Chances at some non-Ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a junior at a highly competitive public high school in Michigan that sends many students to Ivies every year.
Caucasian female</p>

<p>Please chance me for:</p>

<p>University of Michigan
Pomona College
Northwestern
Bucknell
WashU
Rochester
Reed
Swarthmore</p>

<p>I want to major in environmental science, ecology, biology, english, journalism, or biochemistry.</p>

<p>Academics
3.92 u/w GPA 4.6 w, school does not rank
218 PSAT, commended scholar, most likely a semifinalist
700 math, 760 reading, 750 writing
I took the SAT II's in Chem, Bio, and Math II this year, expecting in the 700s on all of them
ACT 33
4 on AP US History Test (with absolutely no studying outside of class)
Just took AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Lang, and AP Econ Micro/Macro this year
Expecting 4s or 5s on all of them
Next year I will be taking AP Eng Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Euro, and AP French
10th place in the nation on the National French Exam level 2
8th place in the nation on the National French Exam level 4
various other academic excellence awards</p>

<p>Sports
4 years varsity swimming
2 years varsity water polo, 1 year JV
I have been swimming year round on a club team since I was 6 years old.
During my high school swim season I spend a minimum of 20 hours per week in the pool.
I will probably swim in college if I attend a DII or DIII school.</p>

<p>Other ECs
Marching and Concert Band Freshman year
NHS member for Jr and Sr years
Biology Competitions Club for Jr and Sr years
Subway employee for 1 year, currently employed
Animal Welfare Society Volunteer since Sophomore year, 200+ hours so far
Nature Center Volunteer since Sophomore year
Volunteer camp counselor at an overnight camp for kids with disabilities last year, planning to go again this year
Certified in CPR/First Aid for children and adults, planning on becoming an instructor this summer</p>

<p>Please let me know my safeties, matches, and reaches. Any suggestions are welcome!</p>

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<p>Definitely good EC's, and excellent scores...
very good chances for those schools</p>

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<p>You'll get UMich, hands down. But Pomona, Northwestern, Reed, and Swarthmore are all reaches.</p>

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<p>i don't think any of those are out of your range. no real reaches. some slight reaches and a lot of good matches.</p>

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<p>Reed looks like a match; SAT 1460 was the 75th%ile this year, and everything else looks fine.</p>

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<p>^ They make that up. If I recall, Reed refuses to release their information to USNWR.</p>

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<p>I got it from the Reed site, <a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/cds/cds0607/cdssecc200607.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/ir/cds/cds0607/cdssecc200607.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks guys, that all sounds pretty encouraging. Pomona is definitely my dream school, even though I'm well aware that it's going to be a reach. But, I also know that I would be happy at any of the other schools that I mentioned. Does anyone else have opinions or suggestions?</p>

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<p>reed's a match.</p>

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<p>bumpppppppp</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross and Colgate-both very similar to Bucknell. Holy Cross has nice location-1 hour from Boston.</p>