Chance my sister / what schools should she apply to? (!!!) (LONG POST)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My sister will be a high school senior this fall and we're looking into places for her to apply to. Her (very broad / needs to be narrowed down) current list includes:</p>

<p>Babson
UNC-Chapel Hill
Harvard
Uni Chicago
MIT
UPenn
Columbia
CMU
Brown
UCLA
Northwestern
Berkeley
NYU
Dartmouth
Uni of Wisconson
UCSD
Uni of Illinois
Rice
Yale
Duke
University of Virginia
St. Olaf
UCI
UCSB</p>

<p>Her hs stats include:</p>

<p>GPA:
Unweighted Soph/ Junior: 3.43
Weighted Soph / Junior: 3.85</p>

<p>Unweighted to date: 3.62
Weighted to date: 3.9</p>

<p>AP's include:
Biology
Chemistry
History<br>
English </p>

<p>Honors Courses:
Freshman English
Freshman Bio
World History
10th Grade English
Precalc
Alg 2 /Honors</p>

<p>SAT: hasn't taken it yet, but should be around 2100</p>

<p>EC's:
EIC of paper - 12th
We the People - 12th
Varsity Soccer - 10th , 9th
Varsity Track - 9th, 10th
JV Cross Country - 9th
JV Tennis - 10th, 11th
Chamber Chorale 11th, 12th
Jazz Choir - 11th, 12th
National Honors Society - 10th, 11th
Habitat for Humanity - 11th
Deca (both competitor and State Action Team (VP of communications for state)) - all four years
Volunteer at Aegis Living - 12th </p>

<p>Jobs:
Quantros Internship (Healthcare software company)</p>

<p>Ok, if you're still reading.....</p>

<p>a) thanks</p>

<p>b) What other schools should she apply to? I personally feel like there aren't a lot of safety options included on her prospectives list, but at the same time, I'm not sure what safety schools she should apply to. She wants to pursue either business, psychiatry, communications (as a double), marketing, or intellectual history. Oh, she will be a first gen college student and we come from a difficult socioeconomic background / a lot of life obstacles blah blah...</p>

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<p>oh another question is, what are some schools she could apply to that put a lot of emphasis on interviews?</p>

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<p>With the assumed 2100 SAT score:</p>

<p>Babson - low match
UNC-Chapel Hill - reach (OOS)
Harvard - reach
Uni Chicago - reach
MIT- reach
UPenn - reach
Columbia - reach
CMU - match
Brown - reach
UCLA - high match
Northwestern - low reach
Berkeley - low reach
NYU - match
Dartmouth - reach
Uni of Wisconsin - match
UCSD - match
Uni of Illinois - match
Rice - high match
Yale - reach
Duke - reach
University of Virginia - low reach
St. Olaf - match
UCI - match
UCSB - match</p>

<p>Private schools will put more emphasis on interviews. The UCs do not give interviews. Duke interviews are solely informational and do not affect your chances of acceptance.</p>