chance a confused junior please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a junior and I am starting the college search, but I am really lost about which schools I should be looking into and visiting. i really need advice about what level of schools i should be looking at or any school in particular. I've been looking at colleges mostly in the northeast but I think I'm pretty open to most areas. I am wondering what my chances are for NYU, Columbia, Bard, Middlebury, Connecticut College, UConn and maayyybee Yale. I am interested in psychology and becoming a therapist, but i am also very intrested in law.</p>

<p>I go to a not stellar, but okay public school in suburban connecticut.
class rank is 9 out of 160
My gpa is 4.0 out of 4 and a 96 out of 100 (not sure which is weighted)
PSATs from sophomore year (which will hopefully be much improved////0-
math 67
critical reading 70
writing 68</p>

<p>i am taking all but 2 of the APs offered in my school either junior or senior year and i have gotten credit from uconn for my french 5 course
Classes and current grades
AP US History- 95
Chorus- 95
AP French 6- 95
Chemistry level 1(highest level)- 92
Pre Calc level 1- next semester
English level 1- next semester
Physics level 1- next semester</p>

<p>Senior year classes
AP Chemistry
AP English
Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Chorus
Contemporary Issues
French Independent study</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars
Sports- Field Hockey starting sophomore year
- crew- helped start team at my high school in sophomore year</p>

<p>school musical since sophomore year</p>

<p>captain of my school's forensics (speech and debate team)
state debate semifinalist freshman and junior year (haven't had finals yet, so i might advance)
mock trial since freshman year
osterweis debate since freshman year
mock congress since sophomore year
people speak since freshman year</p>

<p>volunteering- 2 hours a week at high hopes therapeutic riding for the disabled
summer program at the same place
summer volunteering at local library</p>

<p>summer camps- Great Books Summer Reading Program summer before freshman year
Center for Talented Youth Civic Leadership Institute summer before junior year</p>

<p>work- i worked at a local children's clothing store over the summer</p>

<p>awards- Excellence level in the National Forensics League
honors in Advanced Topics in Math (what our school calls Algebra 2)
Witness award from Yale Mock Trial
Debate semifinals (or hopefully more!) twice
French National Honors Society since sophomore year</p>

<p>any suggestions or advice would be very appreciated!!!!
thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Right now, NYU, Connecticut College, Bard, and the University of Connecticut will no problem at all for you to get into.</p>

<p>To get into Columbia and Yale, you need to do well in that debate competition (finalist or winner would really look good)--and you'll need to bump up the SAT scores in CR and Math (right now, you look to be 670 and 700 for a 1370 score--about good enough for Cornell and maybe Brown. To get into Columbia, plan to move that up to 1450--and for Yale, plan to be over 1500). Also, plan to move your rank up to top 7 for Columbia or top 3 for Yale.</p>

<p>P.S. If the scores don't go up, consider Cornell, Brown, or Penn--and maybe schools like John Hopkins and Colgate and Georgetown. (presuming you stay a 4.0 student)</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>thanks so much, thats really helpful information!
hopefully my SATs will be much better
and i did get finalist in the debate competition (but we totally got robbed, the other team even thought they lost, but oh well, c'est la vie)</p>