Chance and advise an Ivy hopefully please! Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys! </p>

<p>I have many things to ask:</p>

<p>1) I am looking for a safety school. I started school shopping this year (I am a junior) but I have not really looked at any non-ivys, which I realize is a bad idea. Could you help me suggest some safeties according to my stats and my desired major?
2) What suggestions do you have for me to help improve my "resume"? (Resume padding isn't exactly the best thing but I guess you can't really avoid it.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance! and let me know if i need to put out any more information</p>

<p>Declared major: Economics, Business, or some form of math (?)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 750 W, 790 CR, 800 M = 2340 (one sitting)
SAT II: 700 World History, taking Math and US History this June
Weighted GPA: 4.81
Rank: ~18/750; top 3%
AP:
10/11 grade: World History (5), Physics, US History, Spanish 4, English Language, Biology, Computer Science,
Courseload: most rigorous
Major Awards; none , probably National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-President and founder of school's community service organization - lots and lots of involvement/coordination involved, expanded membership from 6 to over 100 members in under a year
-Section editor of school newspaper (may be editor in chief next year, but let's not knock on wood!)
-editor-in-chief and founder of awareness newspaper/online newspaper
-secretary of red cross club
-marketing coordinator for citywide health fair
-debate (3 year)
-piano (loooong time) - church choir pianist, president of music club, free piano lessons occasionally</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked in a lab over the summer for 200+ hours, tutoring on the side, teach piano for free
Volunteer/Community service: lots
Summer Activities: aforementioned lab, (preempted) - prestigious business program @ upenn, and if not that, internship in an international company @ shanghai (helped plan an very prestigious meeting), china
(preempted) Teacher Recommendation: one probably very good, other probably neutral</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: business/economics/math
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: very very competitive public (top 100 public schools)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Top colleges:
1. wharton @ penn
2. yale
3. harvard
4. princeton
5. wellesley</p>

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<p>Oops! And please add Duke to my top colleges.</p>

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<p>Oops! And the title was wrong too. <em>Hopeful</em>
I am definitely thinking straight.</p>

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<p>Have you ever thought of applying to Wharton? If you’re looking into business, I think you could work and apply there. :slight_smile: I think your stats are very good. Keep up the hard work and E-C’s, and you’ll be good.</p>

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<p>) I am looking for a safety school. I started school shopping this year (I am a junior) but I have not really looked at any non-ivys, which I realize is a bad idea. Could you help me suggest some safeties according to my stats and my desired major?</p>

<p>Carnigie mellon
MIT
BErkely
ANne Arbor
NYU stern…ivy quality business
USC
Virginia
Texas Austin </p>

<p>These are the business programs in the top ten listing by USN that are not ivies.
I would be sure to apply to at least a few safety… ivys can be very unpredictable</p>

<p>If you have your heart set on an ivy I would try to carve out a hook… something that set you apart… the pres. community service thing is good tho. </p>

<p>overall your app looks great
good luck</p>

<ol>
<li>wharton @ penn…low reach</li>
<li>yale…everyone needs luck but you def have a shot - reach</li>
<li>harvard - reach would be a shot in the dark for einstein haha their admits are so random </li>
<li>princeton…mid reach</li>
<li>wellesley…no idea</li>
</ol>

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<p>hahaa your stats exactly like mine what grade are you in?
uhh
wharton@penn-low reach (if you don’t do LEAD or LBW or the internship then probs. a reach)
yale- low reach
harvard- reach
princeton- mid-reach
wellesley- match</p>

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<p>Wharton, Yale, Princeton = low reach
Harvard = reach</p>