<p>How's my list so far? I've significantly narrowed it down from a list of 20, but I'm looking for maybe one or two more safety schools that are NOT in the south east. Thinking about majoring in history/political science then going to law school.</p>
<p>List so far w/ my own personal chances of getting in:</p>
<p>University of Chicago (reach)
Georgetown University (reach)
Emory University(low reach)
College of William and Mary(high match, but oos)
University of Illinois(match, but oos)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor(match, but oos)
UNC-Chapel Hill (match,but oos)
University of Tennessee(safety,maybe even honors college)</p>
<p>white/female/tennessee/rising senior</p>
<p>GPA: 3.72 (unweighted)/4.1 (weighted) (.5+ for honors/1+ for AP)
I will have taken 9 AP classes, 6 honors classes, and 4 years of foreign language.
I have no idea what my class rank is, but its probably in the top 10% or very close to it.</p>
<p>ACT: 30 (33 reading/30 math/29 english/26 science)
SAT II: 670 for US History
will take Math L2 and Literature in fall, expecting 700+</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Assistant Karate Instructor (been involved since 1996 and have done many things on regional/national level)
Sports Editor for my school newspaper
Student Council representative and committee member
Interact(service club)-head of various projects and treasurer
National Honor Society committee member
400+ hours of volunter work by time of graduate (Presidents Gold Award)
Distinguished Spanish 1 Student award</p>
<p>Your reaches are reaches and you will have a hard time getting in. I would add some matches that are private because I know schools like Michigan and UNC-Chapel Hill can be very difficult to get into oos..</p>
<p>Gourman Report undergrad ranking in Political Science:
Yale
Harvard
Berkeley
Michigan
Chicago
MIT
Stanford
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cornell
Princeton
UCLA
Northwestern
UNC Chapel Hill
Columbia
Indiana Bloomington
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Tufts
Ohio State
U Penn
UVA
Georgetown
Texas Austin
U Washington
U Pittsburgh
U Rochester
Rutgers
Brandeis
Vanderbilt
Illinois UC
Oregon
Maryland CP
Iowa
UC Santa Barbara
SUNY Buffalo
U Mass Amherst
NYU
Michigan St
Syracuse
Washington U St Louis
US Air Force Acad
US Military Acad
Dartmouth
Pomona
Emory
UC Davis
Boston U
Tulane</p>
<p>Gourman Report ranking for undergrad history</p>
<p>Yale
Berkeley
Princeton
Harvard
Stanford
Michigan
Columbia
Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Wisconsin
Cornell
Indiana U
U Penn
Brown
UNC Chapel Hill
UCLA
Northwestern
UVA
U Texas Austin
U Rochester
U Illinois UC
U Notre Dame
U Washington
U Minnesota
U Iowa
Duke
Rutgers
UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego
NYU
Vanderbilt
Washington U St Louis
U Maryland CP
Ohio St
Missouri Columbia
Emory
U Pitt
Rice
SUNY Stonybrook
Dartmouth
Brandeis
U Kansas
Boston U
UC Davis
SUNY Buffalo
Michigan St</p>
<p>Rankings aren't everything...especially when the system of ranking is pretty flawed. </p>
<p>If the OP wants to add another school, she should base it on her own criteria. Because really, any respectable school is going to have a solid poli-sci program anyway.</p>
<p>Rankings mean nothing for those departments at the undergrad level.</p>
<p>Here's my assessment:</p>
<p>University of Chicago (super reach)
Georgetown University (super reach)
Emory University(high reach)
College of William and Mary(high reach)
University of Illinois(match)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor(reach)
UNC-Chapel Hill (super reach)
University of Tennessee(safety,maybe even honors college)</p>
<p>Honestly you need to look at safer schools, I think you are overestimating your chances. You need to add places like Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies. I find it interesting that I'm getting completely different chance results in this forum than in the actual Chances forum. I attend a very competitive,well-known high school in my state that sends grads to top schools every year if that makes any difference. I've definately looked into Pitt but I've never been to that area so I'm not really sure how I'd fit.</p>
<p>orwld89-
Why are you applying to so many state schools as an OOS student? Why don't you consider more private universities? Are you going to take SAT Is? Are you from Tennessee? If so, why not Vanderbilt or Duke? If you want out of SE then how about Tufts or Northwestern? Why no Ivy schools?</p>
<p>The plan is to save money for grad school. I'm in the situation where I probably won't get a lot of financial aid, but it'll still be hard for my family to pay for college. I'm still toying with the idea of Vanderbilt/Northwestern, and I haven't visited Tufts but I do know someone from my school going there. The Ivy's really don't appeal to me for undergrad, and I know where ever I go I'll still have a shot of getting into an IVY law school. My GPA is the way it is b/c (I know this sounds crazy) but even though AP classes are way more challenging than even honors, I find I do better in them b/c the workload and schedule is different.</p>
<p>University of Chicago - Slight Reach
Georgetown University - Reach
Emory University - Reach
College of William and Mary - Reach
University of Illinois - Match
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - Slight Reach
UNC-Chapel Hill - Reach
University of Tennessee - Safety</p>
<p>You have to realize as an out of state student the cost is equal to that of private universities. So don't bank on the fact that since it is a public institution it will be cheaper. UMich (Just was there :D Go Telluride) cost ~40K for out of state. Thats comparable if not more than a lot of private schools. </p>
<p>Also I wouldn't call U of Chicago a Super Reach, they are known for looking at more than just numbers (Which yours are fine, just try to pick the science ACT up?) but people often dont put enough effort into the application (which is key) and as a result they get rejected</p>
<p>Good thinking to realize the importance of saving $ for grad. school. Many of the kids and parents we know are putting all of the emphasis on undergraduate programs, never thinking about life after that. I agree with the American University suggestion- Honors program and DC location might work with Political Science major. From what I have read, if you make it into the honors program at AU, there would be fair amount of scholarship $ available. </p>
<p>What about Davidson as a high match? Do not know what others might think, but it is an incredible LAC with great grad school placement. If you have demonstrated need, Davidson will meet 100% of that without loans beginning this year.</p>
<p>Also, what about University of Mary Washington- from the Harvard Schmard book- check out Xiggi's post- some great schools there with links to profiles.</p>
<p>Good luck- you have good stats and can find match schools where you will be happy and meet your goals!</p>
<p>This is about numbers instead of about schools to pick, but have you considered taking the SAT I? Your lowest part on the ACT is science, and since the SAT doesn't have a science section and since your SAT II score is fine, it could be a better choice for you.</p>