Is my college list realistic (Rising Junior: NYU, UNC, Northwestern) ???

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<p>Hi, I'm an African-American male, rising junior from Maryland and wanted to know if my current college list is realistic based on the right number of safeties, matches, reaches, etc. (I'm planning on majoring in Journalism in college)</p>

<p>PSAT 10th Grade: 193 (63 CR, 56 M, 74 W)
Practice SAT in Summer: 2010 (640 CR, 620 M, 740 W)
SAT II: 780 in U.S. History
AP: Took APUSH last year (only AP available to sophomores), confident that I got a 5
GPA after 10th Grade: 4.25 Weighted, 3.8 Un-weighted (School Doesn't Rank)</p>

<p>Freshman & Sophomore Year: Took the highest level classes available
Junior Year Classes: IB Diploma Program
~IB International Religions I
~AP World Language & Composition
~IB Spanish III
~Honors Pre-AP/IB Algebra II
~AP Biology
~AP European History
~AP Comparative Government & Politics</p>

<h2> ~Theory of Knowledge (for IB)</h2>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Cross Country: Freshman to Senior Year (commitment in both summer & fall because of summer runs)
-Indoor Track: Freshman to Senior Year
-Outdoor Track: Freshman to Senior Year
-Karate: From Elementary School to Middle School (Achieved Black Belt)</p>

<p>Clubs:
-Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Sophomore to Senior Year
-School Newspaper: Junior to Senior Year
-Speech & Debate: Junior to Senior Year</p>

<p>Leadership Positions/Other:
-Campus Ministry Student Leader (Selected by school faculty, 10 rising juniors): Junior to Senior Year
-Student Ambassador: Sophomore to Senior Year
-Honor Council: Junior to Senior Year (Only 3 students per grade)
-National Honor Society: Junior to Senior Year
-Sophomore Retreat Leader (and probably junior retreat leader in 2015-2016): Junior Year</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-10 Hours Freshman Year
-20.5 Hours Sophomore Year </p>

<h2> -Projected 200+ Hours both Junior and Senior Year: Camp Counselor at my school's 5 week camp for underprivileged children & Youth Volunteer in my church's children's ministry every Sunday</h2>

<p>Current College List: Is this realistic?? Should some of these be moved into a different group?? Thanks!!!</p>

<p>Reaches:
*Northwestern University
*University of Virginia
*University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill</p>

<p>Matches:
*University of Maryland: College Park
*Boston University
*New York University
*Syracuse University</p>

<p>Safeties:
*University of Texas at Austin
*University of Missouri, Columbia</p>

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<p>Bump ?</p>

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<p>Truthfully, I’m not seeing any hooks or anything that truly makes you stand out other than the rigor of your courses. For these reasons, if any of your matches have an acceptance rate under 30% I would bump them to a reach. Other than that, your list looks great! However, please note that junior year will change you and your list is definitely going to change as well. Good luck and continue working hard! </p>

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<p>Your list looks great to me! Definitely keep your grades up, and the only thing you need to work on is test scores… really try to get it 2100+</p>

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<p>Your ECs are weak but have strong grades. I think North Carolina is a match and Boston is a safety
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<p>Thanks @AppleBoyFreak, @maymay5678, @sd9754 !!! I also forgot to add National Honor Society and Peer Counseling to my EC list.</p>