<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>ACT: M(26), E(35), R(35), S(33), essay(8)---- C(32) plan on taking again to raise that math and essay- yikes. Also will take SAT in fall (PSAT was a 215)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4): 3.8</p>
<p>Weighted GPA (out of 5): 4.2</p>
<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 40 out of 480</p>
<p>AP scores: taken psych, French, and lang, waiting on scores.</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP bio, AP stats, AP French (2nd time), AP lit, newspaper, teacher aide</p>
<p>General course load: strong, mix of honors and AP.</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Award for Journalism Excellence (school award), 1st place in Newspaper spread design- University of Alabama Scholastic Press Association. Counting on both Hispanic Scholar and National Merit semi/finalist</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, Future Medical Professionals of America (junior- girl's VP, senior: president), newspaper (layout editor 3 years, editor in chief senior year), Quill and Scroll journalism honors society, French Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, color guard/winter guard</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: junior year: member of a prestigious school service org. senior year- various activities planned for NHS</p>
<p>Summer Activities: summer get-ahead classes, hopefully a job. Took classes at Duke </p>
<p>University for 4 summers in a row late middle school/early high school</p>
<p>Essays: great</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: great</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: average</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): AL
School Type: Top-ranked public
Ethnicity: Mixed Hispanic/white
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic descent
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<p>Colleges I'm applying to, ranked in order:
1. Northeastern University (fingers crossed for their Hispanic scholar/NMS full tuition)
2. University of Chicago (reach)
3. University of Southern California (core?)
4. Rice University (reach)
5. UCLA (core)
8. UT Austin (safety)
9. Auburn University (super safety. guidance counselor is forcing us to apply to an in-state.)</p>
<p>Getting full tuition at NEU is top priority for me. The rest would be fantastic, but I just want reassurance that I'm not going to end up at an Alabama state school. Auburn's not bad, but I want some city life :)</p>
<p>If anyone has any recommendations for schools based on my profile, that'd be great, too!</p>