Junior searching for colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>Can you guy give me some suggestions and comments base on my stats ? Also please suggest me some more schools ?? Especially some match-low match schools</p>

<p>Intended major: Economics, sociology, history</p>

<p>Prefer: <10,000 students, on East Coast or CA, not super rural ( Right now, FINANCIAL AID is most IMPORTANT)</p>

<p>Dream schools: Yale, Penn, Dartmouth
Reach-high match: Bowdoin, Brandeis, Pomona, Vassar, Lafayette, Hamilton
Low match: St. Lawrence, Franklin and Marshall</p>

<p>9th grade GPA: 8.0/10 (it's considered A where I went to)</p>

<p>My GPA in sophomore year was 9.2/10</p>

<p>Junior year GPA: 4.0 (unweighted, my school does not have weighted GPA)
No ranking but I think I am in top 5%</p>

<p>Repeating junior year at a really rigorous private school.</p>

<p>Score this year so far: AP Cal BC: B, AP Physics C:Mechanics: B, Spanish 1: A+, English 11: A, Biology: A, Choir: A, Wind Ensemble: A.</p>

<p>AP Cal AB score: 4 (Too bad)</p>

<p>SAT is 2100. SAT II will be Math II and Bio: hope will be 700 at least a</p>

<p>Extra curricular:
Soccer team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11
AFCVN soccer club: grade 10
Baseball varsity: grade 11
Tennis JV ( varsity is super competitive, ranked 7th in the country): grade 11
Skiing club: grade 11
News translator for Arsenal Fan Club In Vietnam: grade 8,9,10,11</p>

<p>Singing club:grade:10
Choir:grade 11
Piano class:8 years
French horn: 1 years</p>

<p>Young leader club:grade 10
CATCH program:grade 11
FIRST Robotics: grade 11
Community service club: grade 11
Community service trip to Costa Rica: grade 11 (Feb 2009)</p>

<p>Awards:
Best GPA at school : Grade 10
Best final exams record: Grade 10
First Prize at School's English Olympiad: Grade 10
Victoria scholarship for the best student of the year: grade 10
High honor roll: grade 11
Best Physical project in Science Fair:grade 11
Highest honor in Chemistry:grade 11
High honor in Maths:grade 11
Nominated for National Honor Society: grade 11
Nominated for National Young Leader Conference: grade 11</p>

<p>Leadership: Head of School's Youth Union:Grade 10</p>

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<p>any suggestions will be really great !!!</p>

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<p>Can anyone give me some suggestions ??</p>

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<p>Focus on raising the SAT scores or try the ACT.</p>

<p>I would add Claremont McKenna, Bates, Sarah Lawrence, Middlebury.</p>

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<p>Thanks. </p>

<p>I know I have to try my best but would a 2200 be ok or too low ?? With my current scores, what would be my chance on the schools on my list ?</p>

<p>I would take a look at these schools.</p>

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<p>It depends on how the 2200 breaks out. You want to have at least the median scores at reach schools to get in the game if you don’t have a hook. So median for Dartmouth, the only of your reaches I know off hand, is 730CR/740M/730W. Having the 75th percentile scores makes getting in much more likely.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I have just found out some interesting things about schools you suggested me.</p>

<p>What do you think about my chance at schools currently on my list ?</p>

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<p>How does your SAT break down. Is your school a very top private which sends over 25% to ivies?</p>

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<p>Not that crazy but at least last year, I know 2 got into Princeton. This year, at least 2 kids in my Calc class got into U of Chicago. My school is super tiny. Each graduating class has about 25 kids. From what I have heard, it is one of the most rigorous school in upstate NY. I just moved here this year so I don’t really know much.</p>

<p>My break down is CR:680 M:720 W:700. </p>

<p>Then what do you think my chance is at those schools ?</p>

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<p>I think the 3 reaches are unlikely as is Pomona.</p>

<p>I think the other schools you are calling high matches are realistic reaches and the others should be safe. Don’t know much about Brandeis or Lafayette, they may be matches.</p>

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<p>Then, even when I can increase my SAT to around 2200, my chance is still really low ??</p>

<p>What else can I do to improve my chance at those schools ??</p>

<p>Any other suggestions about schools ??</p>

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<p>Any more suggestions ?</p>

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<p>Any more suggestions ??</p>

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<p>Can someone give me some more suggestions about my chance and some other schools I should take a look at please ???</p>

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<p>don’t mean to spam here but I still need some suggestions</p>

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<p>don’t mean to spam here but I still need some suggestions</p>

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<p>can you guys give me some suggestions ??</p>

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<p>Dickinson, Allegheny, Pitt(its a bit bigg), Skidmore, Swarthmore, Muhlenberg</p>