Could someone give me some insight...?

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<p>Ok I would really like to have some truthful insight into my chances with these colleges. (Mostly my reaches)</p>

<p>Reaches- Duke, UVa, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Williams
Matches- Cornell, Bucknell, BC, Colgate, Hamilton, Northwestern, Wash U St. Louis
Safety- Lehigh, U of Rochester, Union, U of Richmond, Mich U</p>

<p>ACT- 34 (will send)</p>

<p>SAT- 740 CR, 670 M, 790 W (won't send)
SAT II- 700 Math IC, 660 World, 600 American (my histories are horrible I know.. I am going to take either bio, chem, or math 2 C in october) (Can I get out of sending my SAT IIs by sending my ACT???)</p>

<p>APs-
World History- 4
American History- July
English AP- July
AP Calc AB- next year
AP Chem- next year
AP Latin- next year
AP English- next year</p>

<p>most of my other courses are honors</p>

<p>GPA- around a 4.0 (jr. year grades come in july)</p>

<p>Me: White female from Suburbia NY, very smart grade, well-known high school
hopefully will be in top 10% of grade but there is a chance I could just miss it (11-13% maybe?)</p>

<p>SPORTS
-Tennis- 9, 10, 11, 12 (Captain 12, First SIngles: 10, 11, 12, Third Singles: 9
Play USTA Tournaments and have eastern ranking
-Winter & Spring Track- 9</p>

<p>CLUBS
-Model UN 9,10,11,12 -President 12
Safe Rides 10, 11, 12
Spanish 9,10,11,12
Latin 10,11,12
Leadership 9,10 </p>

<p>MUSIC
-Band 9,10,11,12 Treasurer 11, 12, percussion
-Tri M(Modern Music Masters) 9,10,11,12, Treasurer 12
-Music in the Parks 9- won trophies for superior rating, best overall high school band
-Carnegie Hall 11, band played there
NYSSMA 11, Played at NYU, band received silver award, percussion section personally complimented by judges</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE
-Volunteered at Church; helped with church rummage sale, street fair, collected socks and toiletries and packed them for Midnight Run, organized Thanksgiving Drive for American soldiers in Iraq. 9, 10, 11, 12
-Volunteered at Boys and Girls Club; developed lesson plans and taught tennis to 4th and 5th graders. 10
-Completed Girl Scout Gold Award Project; all prerequisite requirements, collected and donated about 1000 children’s books to the Coalition for the Homeless Camp Homeward Bound program. 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>AWARDS AND HONORS
Student of the Month- 9
Honor Roll- 9,10,11
High Honor Roll- 9,10,11
One of 6 students chosen to attend National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine- 10
Telluride Nomination- 11
National Honors Society- 11, 12
National Kodak Leader Award- 11 </p>

<p>SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Van Der Meer Tennis Camp, Hilton Head, S.C., 2 weeks, Summer 2003
• Nike Tournament Tough Tennis Camp, Mount Holyoke College, MA, 1 week, Summer 2003
• Tennis Europe, 17 days, played USTA tournaments in different cities in California, Summer 2004
• National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Georgetown University, learned about medicine and the process of becoming a doctor, Summer 2004
• World Team Tennis Nationals hosted by Billy Jean King in San Diego, California. One of six 14-17 year olds asked to represent the USTA Eastern Section for the national team tennis tournament, Summer 2004</p>

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<p>fyi you can't decide whether or not to send SAT scores, you have to send all of them</p>

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<p>You only need to send either your ACT or all your SATs 'n' stuff. I guess colleges think that the ACT is some sort of magical, all-encompassing supertest. Stats look good, but this probably belongs in the "What Are My Chances?" forum.</p>

<p>You played at Carnegie Hall?!? Whow.</p>

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<p>i'm confused about that. so the ACT doesn't take care of ACTs and SATs?</p>

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<p>Nevertheless, some schools still require two SAT II's with the ACT. Look here: <a href="http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>yea my band did- it was amazing. i know i put it in that forum and no one answered :( lol</p>

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<p>this site is great.. thank you sooo much!</p>

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<p>i'm pretty sure student of the months/honor rolls can't be counted... and the nylf isn't very presitigiuos, but otherwise everything is good, well rounded etc. 34 act pretty impressive, but if you think about it... a 34 act is pretty much the same as the 2200-2250 range for sat's and u could opt to just use ur 2200</p>

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<p>My jazz band played in the Starlight Cafe or whatever it's called in Magic Kingdom on the stage that comes out of the floor... but that's as close as I can come... what is this forum of which you speak?</p>

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<p>oh i was talking about the "what are my chances" forum- nothing to do with the band. that's awesome though!!!</p>

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<p>actually, 34 is more in the 2250-2300 range, so I would definitely put that. most schools require 2 (or even 3) sat ii's in addition to the act, though some don't.</p>

<p>out of curiosity, how is georgetown a reach but cornell and northwestern matches? ;)</p>

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<p>Ohhh, I see. That's sad that no one replied. I will cry for you. Our marching band also marched down Main Street, USA (in the dark and pouring rain, no less) and our wind ensemble played in some pavillion or other with a guest trumpet player (we did Bugler's Holiday and Carnival of Venice - that was pretty sweet too).</p>

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<p>i've been told gtown is very hard to get into when u don't go to private school and are not catholic (i am protestant). i guess cornell are kind of more match/reach. lol</p>

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<p>wow your band must be awesome. ours really isnt THAT great lol. i really don't know how we got to play at carnegie. but like it was a special night for high school bands so i guess thats not too prestigious.</p>

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<p>Ours is pretty good, I guess, but it was still a high school band program. "Magic Music Days," or something. We basically went to Orlando for four days, did all that stuff, and frolicked around DisneyWorld the rest of the time. DisneyWorld is the best without parents!</p>

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<p>haha lucky. all we got was a nyc dinner in a blizzard. haha bc i'm from ny.. only like 45 min away from the city</p>

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<p>lol, I'm in Michigan... and we went in February... it was pretty nice.</p>

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<p>heh...our orchestra went to that magic music days thing when i was a freshman. fun times :)</p>

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<p>And now that we've completely and utterly hijacked this poor chica's thread... let's talk about band s'more!</p>

<p>Our band goes every three years, I went as a sophomore, hopefully I'll be able to chaperone the next trip with some cool peeps. I heart DisneyWorld.</p>

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<p>I'm not in band, but I still thought I would chime in. Our choir goes to Magic Music Days every 4 years, and I got to go last year. Definitely good times!</p>