Chances at Ivies, LACs, etc.

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT: 2130 [730V 660M 740W (12/12 essay)]
ACT: 31 [33E 30M 35R 27S 31 (9/12 essay)]
SAT IIs: Literature-700, US History-660, Math I-640
GPA: 3.8 uw/4.0w
Rank: N/A
AP: 4 on US History, Government and Lit to come this spring</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays: very solid, and creative
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): Wrote and produced a DVD on a civil rights incident that happened in my hometown in 1961. I interviewed several people from across the South who were involved.</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State: AL
School Type: private (U.S. National School of Excellence)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>National Honor Society (Treasurer)
French National Honor Society (Vice President)
Student Government:
*Class President (9, 12)
*SGA Secretary/Treasurer (10)
*SGA Vice President (11)
Debate Team:
*Plethora of solid performances listed (LD Debate)
*1st Alternate to Nationals
*Created the team freshman year
*President of the team all four years
School Newspaper:
*Writer (9-11)
*Editor-in-Chief (12)
Youth in Government:
*List of various awards state-wide
*Proposal adopted by the Conference on National Affairs
Varsity Tennis (9-12)</p>

<p>Other academic programs:</p>

<p>Duke Talent Identification Program- Duke Campus (9-11), Wake Forest campus (12)
National Youth Forum on Law (Washington DC, 10)</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>YMCA- tutoring underprivileged students
Soup Bowl- Meal Server</p>

<p>Additonal Comments: I'm taking the SAT I again in January, and expect to do better. </p>

<p>Chances at:</p>

<p>Cornell University
Princeton University
Wesleyan University
Kenyon College
Duke University
Wake Forest University
UNC-Chapel Hill
Brown University
University of Pennslyvania
Georgetown University
University of Alabama (already in)</p>

<p>Additionally, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could give suggestions of colleges that are more in my range, if most of these schools are reaches.</p>

<p>Princeton, Brown, Cornell, U Penn and Duke: Reaches
Kenyon, Georgetown, Wesleyan and Wake Forest: Possible
UNC-Chapel Hill: Likely (You are pretty much in)</p>

<p>Have you looked at Claremont McKenna or Haverford? They are also good schools that are in your range.</p>

<p>I have looked a little bit into both, and Haverford interested me especially. I appreciate it; I'll look more into it.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>