Ivy early decision/action

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My top ivy choices would be harvard, brown, and penn. I want to apply to one of these schools early decision ( or early action in harvards case). I was wondering what you think would be the best school for early admission for me? here are some facts about me?
-caucasian
-single parent home $80K income
-33 Act
- 29 english (Should I retake?), 34 math, 31 reading, 36 science, 10 writing
-Sat II 770 math 2, 740 chemistry, 720 US history
-4.0 unweighted GPA (school does not do weighted)
-Have or will have taken 7 AP classes with 9 total AP tests (all scores are pending but a 5 on euro)
-if the class i was taken had honors i always took it
-School does not report class %
-Varsity Football (includes 4 hours per week in offseason)
-volunteer baseball coach
-little league football coach for 2 teams
- Varsity club
-Middle school event helper
-Engineering club
-Junior statesmen of America (Political debate club)
-National honor society
-numerous summer and offseason sports camps
-relay for life participant
-RPI schoolarship winner</p>

<p>I like the suburban feel of harvard and penn but i also like the more layed back small city feel of brown. which do you think will be the best fit for me? also any other colleges that will be good for me? I probibly also will be applying to Boston college, michigan, RPI, delaware, american, and maybe georgetown and binghamton. I will problibly go into math and/or international relations. Also financial aid is and issue but i heard ivy's have great finincial aid. Which one of these early decision/action programs whould I apply to?</p>

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<p>I would take the ACT one more time. In my opinion, english is the easiest section to improve on in a short amount of time. If you haven’t already, visit some of the Ivy league campuses and learn more about their undergrad programs to come to a decision on where to apply ED/EA.</p>

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<p>Don’t apply early decision if you need financial aid, or you won’t be able to compare packages, negotiate etc.</p>

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<p>^Agree with above. Unless you have at least regional distinction in your ECs, your profile does not shout out SCEA admit to Harvard. You definitely will need financial aid and you are better off having a variety of financial options come admissions time. There are many cases of hugely varying FA packages given the same income and assets and this works against an ED student. On an unrelated note, if you don’t know which school you would want to go to (purpose of this post) you should also avoid ED so you can better assess fit after you obtain admission.</p>

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<p>Penn is in no way suburban it’s literally right in the city but apply early to Penn or Brown, whichever you like better.</p>

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<p>Only do EA. you sound unsure and your economic standpoint is not ideal for Ed. You most likely will get good aid from ivies but what if you get a full ride at another school you could have loved? You just never know. Just saying don’t restrict yourself with ED, if anything go EA.</p>