<p>Hello, I was just wondering what people thought of my list-- reaches, matches, safeties? Also, suggestion of more safeties if needed would be helpful.</p>
<p>African American female; large, competitive public school in suburbia
GPA: 3.6 Unweighted,
Rank: not very good. Top 25% of 400 students. Extremely competitive class
Courses: Highest level / all honors courses in english, math, science, and history every year, plus more. Overall, 20+ honors courses. Foreign language level Four in French.
Note: My jr year grades, second semester, were lower than expected. I missed a lot of school toward the end of the year after having open heart surgery; was out of school for 3 weeks, and had tons of doctor appointments. anyway, so this lowered my GPA a bit, but my counselor will be noting this in her recommendation.</p>
<p>APs: Five APs. A little over half of the AP test courses are offered at my school.
SAT: 2050 (660 V, 670 M, 720 W). Retaking in October, hoping for 2100+
ACT: 31, retaking in October
SAT IIs: to be completed
National Achievement Semifinalist, National merit commended</p>
<p>Senior Year Courses:
AP Calculus BC
Honors Physics 3
AP English
AP US History
Newspaper (3rd yr)
Crime & Law</p>
<p>ECs:
Speech and Debate (captain) 9 -12
Varsity Racquetball (student coach) 10 - 12
Newspaper (editor) 10 - 12
Book Club (director of activites) 9 - 12
Equestrian Club (vice president) 10 - 12
Library Advisory Board [plans library activities, poetry slams, etc] 9 - 12
National Honor Society, Math and Science Honors Societies</p>
<p>Community Service: I volunteer weekly at a non for profit animal rescue shelter. (10 - 12)
40+ hours (yearly) for National Honor Society and other school service</p>
<p>Essays/Recs: Recs should be fairly good, expecting a good counselor rec because I am very close with her. Essays will be good too, but then again, everyone says that-- hopefully they will turn out well!</p>
<p>Colleges (A-Z):</p>
<p>Boston College
Claremont McKenna College
DePaul University
George Washington University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Reed College
Skidmore College</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>