm a Houstonian, if that changes anything)</p>
<p>And don't worry, I have safeties, including UT-Austin. I still have more, but there's no point in listing them because the general consensus is that they're reaches, no matter what.</p>
<p>One more thing: For now, please classify these schools by my stats and ECs alone (i.e. disregard cost)</p>
<p>Thanks so much, guys. And don't worry, I WILL RAISE MY TEST SCORES OR MY NAME ISN'T MATT DAMON.</p>