Help picking matches that have deadlines after 1/1!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Cross posted in chances, here are my stats:</p>

<p>South Asian Male
Rank 1/400 something at a noncompetitive high school in NY
SAT: 2250 (720M,760CR,770W) - possibly retake since my math sux0rs
SATII: 730 bio, 750 ush (taking math IIC in Nov)
GPA: 100.6 something, weighted
Toughest courseload, except I couldn't take language cause of sched. conflicts. My GC is writing that in the rec 8 APs by graduation (3 5s, 1 4, 1 3)</p>

<p>ECs:
science olympiad captain
academic league captain
model congress vice pres
NHS vice pres
islamic center youth group founder, editor of newsletter
science research stuff
trumpet for 9 years</p>

<p>i've had a long committment to all. academic league isn't really serious, but we play other schools and we're undefeated so far this year! focus is really on community service and science with a little debate thrown in.</p>

<p>great recs
not too sure about my essays. I assume they're average. talked a lot about religion and my personality.</p>

<p>awards:
American Academy of Neurology Neuroscience Research Prize finalist - 1 of 10 nationally. I'm hoping this is a biggie, but I dunno if a lot of people know about it
NM Commended
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Some misc community awards</p>

<p>ok, that was really long. Anyway, here are the colleges I'm looking into:</p>

<p>Brown
Columbia (brother went here, dad does research = tuition benefits)
Duke
Yale
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
U Mich
Princeton
SUNY Binghamton</p>

<p>Looking for a school with strong bio and good undergraduate research opportunities. Also, a strong music program would be nice. Do I have a chance at any of these schools? I need more matches, I keep have recurring dreams that I'm gonna get rejected everywhere and end up going to binghamton! it's my financial safety! ahhhhhhhhhhhh.</p>

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<p>I think that you should consider University of Rochester (strong biology, your statistics are a match and it has Eastman School of Music, so there's a strong music scene).</p>

<p>Also, take a look at Case Western Reserve and possibly Haverford (it's smaller than most of your schools, but because of the cross-registration with Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore, there are additional academic possibilities).</p>

<p>I believe all three of these school have a deadline of January 15th</p>

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<p>I think u of rochester is a safety. Its average sat is 1352 and 3.75 gpa. and yes they do have a strong bio program. I'm applying there as a safety too ^_^;;</p>

<p>according to the u of rochester lj community "everyone and their mother is a bio major" XD</p>

<p>If you apply online, it's free =] but you've missed the deadline for merit scholarships</p>

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<p>NYU?</p>

<p>I think it's a match (if you don't do Stern), and 1/15 is the deadline.</p>