Don't "Chance," Suggest!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all!
I'm having some trouble refining my college list.
I was wondering if some of you could look at my stats, and instead of saying "In, Match, Reach," just give me suggested colleges instead where I would fit in academically.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 UW (Small private school does not weight classes (and see AP section), but I have taken all the hardest courses available.</p>

<p>Rank: Val, but only out of a class of 40 ^</p>

<p>SAT I: 1st Sitting: 2120
2nd Sitting: 2220
Superscore: 2220 b/c my 2nd sitting, I improved in every section lol</p>

<p>SAT IIs: finding out tomorrow/this morning! I'll edit later :)</p>

<p>APs: Here's the bad part: my school doesn't provide "AP" classes. My courseload is very rigorous and college-prep worthy, but they're not designated "AP." Anyway, I took the AP Lit test this spring independently (that score comes in sometime this month). Next Spring, I plan on taking AP Language Comp and AP Calc independently as well.</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
none like Intel/Siemens that are hooks, but:
National Merit (I'm on the border of CS and SF, we'll see.....)
Furman Scholar
Wofford Scholar
Sewanee Book Award for Promising Writers
various schoolwide class awards...summa cum laude...etc.</p>

<p>ECs:
-Speech and Debate (NFL) is my big one b/c I have awards on the regional, state, and national levels
-Varsity basketball for 2 years
-Theatre (lead roles in every production)
-Mock Trial for 2 years (Lead Attorney)</p>

<p>Comm. Service:
-volunteer counselor at summer camp for underprivileged minority kids for 3 summers
-volunteer tutor for above kids ^</p>

<p>basic work experience:
Chick-fil-A for my freshman summer LOL
Basic sit-down restaurant for 2 summers
(30 hrs-a-week at both)</p>

<p>also, I write a lot. I'm still deciding whether I should actually send in my work as supplemental material, or just mention it as a passion of mine.
I hope this leads to great essays (if Star* or any of the other CCers who read my EC short answer are around, they saw my work)</p>

<p>ANYway, do you guys have any suggestions on possible matches or "reaches" that could be...well....within reach? lol</p>

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<p>doggone it, 4 views and no responses....</p>

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<p>You are very similar to my D, except she doesn't have your ECs--she's too busy writing, and only slowly becoming aware of the need to broaden her horizons.</p>

<p>Since I'm having trouble with where she should go, I am not sure what to suggest to you.</p>

<p>She will be NMF, too, and at first I thought she should consider colleges that will give close to full-ride scholarships for NMFs, but now I'm not so sure, as she may need to be in company with other high-achievers just to stay motivated, and these schools have a bit lower admission standards as a rule as they are typically state u's. Not that there is anything wrong with that, and she undoubtedly will wind up at a state u. if I can't find anything else affordable. It's just hard to know which one.</p>

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<p>lol thanks for the input.</p>

<p>Specifically, guys, do you think I should even TRY for any of the Ivies, or just stick with reaches like Georgetown, Duke, etc.??</p>

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<p>Better to try and have lost, than never to have tried at all.
Sure, try. What's the downside? You will always wonder otherwise.</p>

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<p>Where are you from? You probably have best shots to get into your state's schools. And in-state is cheaper than OOS.</p>

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<p>lol Shoiab, I'm from Texas, but since I'm valedictorian, I'm automatically in to any state school, and my first year is automatically freee.</p>

<p>If I have to resort to going to UT, I will be the saddest person on the face of the planet.</p>

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<p>What do you want to major/study in?</p>

<p>Based on your GPA, and SAT score...</p>

<p>If you want to major in...
Business= UPenn, NYU or Cornell
Engineering= Stanford, MIT, or University of California-Berkeley.
Education= UCLA, Stanford, or Columbia</p>

<p>If you want to apply for top schools= UPenn, Duke, Stanford, Rice (In your state), and Ivies (Brown, Dartmouth, or Cornell).</p>

<p>You can also try Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT or CalTech but make sure you have to present yourself as a dedicated student. You HAVE a chance since you have high GPA and SAT score.</p>

<p>I heard UT-Austin is a good school.. you don't want to go to ANY UT schools?</p>

<p>Your safeties would probably be UT-Austin, Texas A & M, or any state schools.</p>