help! it's so late

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've got some work to do. I've been deferred by Duke and I need some perspective. </p>

<p>Schools
- Reaches - Northwestern, UChicago, Notre Dame, maybe NYU, maybe Stanford (unlikely but maybe I'll get lucky, or maybe I'll save myself $65)
- Safeties - UW Madison (applied), Tulane(applied), Wheaton</p>

<p>I feel like I need something in the middle, any suggestions?</p>

<p>Senior
Male, Caucasian
Location: Extremely small town, Wisconsin
School: Public, top students go to Madison, a few in the past have gone farther
Financial Aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics
- UW GPA - 3.86-3.9
- W GPA - Don't know, did max AP course offered at school and 12 credits at local university
- Rank: 5of100, will be better at the end of this year</p>

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<li>Noteworthy: Will have taken 2 UW Extensions courses (Latin, Hebrew) and 4 classes at local university (2 semesters of English and Philosophy)</li>
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<p>Scores **
- ACT - 32(C), 36(R), 34(E), 31(S), 28(M) - **super scored with another is 33
- SAT II - Lit (730), Math 2 (690), USHis (680) - not ideal, don't think I'll send</p>

<p>EC's
- 4 year FBLA Member - held officer positions
- 4 year varsity soccer, 3 years competitive club soccer, 1 year wrestling
- 3 year Math team, 4 year Classics Club, International Club, Spanish Honor Society
- 2 year (max allowed) National Honor Society
- Also: City-wide Robotics team, Companion Program (needy kids), Youth group, significant mission trips, many hours of community service, started church ping pong club</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience: Summers full of mission trips all my life, volunteer at food pantry, some more</p>

<p>Employment - hook?
- Own and maintain successful web design firm. Have gotten significant local recognition, plenty of commission. Life-altering commitment, I madly enjoy it.
- IT assistant at school, work during the school day, made website, etc</p>

<p>Honors and Awards
- Won State for FBLA Competitive event, Top 20 at Nationals, fully expect nationals again this year, hopefully in Top 5,
- Evan Baxter Creativity Award, sort of a big deal
- Dozens of typical sports awards (letters, scholar award)
- School does department awards at the end of the year, bound to get at least one
- High Honor roll, school achievement awards
- Homecoming court? just kidding</p>

<p>Recs and Essays
- Should be good</p>

<p>Other - English is a second language, fluent in Italian, parents are methodist pastors (notre dame problems?) </p>

<p>Thanks for your help</p>

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<p>buuummmppp</p>

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<p>i'd say some middle schools for you would be maybe swarthmore, st olaf's???
maybe try upenn since you're reaching for stanford...
what are you planning to major in</p>

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<p>undecided major, liberal arts leaning</p>

<p>how does a liberal arts education at Swarthmore compare to one at Northwestern or UChic?</p>

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<p>bumpversion2</p>

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<p>u chicago looks better than the other too
but not much</p>

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<p>juventus: To find your answer you should do some research on the college websites. Swarthmore is a small college (1500 students), very different from the schools you're applying to. Here we have distribution requirements instead of a core. Swarthmore has a reputation for being difficult to get A's in, and it's kind of true. How would a liberal arts education at one school be different from that in another?</p>