<p>My weighted GPA: 3.7
SAT: CR: 720 M: 530 WR: 620 (These will go up, as I’ve just taken the SAT.)
SAT English Literature: 800
AP Literature and Comp: 4 </p>
<p>Here’s my list of schools, based off of the advice given and my own research. Feedback? </p>
<p>Safety Schools<br>
Hope Coll </p>
<p>Target Schools
Emerson Coll<br>
Hampshire Coll<br>
Lawrence Univ </p>
<p>Reach Schools<br>
Oberlin Coll /Oberlin Conservatory<br>
U of Rochester<br>
Vanderbilt Univ </p>
<p>My school has asked me to apply to the following schools in order to inflate the number of schools our class gets accepted to. (It’s a tiny high school, 180 people.) Not crazy about these. </p>
<p>Bucknell Univ
Dickinson Coll
Lewis & Clark Coll
Purdue Univ<br>
U of Richmond
Southern Methodist Univ </p>
<p>Any thoughts on Columbia vs. NYU? They’re both reach schools for me. </p>
<p>More info: </p>
<p>I would be satisfied with guitar lessons from faculty member/student/private tutor instead of struggling to manage a performance minor. That’s probably better, actually, considering that I’d like some extra time to play intramural sports, date, etc. </p>
<p>I am half Latino (Cuban and Puerto Rican). Will this give me some sort of edge in the admissions process? (My personal statement relates my experiences in Cuba.)</p>