Help me Pick Safeties/matches please :O

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am completely overwhelmed by the whole college applications process. I started researching way back in grade 10, and now, in the beginning of my junior, year, I am getting more and more nervous about not finding a good 'fit' school by the summer, when I will start filling out applications. Sadly, I only know what reach schools I want to apply to and this is making me feel really bad because I thought we had to pick out safeties first and work our way up D: Anyways, below are my stats, and my predicted SAT and IB scores. I will be taking my first SAT in Jan 2014. I am hoping to go to law school after undergrad, so universities with good programs for people interested in law is the way to go!</p>

<p>Super Reach:
Stanford
Columbia
Yale
U of Penn</p>

<p>Reach:
New York University
Boston University
Georgetown</p>

<p>50/50?
University of Virginia
Northwestern
Rice</p>

<p>Fun facts:
International Applicant (Canadian)
Female
Chinese</p>

<p>SAT: 2250
SAT II: Planning to take Math I, History and Mandarin
Grade 11/12 courses
IB HL ENG (7)
IB HL MATH (4)
IB HL HISTORY (6)
IB HL BIO (6)
IB SL CHEM (5)
IB SL FRENCH (5)</p>

<p>Ecs:
Sunday school teacher at my church for the past 4 years (2hrs/week)
Volunteer in Night Shift Ministries (homeless shelter; give food and clothing to people) (2-3hrs/week)
Principal Tenor sax in jazz band (having only learnt the instrument last year) (3hrs/week)
Duke of ED Silver (Aiming to get Gold done by next sept)(ongoing for almost 2 years)
Co-Editor of school newspaper (2hrs/week)
Spent summer in China learning Chinese and more about my culture
Been in math club for 3 years (is this an ec? O_O)
I love the outdoors (not typical for asian? lol)
Went on my first real hike in grade 8 (20ish km)
Planned and went on a huge (to me) 47km hike in only grade 9.
Piano grade 8 RCM</p>

<p>Others:
Can speak French + Chinese</p>

<p>Ohh man looking at all my ecs now all laid out it seems like a very short list DL oh boy.. please give me some impute?</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>BU isn’t a reach… like, at all… </p>

<p>All the schools under ‘Reach’ aren’t that hard to get into, Rice/NW is def. WAAAAY harder to get into than BU</p>

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<p>So, your listed SAT score is a “predicted score”? If so, right now we can’t really give you ideas. Many kids “predict” scores that are much higher than they actually get. </p>

<p>As for safeties…for a school to be a safety, you have to know FOR SURE that all costs are covered thru assured grants, assured merit scholarships, family funds and/or small fed loan.</p>

<p>So, what are your parents saying? How much will they pay each year?</p>

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<p>they are willing to pay whatever amount, they just want me to go to a good school.</p>

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<p>Lol, if you have the cash, you’re basically in at any school you want. My friend’s cousin got into UCLA with less than 3.0 because his grandmother was quite wealthy and was able to pay for all the tuition.</p>