Match me with some schools to visit?

College Search & Selection
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Hi!! I’m a rising junior trying to put together a list of schools to visit that would be matches and safeties. Could anyone please give me any ideas or tell me what schools I should aim for realistically?
Thanks!

GPA: 3.9
SAT (sophomore year): 2000 C 640 M 700 R 660 W
ACT (freshman year): 31 C 33 E 26 M 31 S 35 R
(will retake both a few times)

Coursework: All honors/AP. Average was 98.9 this year. (I always take the Most Demanding course) World History: 4, self study for Environmental Science: 5

ECs:
Drama club 9-10 with supporting role in both
Concert choir and select womens’ choir 9-10
Student government – lots of vol hours 9-12
Model UN Secretary 10-11, hopefully President 12
DECA 10-12-- New York State Top 10 Overall & Role Play & Test, hopefully will achieve more in next 2 years!! Will be running for Executive NYS Council this year to be a part of it senior year. Worked on real life marketing for our town Chamber of Commerce.
Career Exploration Internship Program 11 – I will be participating in 4 30-hr internships in my town to explore diff careers in business.

I had a part time job 10 hrs/wk 9-10, summer job 9-12 10 hrs/wk, and part time job 20 hrs/wk 11-12 which takes up a majority of my time.

Hoping to major in Marketing or Finance. I’d like a medium or large school, hopefully close to a city. I live in NY-- farthest south I’ll go is NC, farthest west is St. Louis. D1 football/basketball are a plus. My reaches are Penn, BC, Georgetown & ND.

Am I a match for Providence, UConn, Villanova, and Ithaca College?

Thanks!

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I suspect that Penn, Georgetown, and Notre Dame are beyond reaches for you. Wharton is certainly out of reach, unless you have some powerful legacy hooks that you haven’t mentioned. Perhaps you can consider substituting Lehigh, University of Richmond, GWU, UMD, UDel, Holy Cross, Miami of OH, Indiana, Syracuse, et al for your super-reaches.

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Yes. Ithaca would be a safety.

Matches:
-Boston University
-Fordham University
-University of Pittsburgh

Safeties:
-Drexel University
-Temple University

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I’d say Penn, Georgetown, and ND are probably not possible unless you can get your scores up - but your ACT is only a couple points off from being a serious candidate, and since you took it your freshman year, I think it’s likely you’ll bring it up enough.

What can you afford?

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@usualhopeful thank you! I’m hoping to get it up to at least a 33 by improving my math score. I can be full pay, but my parents would appreciate merit or a lil need if possible.