<p>Hey everybody, I know that obviously american and maryland are clearly not on the same calibre as, say, tufts or cornell, but I wanted a list with some safetys and reaches. But I am unsure which ones would be almost out of the question, or if I should look at some other schools (I am very open for suggestions). Comments are welcome!</p>
<p>(schools im looking at): tufts, W&M, cornell, american, maryland, lehigh, boston college (maybe), boston university, WUSTL</p>
<p>I am a white senior at a selective college prep school in Maryland. </p>
<p>Unweighted gpa: about 3.69/3.7
Weighted: overall approx. 3.9/3.95 (junior year, which I've been told "matters more", it was around a 4.25 weighted)</p>
<p>*Our school does not rank, but I am estimating that I am 9/65.
(almost definitely top 10%)</p>
<p>Course Selection: I have taken a difficult course load at my school; we don't have many AP's to choose from, and the ones we do are generally math and science oriented (which is not my forte).</p>
<p>Overall, I will have taken 6 AP's before high school has ended, and I think I got a 5 on one this year (a 4 on the other one most likely). I also will have taken 9 honors classes before high school has ended.</p>
<p>My SAT's are decent, but not great:</p>
<p>Reasoning Test: (but will retake next October) </p>
<p>verbal: 690
writing: 720
math: 580 (horrible, i know, but as i said, im going to retake it)</p>
<p>Sat IIs: just took them in june but am expecting 700s on both world history and Literature. Next year I will probably take math I, and get around a 650/700.
(i've heard it's easier than the sat reasoning math section).</p>
<p>EC's: </p>
<p>*Have performed in most of the schools plays/musicals/shows the past three years.
*won a writing contest for poetry
*national honor society
*leadership team" all years of high school
*secretary of comm service club (am running for vice president next year, and have been in the club for all years of high school)
*varsity soccer 10th, 11th, and 12th grade
*debate club for 9th and 10th grade until it stopped (lead one of the groups, so vice pres)
*founded a business club with a friend and competed nationally (although did not win)
*went to senior center and taught elderly how to use computers (and did not earn hours for this)
*facilitated/was on leadership team for handicapped carnival in 9th grade.
*organized a teacher appreciation breakfast in 10th grade for all teachers at our high school.
*a leader of youth group outside of school.
*summer study program last summer at a university
*community service program this summer
*overall, will have accumulated before applying to colleges about 160/200 hours.</p>
<p>College App essays will be excellent (writing is my strength) and College Recs will probably be good too.</p>
<p>thanks for reading all of this: feel free to be completely honest.</p>