<p>GPA - 3.94, no rank but top 10%
Honors classes and 9 APs by graduation: Chem, English Language, US History (11) Physics C: Mechanics, Stats, Calc BC, English Lit, US Gov and Politics, Spanish Language (12)</p>
<p>SATs - 1490/2240 (730/760/750), 770 Chem, 780 Math II, 730 US History</p>
<p>Awards - school awards for "academic excellence" and "extracurricular involvement"
NHS (publicist)/Spanish NHS/Math NHS</p>
<p>ECs - varsity athlete in indoor track (captain) and lacrosse
symphonic band/wind ensemble (principal tenor saxophone) (band staff treasurer)
volunteer(ed) as summer camp C.I.T., sunday school teacher, tutor, and other small things
part-time job at dry cleaners, starting this summer
varsity math team
possible intern at local small business - learning about finance</p>
<p>Cornell is obviously a selective school in the same grouping as NU and Duke. However, ED should improve your chances slightly. </p>
<p>I’m not saying to not apply, but just informing you that some of those schools are incredibly selective and are becoming increasingly difficult to get into.</p>
<p>Which school in Cornell are you applying to? You have a solid shot at Cornell ED, will go either way there. Decent-low shot at UVA (much higher if you live in VA), probably in at umich, in at villanova, outside shot at vanderbilt and johns Hopkins, solid shot at USC an lehigh, and very unlikely at duke and northwestern, particularly duke</p>
<p>NU’s RD selectivity is comparable to Duke’s. Sorry, kid. We all know your motives at this point and gets a bit exhausting having to correct you time and time again.</p>
<p>What motives, lol? And why the kid? Do you really think Im trying to degrade your school, having gone through the same process as you, done my research, and got into comparable selective schools too as northwestern? All that I implied was that I thought duke may be Generally a bit more selective than nu even though there are some who get into one and denied at the other and vice versa.</p>
<p>I’ve just seen you repeatedly downplaying NU. Do I honestly care? Not too much. </p>
<p>It’s just annoying when one has an agenda toward certain schools, for whatever reason, and gives misguided information. Apologies if I’ve misinterpreted your several posts about NU.</p>
<p>I’m debating between applying to the general colleges (arts & sciences, etc.) and applying to the engineering colleges. My interests lie in econ/finance, math, physics, and chem.</p>
<p>Villanova is a safety, IMO. But to need more, have some options come selection time. If you need <10, you can still choose three safeties to apply to.</p>
<p>Oh I overlooked villanova for some reason haha. List isn’t bad, I see you have 1 safety, 1 match (USC) and 4 reaches. You may want to add another safety and/or match. You should take a look at Carnegie Mellon, rice and Georgia tech</p>
<p>Update: got 5s on Chem, English Language, and U.S. History
So assume AP Scholar</p>
<p>Need help with my college list, really trying to keep it to 5 schools:</p>
<p>Cornell ED, Michigan EA, Northwestern, USC
—really set on these 4. in my opinion, Cornell and Northwestern are reaches while Michigan and USC are closer to matches.</p>
<p>And a safety: Maryland, Illinois, Penn State?
—I’m OOS and looking for a combo of merit and need aid, really not interested in UMass at the moment so exploring other options; it’s too close to home</p>
<p>Intended major: EE and/or CS
Looking for Greek life, D1 sports, and great career placement/recruiting</p>
<p>In my experience, although two schools may be very similar in terms of admissions, it is totally possible to get into one and denied from the other for no obvious reason. So I would say apply to all of them and you’ll likely get into some and denied from others. No need to stick to five applications in my opinion. If the fees are an issue call the admissions office and ask about waivers. Good luck!</p>