<p>Hey! I'm currently a junior and I'm wondering if this list of schools looks reasonable for someone with my grades, Sats, etc. Thanks you in advance.</p>
<p>Here's the list of schools I'm thinking of applying to:
Reach Schools - Columbia, Princeton
"Good Match" Schools- Kenyon, Wesleyan University, Lafayette, Davidson
Safety Schools- Penn State University Park</p>
<p>Ok, here are my credentials:
4.2 GPA (I've been in 4 weighted honors classes per year since freshman year. I'm not really sure how colleges treat honors-inflated GPAs.)
6th in a class of 230 or so
1450 SAT1 (690 mat, 760 verbal) (I'm going to be taking SAT II's in June)
During senior year I will be taking AP US gov't and politics, AP Calculus, Honors English 4, Physics II, Journalism, Topics in Politics, Spanish III, band, and chorus. I'm set up for an editorship in journalism.</p>
<p>Whoops! I accidentally posted without displaying extracurriculars. I'm not really sure how to delete this, so it would be great if you could reply to the above post of the same name. Thanks!</p>
<p>Depending on your major you might want to add UPenn and Cornell as reaches. The match schools are good choices with some bound to offer merit awards with your SAT I scores. Also Wesleyan might me more of a reach. What are your EC's?</p>
<p>Extracurricular stuff-
Band- all four years of HS
Chorus- all four years of HS (I've been accepted at District Chorus for the past two years and probably next year)
School Play- all four years of HS
Editor of school paper next year
"Drum Sergeant" in a fife and drum corps for two years and a drummer in the corps for 6. Basically, I run the drum practice, teach new drummers, and leadthe drumline at parades and competitions.
I'm also the manager and drummer in rock and roll band that regularly plays free charity gigs to benefit the local YMCA, local fire departments, local churches, etc. I don't know if that will count for anything as far as being admitted into college goes, but you never know.
I've held down a job for 3 years. The job is being a "living history interpreter" at a museum near where I live.</p>
<p>I'm looking to major in political science.</p>