College recommendations for a lost senior?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I applied ED to my first choice school (George Washington), but am completely lost at finding other schools to apply to if I get rejected. I'm looking for a medium to large school, hopefully an urban campus, and I plan to major in international affairs. It would be helpful if the school considered test scores more than gpa, since I am a bit higher in that area. I haven't visited many schools at all (prior to this year, I was being recruited to play a sport so I was planning on relying on official visits). </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>3.76 GPA weighted (hs does not report unweighted)
37/217 class rank (slightly above top 20%)
ACT: 33 composite (34 for the few schools that do superscore)
Taken all honors and AP classes, will have done 7 AP's by the end of HS and 4 additional college-level courses
Pretty good EC's, most notably advocating for the creation of a girl's varsity ice hockey league, and captaining the inaugural team
My senior year grades also demonstrate an extreme upward slope, last quarter I had a 4.41 GPA with nothing below an A-, and so far it looks like that will stay the same for second quarter</p>

<p>Does anyone have suggestions for some safety/match/reach schools for me?</p>

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<p>It seems obvious to look at a) overlaps at GW (Fiske Guide lists Overlaps, I’m sure other guides/sources do too), b) schools that may/could have recruited you for the sport, c) schools good at IR. Make charts and see what they have in common and what they have in common with your secondary desires of urban, size etc.</p>

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<p>My cousin’s kid went to GW, but I know her safety was BU. If you want a city, you can look into NYU, BC, American, Tufts, Emory, Tulane, Fordham Lincoln Center.</p>

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<p>Syracuse as a safety or low match. American.</p>