Help an ivy-hopeful find a REAL safety please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys! I am looking for a safety school. I started school shopping this year (I am a junior) but I have not really looked at any non-ivys, which I realize is a bad idea. Could you help me suggest some safeties according to my stats and my desired major?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance! and let me know if i need to put out any more information</p>

<p>Declared major: Economics, Business, or some form of math (?)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 750 W, 790 CR, 800 M = 2340 (one sitting)
SAT II: 700 World History, taking Math and US History this June
Weighted GPA: 4.81
Rank: ~18/750; top 3%
AP:
10/11 grade: World History (5), Physics, US History, Spanish 4, English Language, Biology, Computer Science,
Courseload: most rigorous
Major Awards; none :(, probably National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-President and founder of school's community service organization - lots and lots of involvement/coordination involved, expanded membership from 6 to over 100 members in under a year
-Section editor of school newspaper (may be editor in chief next year, but let's not knock on wood!)
-editor-in-chief and founder of awareness newspaper/online newspaper
-secretary of red cross club
-marketing coordinator for citywide health fair
-debate (3 year)
-piano (loooong time) - church choir pianist, president of music club, free piano lessons occasionally</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked in a lab over the summer for 200+ hours, tutoring on the side, teach piano for free
Volunteer/Community service: lots
Summer Activities: aforementioned lab, (preempted) - prestigious business program @ upenn, and if not that, internship in an international company @ shanghai, china
(preempted) Teacher Recommendation: one probably very good, other probably neutral</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: business/economics/math
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: very very competitive public (top 100 public schools)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

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<p>My dream schools are Wharton @ UPenn and Yale. I am actually having a tough time deciding between EA at Wharton and EA at Yale. I think my chances at getting into Wharton may be higher (since I’m not really that competitive of an applicant) if I apply ED, but since I’m not exactly sure I want to go into business for the rest of my life, I don’t know if letting go of every other college is a good idea, either. </p>

<p>And I am also looking at Wellesley for a semi-reach. What do you guys think?</p>

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<p>i think you should look at more good private non ivy schools (such as wellesley) as well because a school of a similar level could accept about 25% rather than 7%. but for a real safety school (one youd have a 100% chance of getting into and could probably get the full scholarship they offer to ivy like students), i’d probably suggest villanova because one of their strongest departments is in buisness/economics and youd still get the same kind of liberal arts education. however i think youll be qualified to go to schools of higher caliber.</p>

<p>it surprises me that youre interested in both wellesley and penn… penn is a large coed “party Ivy” university while wellesely is a small liberal arts all women school, though both are great schools. so maybe you should also look more into the kind of education and social scene you want</p>

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<p>This is so weird! My SAT breakdown is the EXACT same as yours, and I’m considering doing econ/business as well! And I’m pretty sure I’ll be applying to SCEA to Yale.</p>

<p>Wishing you luck (and hopefully thus give myself some luck as well, considering our similarities)!</p>