Chances please! Everything is greatly appreciated!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello everyone, I was hoping for some general advice on which colleges I should look into.</p>

<p>I am a rising junior at a smaller public school in Western New York in the suburbs.
Current rank: 38 out of 320, which is the top 11% I’m working on making it to around 30 or higher.</p>

<p>I will take the PSAT for the first time in October, so unfortunately, I don’t know scores yet but my strengths definitely lie in the reading portion. Mostly, I’m worried about the time constraints.</p>

<p>I have been in all honors/accelerated classes since fifth grade, this last year; I took my first AP, which was World History (the only one available to sophomores at our school). I got a four, which was kind of upsetting to me. Is it possible to retake it?
Next year, I will be taking:
• AP Physics
• Pre-Calculus
• Advanced Psych (I never took intro to psych)
• Sociology
• French IV
• AP US History
• AP Language (weird, our school doesn’t let you take AP Lit until senior year)</p>

<p>Other:
• My GPA right now is about a 3.8, I believe.
• I have been on the swim team for three years, four by senior year, and two have been varsity.
• I have been class secretary for three years; I plan on running for VP next year.
• I am secretary of French Honor Society (too many secretary positions? Should I run for something higher?)
• I plan on being in NHS, I was in JNHS in middle school.
• I am also part of a council of students that was selected to meet with the principal and discuss school-wide issues. Also, I was chosen to be the student representative on the school safety committee.
• I think I’m going to start volunteering somewhere; I definitely need more of that.
• I have no special racial or ethnic qualities, all I have are divorced parents with a low budget.</p>

<p>I recently visited my first college- Middlebury. I have fallen completely in love with it, but I’m afraid I have set my hopes too high. I’m also going to visit Barnard before the summer is over, another unattainable choice.</p>

<p>So, what colleges should I shoot for? Anything on what is attainable for me? I’d like to major in psychology, focusing on the sciences. Suggestions? I’m starting to believe that I am setting my hopes too high. I would like some realistic and honest analyses. </p>

<p>Thank you for reading!!!</p>

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<p>Without knowing your SAT or ACT scores it is really difficult to give you any input. Come back after you complete one or both, okay?</p>

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<p>Thanks! I will!</p>