chance a junior please. Colorado College, Cornell, Penn State University Park, NYU...

<p>First off ill give some background</p>

<p>State: PA
School: Conestoga (nationally recognized, highly published school outside Philly)
Year: Junior
Sats: 1330/1600 2000/2400 (hopefully will go up) r:670 math: 660 w:670
GPA: 3.4 out of 4 and 4.3 out of 5. (hopefully will be at 3.5 and 4.4 respectively by the time I apply
Class Rank: School doesn't rank but i'd guess between top 25-30%
Classes: All honors and AP's. AP Bio, AP USH, AP Econ, AP Gov, AP lit
Sat 2's: planning on taking the US and math sat 2's this year.
EC's:
Member of select choir
Member of non select choir
Member of select boys a cappela group
President of the young libertarians club
Member of Ski club
Member of Philosophy club
Member of Paintball club
Volunteered at local area YMCA (camp counselor)
Volunteered at the local library teaching young children how to read
Member of Model United Nations
Participated of the PA Economic Challenge for my school
Choir Tenor section leader</p>

<p>Recommendations: Excellent</p>

<p>Essays: I'm a fairly strong writer, so I'm guessing they will be pretty strong.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Either Economics, Business, or Engineering</p>

<p>Now we get to the schools. If there is a school that is a reach, could you possibly suggest what is needed to be done to increase my chances?</p>

<p>Schools:
Penn State University Park (legacy)
University of Vermont
Cornell
Colorado College (sister goes here, visited and loved it)
Lehigh (double legacy, also really liked it when I visited.)
Hobart & William Smith
University of Richmond
NYU
UMich Ann Arbor
American University (DC)
Carnegie Mellon
Emory
Vandy
UCSB
Pepperdine
UVA</p>

<p>Thanks. If you chance me I will try to return the favor.</p>

<p>Reach for UVA as out of state admissions are very tough. Reach also for Vandy, CMU, UM, Cornell and Emory. GPA and scores are good but may need to be higher for these schools. Excellent/very good chances at PSU, UVM, HWS, American and Pepperdine. Unsure on the rest. Best of luck!</p>

<p>Penn State University Park- match/safety
University of Vermont- match/safety
Cornell- reach
Colorado College- reach
Lehigh- match/high match
Hobart & William Smith- safety
University of Richmond- low reach
NYU- low reach
UMich Ann Arbor- high match/low reach
American University (DC)- match
Carnegie Mellon- reach
Emory- reach
Vandy- reach
UCSB- low reach
Pepperdine- match
UVA- reach</p>

<p>bump. also chance for wake forest and trinity (connecticut) if possible. I’ll chance back.</p>

<p>Penn state is obviously a safe school. They love us delaware county kids!</p>

<p>bumpp this up please</p>

<p>bump please</p>

<p>I think you have very good to excellent chances at PSU, Pepperdine, UVM, HWS and American. Maybe for Lehigh. Reach for CMU, Vandy, Cornell, Emory and UVA. Not sure on the others. Best of luck!</p>