<p>^I second this. Your EC’s ARE awesome… but for admitted students at the schools where you’re applying, they’re the norm. Along with GPA’s 3.8+ and 2100+ on the SAT. This is a change thread, so we’re giving you your chances - roughly the same as winning your state lottery. Feel free to play, 100% winners did.
However, you should FIRST have 2 safeties and 3 matches. Yes, mostly “schools you haven’t heard of” (although you haven’t heard of Geneseo and didn’t know the difference between Cornell IA and Cornell NY so you can’t have read the Fiske Guide, Princeton’s best colleges, and Insider’s guide to the colleges, cover to cover. :D)
So, you owe it to yourself to have a plan B: find these 5 schools that you would like to attend. Once these 5 schools are set, apply to as many reach schools as you want.
Other adults and I provided you with a list of possibilities butthat list is not anywhere near exhaustive; add all the div III and NAIA tennis schools.
Start reading the guides above, along with “best colleges for B students”.
If you explain what you’re looking for in a school (Div I sports? interactive classes? near a city? entrepreneurship clubs and support? etc) people on CC will provide you with other ideas, perhaps even schools “that you’ve heard of”.
Also, what’s your EFC and can your parents afford it? How much can they afford? Have you run Net Price Calculators on college websites, and discussed the results with your family?</p>