College list HELP

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi All,

I am white female who attends a competitive highly ranked public school in MA. I have an idea of schools, but I am worried I am thinking either too lowly or too highly of myself… Please give your input/suggest more schools.
Some facts:
Money is not a big constraint (my parents are willing and expect to be pay around $60k a year)
Stats:
Unweighted: 3.9 (sophomore year) school does not calculate freshman grades into this
Classes: All honor, except math. Not taking any AP this year only 2 were offered. Plan to take 2-3 next year. Will be taking the AP lang test in may though.
SAT: I have been getting 1400 on my practice test. I hope to improve this for Test day.
ACT: taking it in april, hoping my SAT scores are high enough in march so I can just call it day, but might just take them to see how I do).

Extracurriculars:
Journalism (editor and staff writer for school newspaper)
Social justice leadership program
Tutoring low income students (3X a week)
Costa rica community service (3 weeks over the summer)
Founder and president of Current events club
Racial Awareness
Will be inducted into national honors society

Schools I have so far: if you could write whether you think these are the right range!
Umich- reach is what I am thinking
Emory- would most likely do ed for this, aware it is a reach. Legacy:2 aunts, cousin currently attends, uncle attended
Tulane- EA
Wisconsin- madison
Syracuse- sister currently attends. would be a senior when I was a freshman.
GWU
Indiana- safety
Lehigh

Please let me know what you think of my list! I’ll chance/feedback you back!! Thank you (:
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This analysis can be helpful for sorting by selectivity:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-610-smartest-colleges-in-america-2015-9

Emory might be possible, provided your actual SAT score lands in their range:

http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/college-profiles-new-sat/

In terms of additions, you might want to consider appropriate NESCACs.

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At 1400 and 3.9, you are right in Tulane’s statistical sweet spot. Now you have to research the school, make the case for why community service is important to you, focus on specific academic departmental offerings, and think about how you can craft your academic experience so that it is highly interdisciplinary . Tulane is very big on that. Put all of that in an essay, be very specific, and I think your chances are pretty good.

And no, you are not selling yourself short, Your list is good.