GPA 4.26
Class rank probably 8th or 9th / 630
SAT 2200 (it might be a bit higher when i apply)
9th - 12th Varsity Tennis- MVP- Finals at States
9th-10th Varsity Swimming- MVP- Finals at states
NJHS 9th-10th
NHS 11th-12th
TONS of volunteering
Student Council
Equations, linguistics, etc
SAT II’s 800, ~ 740
Senior Schedule:
AP English
AP Chem
AP Physics
AP Calc BC
AP European history
thanks!!
What school(s) should be my safety school(s) ?? Thanks for the advice = )
<p>we cant answer that without knowing what your interests are and what kind of location, size school you want.</p>
<p>im looking for a school strong in the sciences... probably going into medicine, perhaps engineering</p>
<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Vanderbilt. Possibly University of Michigan though that is probably more of a match. Maybe University of Wisconsin-Madison.</p>
<p>Try to get one or two leadership positions for senior year, though I'm sure being in student council is looked upon positively as a leadership thing, you might want to be an officer in something.</p>
<p>You dont need any safeties with that kind of stats. I wish i could be that highly ranked with very NICe EC's and a great SAT score.</p>
<p>How about Cornell, Northwestern, and UMich?</p>
<p>Hopkins for a match.</p>
<p>I visited JHU last summer and liked it a lot. Depressed that their SAT average went up almost 50 pts...
I'm also pondering over whether to do early decision or not... i have a legacy to Penn and legacies are looked VERY highly upon, but only during early decision.. but its not my top pick, well not by far at least... but i don't want to be rejected by all of these schools either... :-/</p>
<p>"9th - 12th Varsity Tennis- MVP- Finals at States
9th-10th Varsity Swimming- MVP- Finals at states"</p>
<p>just wondering, any chance of getting recruited?</p>
<p>for tennis at JHU, id probably be #2 or 3 there, at Penn/Rice, i would make the team, but would not be a standout</p>
<p>Male or female?? With those kind of stats, Wellesley, Smith, and Mt Holyoke are safeties or matches for women, due to the shallower application pool.</p>
<p>I just noted the OP name, I guess Josh wouldn't qualify :)</p>
<p>frickin A lol u don't need safeties</p>
<p>lol, "vandervilt and CMU safety, while michigan is a match"?????</p>
<p>vanderbilt and CMU are both harder to get in than michigan</p>
<p>You are an outstanding applicant at any school, however, looking over some of the "rejected posts" from early April you are absolutely correct to come up with a list of sure bets. Even top applicants can miss out with so many qualified kids in the mix. Also, some so- called Safety schools offer special programs for Scholars or Honors Programs and merit scholarships too. So add a few of those to your list.</p>
<p>Just to add another possibility:
Boston College has an honors program and lots of sports and would at least be a match. It doesn't have engineering, but it does have pre-med</p>
<p>Don't apply to Vanderbilt..
It sucks...
Most people like Bush there</p>
<p>lol i wasn't going to apply to vanderbilt... i will probably apply to a lot of schools, i just have not found a school that i would be happy at.. that i consider to be a "safety"</p>
<p>What are your favorite schools (so we know what types of schools you like)?</p>
<p>Also, is money a factor? Will you need merit or finaid to attend (and have you talked with your parents about it)?</p>
<p>CWRU EA, Michigan, Wisconsin are 3 schools you have a better then 50% (much higher) shot at in which you will find out early in the year wether you're in. I am highly confident you will go 3/3. Apply early.</p>
<p>Remember that at many so called safety or sure bet schools there are smaller Honors or Scholars programs that can be extremely competetive and offer lots of attention, interesting experiences, and internships/research opportunities.</p>