<p>I am a junior in HS and I am still looking at a wide variety of schools -- Northwestern, Colorado College, Swarthmore, Davidson, George Washington, Yale, Brown (both BIG reaches)</p>
<p>SAT 1950 (taken at the beginning of soph year and i'm taking it again)
SAT II: World History 770
PSAT 207 (this year) 98th percentile
ACT 30</p>
<p>weighted GPA is around 104
class rank 6/300 (and most likely rising) </p>
<p>I have the hardest course load of anyone in my grade this year- 5 AP classes (euro, bio, spanish, english, us history)
2 APs last year - WHAP (5) and Human Geo (5) </p>
<p>NJHS president 9th
NHS 10th-11th</p>
<p>4 years of foreign language and I'm in AP this year
This summer I will be living in Spain for a month and studying</p>
<p>Band 9th-11th and section leader this year & next
UIL academics (competition in spring)
Spanish Club
Volleyball 9th</p>
<p>Captain of 4H team 10th</p>
<p>I live in texas and i won't qualify for any financial aid.</p>
<p>Northwestern:match/low reach
Colorado College: safety
Swarthmore:reach
Davidson: safety
George Washington: safety
Yale, brown: reach
Your ACT score falls between the middle 50%. Aim for 1400 combined R+M.
Your SATII, AP scores, extracurricular activities are excellent as well.
I would take more SAT IIs though.</p>
<p>I disagree with Averby: NU is a standard reach without MUCH better test scores. (32 or greater ACT, 2100+ SAT).</p>
<p>You’re fine for the others, again assuming better test scores. Your EC’s are also not THAT impressive, in fact I’d argue are rather unimpressive.</p>
<p>I think averby may not be familiar with NU. Your essays will be a very influential factor, and you should definitely apply (do not be intimidated by the formidable scores and gpas you will see posted and remember that the elite schools admissions process is generally more holistic) but with your current scores and underdeveloped ECs, in my opinion NU would be a reach for you. But reach is okay! Good luck.</p>
<p>^ Yes, NU is a reach. Davidson and Colorado College are not safeties. 1950 SATs would fall in the median range for either school (on the low end of it for Davidson), but the admit rate for both is only about 1 in 4. So I’d say CC is a match and Davidson a low reach.</p>