Help with college list?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Top 10% of class in high school in NJ (400ish people in my class)
GPA: 3.9886 UW (4.3 for A+), 4.53 W (5.3 for A+) (pretty sure it's still considered a 4.0 and 5.0 scale, but not too sure)</p>

<p>SAT:
Superscore - 1500/2300 (700 cr/800 m/800 w)
Best sitting - 2260 (700/760/800)
PSAT: 204 (commended, notified BC and Northwestern)
ACT: 35 composite (34 writing, 36 math, 35, 35)</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:
Physics H
English 4A
AP Spanish
Gym
AP Econ
AP Environmental (hopefully AP Statistics instead)
AP Calc BC
Independent study: portfolio of newspaper stories I'm going to write</p>

<p>ECs:
- Newspaper: Feature editor (10, 11, 12), copy editor (9)
- Key club: editor (12), member (9, 10, 11)
---- 25+ volunteer hours each year from Key Club
- Spanish Honor Society: Co-president (12), member (11)
- NHS member (11, 12)
- Spring track (10, 11, 12)
- Winter track (11, 12)
- Jobs:
- Gym supervising (10, 11)
- Umpiring softball (9, 10, 11)
(each about 7 hours a week during their seasons)
- Tutoring math (started this year, hopefully continuing and more consistent next year)
- Will have jobs this year - if I get the library job, then it's 11 hours per week. If not, same seasonal jobs as before </p>

<p>Economics major, either a double major or a minor in statistics, applied mathematics, or a foreign language. I want to go to grad school - either an MBA or just a degree in economics.</p>

<p>Schools that I am planning on applying to:</p>

<p>Northwestern - ED
Georgetown
Cal - Berkeley
UCLA
BC
Mich
UW-Madison (is this a safety for me?)</p>

<p>Considering:
UVA
GWU
Cornell
Villanova
WashU
Claremont McKenna
Carnegie Mellon
NYU</p>

<p>1) Safety - will I need another safety? If so, does GWU suffice?
2) Is UVA a reach or match for me? How about Carnegie Mellon?
3) Is this a good list? Hopefully, I won't have to look past Northwestern, but if I do, do I have a good range of matches, reaches, and safeties? I can add more safeties (GWU, Villanova, Rutgers - bleh) but I loved BC, hopefully I will get in and go there if I don't get into any of my reaches. </p>

<p>Any other insight would be helpful!</p>

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<p>*1) Safety - will I need another safety? If so, does GWU suffice?
*</p>

<p>You’re very likely accepted. If you know for sure that you have all costs covered, then it’s a safety.</p>

<p>UW-Madison (is this a safety for me?)</p>

<p>This is an OOS public, which usually means inadequate FA. If your parents will pay all UW’s costs, then it’s probably a safety. If your parents won’t pay for all/nearly all costs, then it’s not a safety.</p>

<p>A school is not a safety if you’re not sure how all costs will be covered. Getting accepted is only half the concern. and, you must like the safety school.</p>