<p>I'm a rising senior and I think I have my college list, but I'm worried that I don't have enough safeties. I feel silly asking because I'm not really a super-into-college-admissions/forum-writing type, but I'm really nervous! My number one choice is Brown and I'm probably going to ED. The others on my list are: Amherst, Williams, Tufts, Dartmouth, Wesleyan, Yale, NYU, and Rutgers (really don't want to go there, but pretty much everyone in my school applies there as a super safety)</p>
<p>About my school: I go to a large, super competitive(annoying) public high school in a NJ suburb</p>
<p>Classes: Standard 4 years of math, science, english, history, foreign language. 3 years of art (would've been 4 but my school requires a life skills class, so I took child growth). All honors classes. Last year I took AP Chem (5), AP US (5), and AP Lang (5). This year I'll take AP Calc, AP Gov, AP German, and AP Lit</p>
<p>Grades: I've gotten all A's. My gpa is 4.0(uw) and 4.7(w). Our school doesn't have class rank but in the top 20 out of 400</p>
<p>SAT's: 2280 (790-writing, 780-reading, 730-math) if you superscore its 10 points higher, not a big difference</p>
<p>SAT 2's: math2-790, chem-780, bio-680(lol badd i know. i took it fresh year before i really understood what they were and didn't study at all,soooo not gonna submit that one but i think one or two of the schools dont take scorechoice :[)</p>
<p>EC's:
-Biggest one: 4 years of being a 3 season, varsity athlete (xc, indoor, and outdoor) well actually one season i was on JV for a medical reason. and this is super intense. we practice all year round and it takes up ALOT of my time, it kinda makes it hard to do alot of other stuff,oh and will be a captain this year
-german club: 2yrs then it ended due to budget cuts
-have around 400 hours of volunteering at a summer camp
-relay for life, diabetes walk, volunteering at my local arts council. not super involved
-work at BounceU and babysit</p>
<p>Awards: math honors society (school wide), AATG (german award for a test i took, national), german honors society(national)</p>
<p>Common App essay: wrote about how my love of cooking has introduced me to new cultures and connecting that with my 2 trips abroad, and my latest project, a food blog that me and a friend created where we make food from different countries. i think it's good and sorta funny (not to sound cocky, blehh this whole admissions process makes me feel like im bragging all the time, which i HATE)</p>
<p>Interested in: Math, Architecture, and German as majors</p>
<p>So basically NYU is a safety (i think??? but i really like it) all the others i feel like are reaches! im nervous because i've never been the type to do stuff "for college" like many of my peers, but now i feel like maybe i should have a little... especially when i look at other forums and the crazy things people have done! so i just want to know if i should lower my standards a little and come up with a few more safeties, and also really want to know my chances at brown (i loved it there!)</p>
<p>oh boy this is super long. sorry! i appreciate any feedback :)</p>
I also wana know if anyone who goes to brown or knows someone who does or something can tell me if i have good chances there?</p>