<p>Okay, so my dream school is MIT but I recognize that I have a very small chance of getting in there. So I need some more colleges - safeties, matches, and reaches. I want to be in close proximity to a city. Possible majors are chemistry or neuroscience.</p>
<p>Stats
White female
Rising senior
SATs (first and probably only attempt): 730CR, 710M, 720W
SAT II's: Math II: 700 (will probably retake), Chem 710, History 750
GPA: 4.3W, don't know unweighted
Class rank: 1/180ish from a school that normally sends most of its top grads into the state university system. In the past 3 years we've sent 1 to Tufts, 1 to Brown, 1 to NYU, 1 to Colby, a bunch to WPI and RPI and basically everyone else to state colleges and Us.
-By the time I've graduated I will have taken 5 of the 7 APs offered at my school - Chem, Bio, English, Calc, and History. Taken the most rigorous classes offered in all subject areas.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Pep band (10-12)
-flute lessons (5-12)
-dance class (preschool - 12)
-theater techie (10-12)
-NHS (vice president) (11-12)</p>
<p>Jobs and volunteer work
-I worked at a pharmacy for about six months from the summer between soph and junior year into junior year. Next month I will become a camp counselor with my town.
-lector at church for about an hour a month
-40 hrs/year volunteer work for NHS</p>
<p>Leadership:
Vice president of NHS. Also junior year was head of a committee that planned class night for the seniors.</p>
<p>Awards
-Rensselaer medalist</p>
<p>Note: It's pretty much required that my college has a pep band or marching band. A pep band would be preferable to a marching band, though.</p>