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<p>User Name: WiscoKid
Gender: M
Location: Madison, WI
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.98
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 500</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 690
SAT I Critical Reading: 690
SAT I Writing: 670
ACT: 31</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: -NHS
-Spanish Honors Society President
-Worked over the summer at Pizza Hut
-Worked for a month in the summer at the UW-Madison physics department as a student assistant
Leadership positions: -Captain of the wrestling team
-President of Spanish Honors Society
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: -Wrestling V
-Track & field JV
Volunteer/Service Work: -Amigos de las Americas (Volunteer program which sends high school/college aged students to poor rural communities in latin america for 6-8 weeks during the summer Welcome</a> — AMIGOS). This summer I went to Paraguay for 6 weeks to build 8 ovens which reduced the amount of wood each family used by half and also added 20-30 years to the lifespan of each woman and child in the household. I made so many new friends for life, and I will never forget the time that I spent there.
-I also volunteered at a Jewish preschool two years ago during the summer and helped out in their fund-raising campaign.
Honors and Awards: -Honor Roll every semester
-Most dedicated freshman wrestler
-2X (hopefully 3)Most dedicated overall wrestler
-5th place wrestling conference
-Captain of the wrestling team</p>

<p>Colleges that I am looking at:</p>

<p>Safeties/Matches: Hendrix, Rhodes, Lawrence, UW-Madison
Reaches: Middlebury, Claremont-McKenna, Dartmouth, UW-Madison Honors</p>

<p>I would appreciate chances and also opinions on my list, such as whether to add more reach schools or safety schools or whatnot. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Also add WUSTL to that list</p>

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<p>Dartmouth, Middlebury and Washington are almost definitely out of reach.</p>

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<p>^ Ditto with billabongboy on these schools because of your SAT/ACT scores. Re-take both for a shot at WashU and Claremont Mc. I think the other two are probably just reaching too high, but give at least Middlebury a shot.</p>

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<p>I’m going to study hard core for the ACT these next couple of weeks and I’m really hoping for a 33 because I got my 31 with no studying and a pretty bad attitude (I was thinking why am I sitting in a classroom on a beautiful spring day the whole test). If that happens it should hopefully open up a few more options</p>

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<p>I disagree.</p>

<p>You come from a state that, unfortunately, is not known to have a very rigorous academic environment, which means that the only way to properly evaluate your class rank and GPA would be to take them in to context of your school. Now, this is why school’s use uniform and standardized tests, so as to bypass any regional bias. Even if you were to score a 33 on your ACTs, that alone would still be in the the lower quartiles for schools like WUSTL and Dartmouth, meaning that it won’t really open any options for you.</p>

<p>That’s not to say that you shouldn’t apply, because, as we all know, reaches exist for a reason. Pick the school you like the most, ED to it, and hope for the best.</p>

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<p>Hm, interesting point, I never thought about the “academic environment” of Wisconsin, but if it means anything 5 students from my school last year got accepted into Stanford. I will still take more time to think about which schools I am going to apply to, and no matter what happens, I know I will have at least one school that I will be attending for 4 years.</p>

<p>Also, I think I’m going to add Oberlin to this list too, but that’s the last school I’m going to add.</p>