<p>academics:
UW GPA: 3.79
AP(by grad): 13
Honors: 6
Taken 7 URI courses (all As)
SAT: 2180</p>
<p>Interests:
Linguistics (intended major)
Mathematics
Psychology
Modern Languages</p>
<p>extracurriculars/other:
-studied abroad in france for a semester in sophomore year
-I know french, spanish, java (haha), and latin (self taught and will take SAT II in latin for proof).
-Interact club member (joined frosh, no leadership)
-GSA president (joined frosh)
-french club president (joined soph)
-200 community service hours (started soph)
-summer job one year
-will have organized a 5K for cancer by application submission
-maybe V cross country(cocaptain), V indoor track, V outdoor track
-expecting one excellent URI psychology professor rec, one pretty good french teacher rec, and a pretty unpredictable guidance counselor rec</p>
<p>My List:
1) Brown ED (parent works here--does this matter?)
2) Yale
3) Cornell
4) NYU
5) Brandeis
6) BU
7) UMass-Amherst
8) UConn
9) Mizzou (double legacy)
10)URI (in-state)</p>
<p>URI, Mizzou as safeties, UConn, UMass, Bu, Brandies as high matches/matches, NYU, Cornell, Brown low/mid reaches. Yale High reach. Your stats are good, just the crazy competitive nature/ weird admission patterns of these schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>Brown - low reach if ED, good chance
Yale - reach
Cornell - reach
NYU - match
Brandeis - high match? Not familiar with.
BU - low match
Mass - low match
UConn,Mizz,URI - safeties</p>
<p>Wow, your really competitive. If you go on yale website it says they care about if you challenge yourself through high school. Btw are you a minority? Right now, Ivy League schools really want minorities especially minorities who come from a low income family. Apply! You never know until you apply. I’m going to add some more colleges that you should apply to: Princeton University, Stanford University,Georgetown, UPENN <<<<< all these schools are looking for students like us. Apply! I wish you the best! Common app starts next week! Good luck!</p>
<p>Good EC’s especially the study abroad. I think you have a good chance at the Ivies and the other top tier schools you listed. Some of them like UMass Amherst and UConn may even be safeties</p>
<p>Solid profile, for Brown ED and Ivies make sure you articulate your passion for language and what you would get involved in on campus. Maybe accumulate a few awards in language exams or get 800 in Latin to substantiate this. Make your essays good, and:</p>
<p>Brown ED match
Yale reach
Cornell high match/low reach
NYU match
Brandeis safety/match
BU safety</p>
<p>Yale’s a reach, but I don’t think I needed to say that. You’re in a very good spot for Cornell; the CollegeBoard site has a note from the college that says that “preparation and background for specific programs [are] especially important”, and it sounds like you’ve really prepared for linguistics. I’ve heard people say that getting into Cornell isn’t terribly hard but staying in is, but you sound like a pretty good student so that should only benefit you. Brandeis, NYU and BU are matches. Sorry, but I don’t know much about the rest!</p>
<p>In my opinion (linguistics is not really my area of expertise), with the exception of Yale/Brown/Cornell (high, mid, mid reach), most of the other schools should be matches. You seem like you’re well on your way though. Best of luck.</p>
<p>I would say you have a great chance at brown because of the parent Ed and competitive applicant. Yale is a reach Cornell is a low reach the rest are matches except bu is a low match and the last four are safeties. Good luck!</p>
<p>your ECs are really god assuming they are meaningful to you (which i can’t imagine are not) Even though your GPA is slightly low for some of the most competitive colleges, your minority status and everything else (coursework etc) should compensate. :D</p>
<p>Brown ED - low reach
Yale - reach
Cornell - low reach
NYU - match
Brandeis - match
BU - low match
Mizzou - safety
URI - idk but prob. safety
UConn - match
UMass Amherst - safety</p>
i really appreciate the feedback</p>