Junior searching for colleges-Tufts, Duke, Emory, Colgate, Northeastern,...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me please!!</p>

<p>Female
Junior
White
Jewish
Northern MA, close to NH</p>

<p>School:public-rarely sends students to Ivies
GPA:89 unweighted with slight upward trend so far in junior year-all honors classes. 2 APs next year(Spanish and Biology)
Class Rank:23/304</p>

<p>PSAT Oct '06- 53CR, 52M, 49W
PSAT Oct '07- 59CR, 73M, 60W
SAT Nov '07-620CR, 690M, 640W(took with no prep-aiming for higher score in May)</p>

<p>SAT II Bio M-650
Taking Math I or II in June</p>

<p>ECs: Girl Scouts(~11 years), SADD, student council, voice, powderpuff, volunteering at hospital over summer, traveling to New Orleans in April with school to do volunteer work.</p>

<p>I am applying for alot of financial aid if that means anything</p>

<p>Hoping to get a job this summer at grocery store!
Recommendations will probably be good
My essay will be good-I have a good topic to talk about</p>

<p>Possible Major: Economics or Finance</p>

<p>Schools I am looking at:
Duke
Tufts
Emory
Colgate
BC
Northeastern
Lafayette
UMass Amherst
UNH</p>

<p>Any suggestions for schools that are either in a city or in a suburban area close to the city. And any advice in general. </p>

<p>Also is there any place to explain unfortunate family problems/situations on the application(s) other than in your essay.</p>

<p>Sorry for so many questions-oldest child and I have no idea what I am doing.</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>If you can get your SAT score up another 100-150 points, I think you should be in good shape for most schools that you listed.</p>

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<p>Duke and Tufts seem kind of iffy; especially Duke which frequently steals students from schools like Stanford and the Big H. I'm not familiar with the others honestly.</p>