College List help!

<p>So it has come time to apply to colleges, but I still have not completely finalized my list. I have my early schools finalized, but don't know all of the RD schools that I'm going to apply to. First I'll put my stats/profile...</p>

<p>Top 10% of class in high school in NJ (400ish people in my class)
GPA: 3.9886 UW (4.3 for A+), 4.53 W (5.3 for A+) (pretty sure it's still considered a 4.0 and 5.0 scale, but not too sure)</p>

<p>SAT:
Superscore - 1500/2300 (700 cr/800 m/800 w)
Best sitting - 2260 (700/760/800)
PSAT: 204 (commended, notified BC and Northwestern)
ACT: 35 composite (34 writing, 36 math, 35, 35)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
Physics H, English 4A, AP Spanish, Gym, AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Calc BC, Independent study: portfolio of newspaper stories I'm going to write</p>

<p>ECs:
- Newspaper: Feature editor (10, 11, 12), copy editor (9)
- Key club: editor (12), member (9, 10, 11)
---- 25+ volunteer hours each year from Key Club
- Spanish Honor Society: Co-president (12), member (11)
- NHS member (11, 12)
- Spring track (10, 11, 12)
- Winter track (11, 12)
- Jobs:
- Page at town library (12th grade, 11 hours per week)
- Gym supervising (10, 11)
- Umpiring softball (9, 10, 11)
(each about 7 hours a week during their seasons)
- Tutoring occasional math and Spanish</p>

<p>(In deadline order) </p>

<p>Northwestern University (ED)
University of Virginia (EA)
University of Michigan (EA)
University of Wisconsin (EA)
UC - Berkeley
UC - Los Angeles
Boston College
Cornell University
UNC - Chapel Hill
Georgetown
BU/GWU as another safety (Wisconsin would be my first choice safety)</p>

<p>I am a prospective Econ major, but I'm also interested in math/statistics and foreign languages. My two main decisions were UNC v. Georgetown and BU v. GWU (have yet to visit BU), but I could also throw UVA into the UNC v. GTown debate. </p>

<p>I can't really decide which one to apply to - both have their pros and cons, and I wouldn't mind going to either. Is it crazy to apply to 11 schools and let the admissions office make the decision for me, or should I just make the decision now so I don't even have to choose in April?</p>

<p>(PS Northwestern is my #1, if I get in there, I go)</p>

<p>Thanks for any help!</p>

<p>That list is reasonable. You are applying to one ED school and three EA schools so you hopefully won’t need to send out 11 applications. Your range of school selectivities also seems reasonable with your stats. Good luck.</p>

<p>Can you afford $50K/year (UMich, UCLA, UCB)?</p>