<p>hs stats:
SAT: 760V 740M 700W
SAT II: 800MathII 780Phys
GPA: terrible.. basically a 3.0 and i got straight b's my senior year(i had signififcant family problems to explain this, however)
Rank: top third of my class. average nj public school
ec's: normal crap.. made a computer club and did pretty good on physics team plus a few fluffy clubs to pad app</p>
<p>I am currently at CMU in the humanities college(not very good) in a program for the top 20 humanities students chosen by admissions who will excel academically in humanities(out of a total of 250 humanities students)</p>
<p>I will be taking calc in 3D, abnormal psych, expository writing, principles of econ, a required computer seminar and an honors seminar</p>
<p>I am intelligent have been working my ass off so far so let's assume that I get close to a 4.0... i plan to joing 2 clubs and one intramural sport</p>
<p>the list:
amherst
swarthmore
uchicago
upenn
dartmouth</p>
<p>yea upenn is kind of weird but i have friends in philly so it makes the list</p>
<p>what do you guys think of the list? I would be completely satisfied if I got into just one of any of those schools. is it likely?</p>
<p>I need financial aid too, does that matter at these schools?</p>