<p>It’s been a while, I have some updates, and I feel like getting more opinions. We’ll see if anyone responds.</p>
<p>GPA’s gonna go up to upper 3.5s, SATs this March were 710 CR (I was disappointed) 700 M (I’m ok with that) and 790 W 12 Essay (I was shocked). I’d be content, but I want to push my score up a little bit and I thought I could do much better on CR, so I’m gonna try to capitalise there.
I also spoke to coaches over the spring break and have found out that recruitment DIII is indeed within the realm of possibility.</p>
<p>I’ll be spending my summer writing my IB extended essay on an evaluation of the “reset” of US/Russian relations through the lens of Realist theory.</p>
<p>Folks from my school in the IB program have gotten in to really good Tier IA/IAA schools (Georgetown, Tufts, WashU, Amherst, W&M, Chicago, Swarthmore, Duke, others) with stats similar to mine, sometimes a bit worse, but they are very interesting people. I think I can make myself qualify under that.</p>
<p>I’ve got some really good ideas for essays. I;m not sure whether or not it’s a good idea to share.</p>
<p>Schools narrowed down a bit:</p>
<p>Tufts* (I’d say it’s comfortably number 1, but I’m not comfortable applying ED because a) it would disqualify me from some EA and b) I really liked some of the other schools out there)
Bowdoin*
Macalester*
Carleton*
William and Mary
Carnegie Mellon Social Sciences*
Georgetown
University of Maryland College Park
Claremont McKenna*
University of Chicago*
University of Rochester* (only new addition)</p>
<p>*=considering recruitment possible</p>