Gettin' down to business

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising junior, and my parents want to start visiting colleges this year. Before I can do that, I think I should get a basic list down of safeties, reaches, and matches, so that's where you all come in! Help me see myself through your eyes and the eyes of Adcoms to better see which schools should be on my list. Thanks.
PS-im doing PRoJECTED lengths of time for the clubs etc. unless something crazy happens I will continue to do them, so please just let that be, no need to freak out.</p>

<p>STATS
User Name: non arctic
Gender: F
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.9 hopefully a little higher by the end of jr. and Sr. year
Class Rank: not avaiable, but probably top 10%</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 33
SAT: 2230, this was 8th grade and will be taken again.</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-Mock Trial-10, 11, 12 (Vars 11 and 12, extremely good team)
-Model UN-9, 10, 11, 12, secretary 10
-founder of a club that fundraises for an orphanage in mexico that i visit every year, working on an exchange program for the kids to learn english better
-Languages-i speak english and russian fuently, spanish (AP junior year and college course sr yr) and french (AP senior yr)
-most likely to found a language club this year at school. languages really are a passion of mine and i want to spread that to others.<br>
Drama
-stared in a play freshman year
-student director of one musical each year (lots and lots of hours)</p>

<p><em>these 'few' EC's are all something i put TONS of time into, so thats why there arent too many-im very involved in all of them</em></p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
-Tennis - Vars 9,10,11,12
-Tennis lessons weely in off season</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-working at the orphanage every summer
-Various events at russian club
-hoping to do something with the District attorneys office to continue learning about law because thats another huge interest</p>

<p>College Summer programs:
-No college programs, but lots and lots of travel. Alot alone, ive done foreign exchange things all summer and also to visit family. So much of europe and some latin america (vounteering in mexico)</p>

<p>Awards:
Schoolwide only, nothing special.</p>

<p>AP's:
-english
-Spanish
-French
-Stats
-Calc
-Bio
this is alot for my school, all to be taken junior and senior year, so no scores yet</p>

<p>COLLEGE LIST!
just a compiled list with no reason or rhyme to it-which i why i need your help! matches safeties and reaches!!!</p>

<p>Yale
Stanford-(does aunt count as legacy? sorry, i'm blessedly ignorant to all these nuances)
Princeton
Georgetown-(grandparents as legacy? sibling in law school as legacy? again, sorry)
Amherst-legacy
Williams
Northwestern
Pomona
UAustin-(parents grad school as legacy?)
UMadison</p>

<p>I would like to know where I stand at these schools and also some more safeties, because I know I need those!</p>

<p>THANKS
=)</p>

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<p>bump. bump. bump.
=)</p>

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<p>Yi, I don’t know. Wait a little while to se what happens junior year- everything might change.</p>

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<p>could you please try and give me some ideas if i should still look at these schools though? and also any ideas for safeties?
Any help would be a appreciated=) Although I know that everything can change.</p>

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<p>shamelessly gonna bump again!</p>

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<p>…
some help pretty please?
=)</p>

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<p>its a bit too early in your highschool career to be getting chanced, some tragedy could divebomb your GPA, but I can tell you that Madison is a definite safety.</p>

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<p>ok thank you ForsakenOne!
According to my stats, am I atleast in the ballpark to be thinking about the better schools on my list? Is it worth it to visit?</p>

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<p>yes I would say definitely visit if you think those will carry throughout highschool for you.</p>

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<p>if you continue the way your scores are now:</p>

<p>Yale – reach
Stanford-(does aunt count as legacy? sorry, i’m blessedly ignorant to all these nuances) – reach but family will help
Princeton – reach
Georgetown-(grandparents as legacy? sibling in law school as legacy? again, sorry) – high match
Amherst-legacy – match (with legacy, probably in)
Williams – match
Northwestern – match
Pomona – match
UAustin-(parents grad school as legacy?) – low match
UMadison – low match/safety</p>

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<p>Harvard1009 what do you mean by something different?
and thanks all for the chances=)
it helps.</p>

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<p>bump
10char</p>

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<p>bump
I will be on the east coast in a week or so (family road trip), so it would be nice to know what schools from my list are worth visiting and also some more safeties. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Yale-reach(essays)
Stanford-(does aunt count as legacy? sorry, i’m blessedly ignorant to all these nuances)-reach/low reach?
Princeton-reach
Georgetown-(grandparents as legacy? sibling in law school as legacy? again, sorry)-match/low reach
Amherst-legacy-match/low reach
Williams-match
Northwestern-match/safety
Pomona-match
UAustin-(parents grad school as legacy?)-safety
UMadison-safety</p>