In dire need of safeties (warning: long post)

College Search & Selection
1

<p>Gender: Female
Race: White
School: Public, NJ
Current Year: Junior
GPA: 4.74 (weighted); 4.0 (unweighted)
SAT I: 760 M, 760 CR, 770 W Total 2290 (I had the flu when I took them, so I retook in June... we'll see how I do there.)
SAT II's: 740 Bio, 770 French, 780 Math IIC, 800 Chem
ACTs: scores pending...
Rank: 3/320
AP: Bio-5; waiting on this year's scores (probably 5's on everything but French and maybe English.)
Courseload (Junior year): AP French, AP English, AP Chem, AP Calc, AP US History, Physics H, Accounting I H
(Senior year): Java H, AP English, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Econ (self-study), Research in Molecular Biology (in conjunction with Rutgers Univ.), AP Environmental</p>

<p>Academic Decathlon (3 awards, Most Valuable Team Member last year)
FBLA (1st at states in Accounting I; going to nationals; Community Service VP)
Drama Club/Fall Play (extensive involvement since 7th grade; Crew Liaison officer position)
Fencing
French Honor Society (President)
National Honor Society
History Club (Roving officer, 10th grade; Public Education officer, 11th grade; History Club Member of the Year 11th grade; Community Liaison 12th grade)
Math Club (qualified for AIME; Underclassman awards recognition for doing well in various math competitions)- Executive Committee Member
Science League (Top 10% in state Chem I-10th grade, and Chem II-11th grade)
Treasurer of Temple Youth Group for 4 years
Mentoring (a lot... community service. Mentor's Gold Award--highest award for mentoring)
Lead Mentor (a lot of leadership)
Hebrew School Teacher's Helper- 2 years
Girl Scouts- 12 years, Gold & Silver Awards
Summer: Stanford Summer College (A+ in Latin); ASA Oxford; Working in a lab at CUNY Hunter this summer.
Other awards: Underclassman awards in Chem and Physics;
Other: I've taken 3 online courses with CTY, as well as taking Spanish I and II at a local university.</p>

<p>I think I can write some pretty good essays, and my teacher and counselor recommendations will be great. I know my counselor will talk about how I'm very driven (I skipped French IV H and Pre-Calculus H to get into AP French and AP Calc.).</p>

<p>Edit: I know it seems like I have a "laundry list" of ECs. I'll modify that for when I actually apply to be just the ones that are most important.</p>

<p>So... I really need safeties. I'm applying EA to MIT and UChicago, so if I get into either of these I won't apply to any safeties, but I'd like to look into some options now just in case. I hate procrastinating.</p>

2

<p>Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate, Colby.</p>

3

<p>what particular subjects, if any, are you interested in studying in college?</p>

4

<p>Chemistry, math, possibly economics, business, pre-law. Kind of broad. But at the moment I'm leaning towards chemistry/math.</p>

5

<p>Ae you interested in only East coast/ Mid west colleges? Or are you more willing to be further from home? And how large a college are you willing to attend?</p>

6

<p>Big is fine. I don't want anything too small. And I have a medical condition that prevents me from going anywhere TOO cold (unless it's in a decently large city... then I can handle it). And I'd prefer east coast/midwest (but not really south...), but I'm definitely willing to go further if I check out the school and like it (i.e. Stanford).</p>

7

<p>Johns Hopkins - more of a match than a true safety
U of Michigan - ditto
Boston Univ.
Brandeis</p>