Look over my college list

College Search & Selection
1

<p>Unweighted GPA: 10/10</p>

<p>Class rank: 1/7 (Private School) International</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (M780/CR730/W670)
SAT II:
Biology M 750
World History 730
Math II 800
Chemistry 800</p>

<p>Secretary - National Student Council
President - County Student Council
Volunteer Paramedic (work on a Mobile Intensive Care Unit) 2 years 1500h
Published research paper in a Scientific Journal</p>

<p>Caucasian Male</p>

<p>College list:
Harvard
MIT
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
John Hopkins
Northwestern
Duke</p>

<p>What should I add? I'm looking for one more match and a safety. </p>

2

<p>Good safeties:</p>

<p>Trinity (CT)–also tends to give out good merit aid; I had weaker stats and got a full ride.
Syracuse
UMichigan–but don’t expect much aid</p>

<p>Matches:
Tufts
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Other, similar reaches:
UChicago
Cornell (Low reach)</p>

3

<p>You may have already realized this, and I don’t mean to undermine your great record, but all of the schools you have listed are either reaches or very high matches, especially because you are an international.</p>

<p>In order to give you better advice, we need to know what specific topics you’re interested in. I assume you like the sciences based on your publications, but what specifically?</p>

4

<p>Agree, you have no “matches” on the list. Northwestern and JHU fall in the low reach category. Do you need financial aid? Then they are all reaches…</p>

5

<p>Every American school will be a high reach because the amount of space of int’l students is so limited. If you apply for aid, that would decrease your chances at admissions too. There are only 6 need blind colleges in America that will meet full need. There are only three on your list (Harvard, MIT, and I think Stanford)</p>