Not Swarth, WashU, or Cornell.
The others? yeah.
How are Cal Berkeley and Swarthmore on the same college list?
Two extremely different schools…
Not certain about a 3.7/4.2, but plenty of kids at my DD’s school get into Wash U and Cornell with a 3.8/4.2 and 34 ACT so keep the dream alive
You are correct, somewhere will work if the applicant applies to a balance of schools. Many students who come to CC are high achievers and are all deserving of getting into the right college for them. Not offended @meggieistall55 .
My kid (sample of 1) applied to 12 schools last year. Got into nine total. Three WL (accepted at two), two rejections. Her stats were very similar to OP, with 3.8 GPA. Many similar schools also, one school the same (Brown, rejected). She had a very good balance of safety, match and reach schools. However, if we had known then what we know now, we would have understood that while her stats worked on paper, at tippy top colleges they really weren’t good enough. Probably should have saved the application fees. Predictably, she didn’t get into the three most selective colleges, though she did get WL’ed at one. She is unhooked. And, she is a she. One thing in OPs favor is that males can have a small advantage at LACs.
As @Chembiodad points out, there are high schools that have relationships with some colleges. That can also be helpful. Maybe OP’s school has a relationship with a college or two.
I have twin DD’s that both have 3.8 UW / 4.15 & 4.25 W GPA’s and 34 single sitting / 35 superscored ACTs that applied to a basket of 15 schools including some of those on the OP list to those that are in the #25-30 USNWR LAC rankings; they have legacy at two - fingers crossed.
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Advice that may be too late now - you are applying to a lot of reach schools that see tons of applicants with your stats. Rather than doubling up on schools that are mirror images of each other (at least in terms of admissions difficulty - the schools you listed are very different!) add some great schools that are a notch lower in terms of admission difficulty like Vassar (great Brown alternative), Colby, Virginia (great Berkeley alternative) etc. Over the years, I have seen many kids with your stats get skunked at the Ivies and super competitive LACs. Need to be strategic.
Hi OP,
my oldest son had very similar stats, maybe with a little more rigor (9 aps) and was rejected from all his reaches. however, I’m guessing you have a secret weapon: as a writer that’s won awards, I bet you’ve written fabulous essays. If I’m right, I think one of these schools is going to accept you. If I’m wrong, given what you’ve achieved to-date, I’m sure you’re going to end up at a wonderful school. let us know how it goes!
best of luck,