<p>As the title so eloquently states, I am abandoning chancing after this post. I just want to make sure my college list isn't too extreme. I will narrow it down a bit after some more college visits. If you could break it down into Reach/Match/Safety that would be awesome!</p>
<p>Generic:
Race: White
Grade: Class of 2010
State: Massachusetts
School: Parochial, competitive at the top of the class, gets about 5 kids into Ivies a year out of 250, others into good schools. </p>
<p>Academic:
Class Rank: Top 10% (we're not told specific rank, only which 10% we're in).
GPA UW: 91/100
GPA W: 104/100
SAT I: 770 CR, 790 M, 760 W, 2320 T
SAT IIs: (I am retaking all of them, but as of now): 670 Spanish, 750 Math II, 720 Literature
APs: Calc AB, Eng Lang (Self-Study), US History...took all exams in May 09 and am expecting to at least pass all, but I will probably do better than just pass.
Senior Course Load: Psychology Honors, AP English Lit, AP Biology, AP Statistics (ive exhausted all other math classes), AP Spanish, and AP Chemistry (outside of school at MIT).
Other:
~I am the only junior to take 3 APs
~ NOBODY at my school gets a 4.0 GPA
~ I broke my school's 4 AP limit for my senior year because I thought the rule was ridiculous
~ I was in AP Physics this year, but because the class wasn't too good I did not take the exam.
~I transferred to my high school sophomore year, so my rank is lower than it should be and all my clubs are 3 years, not 4.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Captain Varsity Tennis Team (10-12)
Captain Academic Decathalon (10-12)
Math Team (10-12)
AMIGOS (11-12) [this is a charity program to help underpriveleged children]
Volunteer at Local Food Pantry and Local Homeless Shelter
Volunteer at Local Hospital (one of my passions as I want to go premed)
Job at local ice cream store and grocery store (different time periods)</p>
<p>Essays: Should be good. One will definitely be about being gay in an uber-Catholic school and how that has shaped who I am today.
Teacher Recs: Again, should be very good. </p>
<p>Las Universidades:
Harvard College (tentative)
Columbia U (definite)
Brown U (definite)
UPenn (tentative)
Georgetown U (def)
Johns Hopkins U (def)
NYU (tentative)
Boston University (def)
Swarthmore C (tentative)
UMass Amherst (def)
Boston College (tentative)
Tufts U (def)
Pomona C (def)</p>