How to Make myself more attractive (to colleges)

Applying to College
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<p>Okay, so I'm a junior this year. I'm going to share my current stats, and would love some advice on how to get into the running for top schools.
GPA- UW 3.7/3.8 W 4.3
SAT- 1860 (CR: 760, M: 500, W: 600) ACT- 28
I do theatre (lead roles, with some crew experience) all four years, dance all four years, color guard and winter guard for junior year (possibly senior year, I might move to a school without a guard) and am enrolled in North Carolina School of Science and Math online.</p>

<p>This year my course are
Honors Ecocriticism (online)
French 2
Honors Chemistry
Pre-APUSH</p>

<h2>and Intro to Western Political Thought online out of school</h2>

<p>AP Lang
APUSH
AP Stats
Honors Precalc
I hope to major in political science or international relations, with a double major in theatre.
My top schools right now are Swarthmore, Northwestern, Carleton, UChicago, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Brown, Tufts, and Kenyon. I know my stats aren't good enough yet.
Advice, or ways to market myself would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, if it helps I'm an upper-middle class white female, in NC. I'm identified as gifted.</p>

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<p>Top ten in class of 500.</p>

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<p>Study for the SAT math section! And if your score is so low because you stopped taking math after Algebra II or something, take more math. You can always take stats senior year.</p>

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<p>you really need to get your sat score higher…
and take more ap courses</p>

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<p>I took geometry and algebra 2 last year (those are soph. sat scores) and have to take a semester off math before getting into pre cal. I’m taking as many APs as possible- I don’t have the prereqs for online APs, and my school only offers them second semester. I’m going to take like six APs senior year, though (Lit, Calc AB, Calc BC, maybe Chem, Gov, Euro, and APES).</p>

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<p>What is honors ecocriticism? I’ve never heard of it.</p>

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<p>Get your SAT up to a mid 2200+</p>

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<p>Ecocriticism is a humanities class that looks at the relationship between literature and nature.
So no other improvements other than SAT/ACT (planning on a December test- my play and guard stop in November, so I’d have a month to study my ass off).</p>