<p>Hi everyone! This is my first post on collegeconfidential after lurking on these boards for a while now...anyway, I have my list of colleges, but im concerned that they're mostly too reach-y for me. </p>
<p>17 year old high school senior from New Orleans, LA
National merit semifinalist
SAT: M700, V690, W790 (retaking nov 3)
ACT: 31 (retaking oct 27)
Subject tests: taking lit, spanish, and math2 on saturday
GPA: 3.88/4.0 UW...school doesn't weight honors courses
Courses: all honors courses throughout high school except for women's history senior year. taking as many AP courses as the school allows (2)
ECS: choir all 4 years
select choir 3 years
a capella group 2 years
high school play all 4 years
newspaper staff 2 years (editor in chief 12th grade)
peer support leader 2 years
national honor society 2 years
mu alpha theta 3 years
science olympiad 3 years (plus 4 in middle school, not that it counts)
italian club 2 years
plus others that I can't remember right now</p>
<p>MANY academic awards esp for spanish
highest scholarship award that my school offers for high school
NMSF
was a national spelling bee finalist
will graduate with Distinction in Music through the mentorship program at my school</p>
<p>some volunteer and work experience but not as extensive as it could have been...</p>
<p>essays will be no problem; i'm a strong writer and i've got the best english teacher in the school helping me along.</p>
<p>APPLYING TO:
Yale RD
UChicago EA
Duke RD
Tufts RD
Georgetown EA
Northwestern RD
Vanderbilt RD
Emory through the emory scholars program
Boston College EA
UMiami EA
Tulane EA
College of Charleston EA
LSU </p>
<p>what do you think? how are my chances?
i know i'm not going to get into yale with my sat scores, but it's worth a shot, right?</p>