Chances-am i looking at the right schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>white middle class - from all girls catholic prep school</p>

<p>SAT I (first time i took them)
M - 660
CR - 700
W - 720
Im planning on taking them 1 or 2 more times - so hopefully they will go up!</p>

<p>SAT II
us history - 730
math 2 - 720
literature - 740
(i might retake some of these + math1)</p>

<p>GPA - 4.0 (unweighted) 4.3 (weighted)
Rank top 5% - about 3/140</p>

<p>Junior yr
AP US History (4-5?)
AP Stat (4?)
AP Eng. Lang (4-5?)</p>

<p>Senior yr
AP Bio
AP Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Latin
H Physics</p>

<p>St. Andrew Science Fair-First Place (7), Best of Show (8)
Introduction to Writing and Literature Award (9)
First Honors (9-12)
Academic Convocation (9-12)
National Honors Society (11-12)
Latin Honors Society (11-12)
National Merit - commended</p>

<p>Activities
Cheerleading (9-10)-Varsity
Track (9-12)-Junior Varsity (9), Varsity (10-12)
Cross Country (11-12)-Varsity
Campanile (School Newspaper) (9)
Pennsylvania Mathematics League (9-12)
Gold Key Club (9-12)
Et Cetera (Latin Club) (11)
Community Service Corps (9-12)</p>

<p>Leadership
Homeroom Secretary/Treasurer (10-11)
President of National Honor Society (12)</p>

<p>Church/Community Activities
Youth Group (7-12)
Lector (9-12)
7-Day Mission Trip to Kentucky
7-Day Mission Trip to South Carolina
Volunteer at St. Mary’s Hospital (Summer 2004-2007)</p>

<p>Music-and-Motion Dance Productions (9-10)
C. Worked for the billing office of Radiology Affiliates (Summer 2005, 2006)</p>

<p>Some college options:
 Boston College
 Georgetown
 University of Pennsylvania
 Johns Hopkins University
 Penn State – Schryers Honors College
 Duke
 University of Virginia
 Villanova
 William and Mary
 Maybe one more Ivy League (if you think its possible/worth it)</p>

<p>im looking to go into pre-med field..maybe bio major, i also like english (maybe minor)</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at all of these except Penn, where your SAT scores are too low by around 50 points. You need that SAT I math score (660)to look like the SATII math score you got (720).</p>

<p>Also, Virginia will be tough since they accept so few OOS applicants.</p>

<p>As a bio or pre-med major, you should consider Princeton or Yale if you can get the SAT math score up that extra 50 points. If not, you might still be able to get into Swarthmore, which has a great biology department.</p>

<p>I'd apply to these five (Penn, Yale, Princeton, Virginia, Swarthmore) as reaches, and maybe 5 of your other 7 as matches. Penn State (non-honors) could be your safety.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>ok thanks so much!</p>

<p>any other feedback?
would johns hopkins and georgetown be conisidered reaches? mid-reaches?</p>

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<p>I'd add BU, which you would definitely get into, and Wake Forest, which shouldn't be hard either. The way college admissions are today, you can never play it too safe. And it's not like these colleges are academic pushovers either. I think Hopkins and GTown would be reaches, but only because they catch a lot of apps. You're qualified for the 2 schools, but it's always a coin flip with the more popular schools. </p>

<p>p.s. Do colleges look at middle school acheivements?</p>

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<p>Nice stats... just bring up ur SAT scores...</p>

<p> Boston College- good
 Georgetown- reach
 University of Pennsylvania- reach
 Johns Hopkins University- good
 Penn State – Schryers Honors College- good
 Duke- reach
 University of Virginia- good
 Villanova-good
 William and Mary- good</p>

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<p>ok thanks!</p>

<p>Do you think that if i pull up my sat 1s by at least 50 points, i have a shot at penn or princeton ED? i am sure penn would be a little more reasonable, but i have always wanted to go to princeton</p>