chance a prospective classics major!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Here are my stats:
Gender: ** Female
**Race: plain ol' white
Year: **rising senior
**SAT: 2190 (710 CR, 730 M, 750 W) (re-taking this weekend to try and break 2300)
SAT 2:740 US History, 720 Latin, 710 Math 1
GPA: **I get mostly A's/A-'s with a few B+'s and B's...3.7ish?
**Rank: **my school doesn't rank
**High School: competitive private day school in CT
Courses: *by graduation I will have taken 8 AP's and 7 honors (most honors classes you can take at my school)
**EC's: *
horseback riding (40 hrs/week, ranked 3rd in CT, have been in top 6 since I was 9)
Head News Editor of school newspaper (staff writer sophomore year and Associate News Editor junior year) (10 hrs/week)
Student Head of Model UN (15 hours/week November-January, Best Delegate at 2008 Yale MUN)
Senior Advisor (group of 12 seniors who go to 6th grade advisee groups (like homeroom) twice a week and spend time outside of school planning activities for them, 5-10 hrs/week)
**Summers: Last summer I went to Italy (Rome and Florence) on an educational program about ancient Roman history and art history. This summer I am working at a local theme park. Every summer I spend about 80-90 hrs/week at the barn.</p>

<p>Schools
Reaches: Yale (SCEA), Columbia, Penn, Georgetown, WUSTL
Matches: BC (reach/match), GWU
Safeties: Pitt, Fordham</p>

<p>Am I reaching too high with my reaches? I know Yale is quite a stretch for me but I am completely in love with it. Columbia is a close second; would my chances there be helped by early decision? Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I'm in no position to chance anyone, but I, too, am from CT...planning to major in Classics...applying to Yale SCEA...looking at those schools...with a similar SAT score...about to take Math and Latin SAT IIs...whoah!</p>

<p>I don't think we're reaching too high to aim for Yale, and Columbia, and those other schools. From what I've gathered, Early Action sends the message that the applicant is disciplined and responsible enough to get his/her application together earlier than other people, plus the EA applicant pool is much smaller. So, I think it would be helpful.</p>

<p>Your horseback riding seems to be the one solid passion you have and that's what they look for - not scattered participation in 100 clubs.</p>

<p>Yale's website says that the transcript (Grades + Rigor of courses) is the most important thing they look for. 8 APs looks pretty rigorous to me!</p>

<p>Oh and for classics I've also heard Princeton has a great program.</p>

<p>Sorry I didn't chance you and just kinda commented randomly...I was just so amazed to find someone in such a similar situation =)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Wow! That's crazy! There's one other girl from my school that wants to be a Classics major, too. I guess we're slowly taking over Connecticut...</p>

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<p>Hooray for classics!</p>

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<p>i live in CT and am going to study classics, too!</p>