Match/Reach/Safety with these stats?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Location: New York City
Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>GPA: 92 unweighted, 98 weighted
Rank: about top 15% out of around 460ish
SAT: 2000 (760M, 690W, 550CR)
SATII: 760 Math 2c, 720 Physics
AP Physics AB - 4, AP Calc AB - 5 (Expected)</p>

<p>Frehsman Grades:
English 1H - 95, English 2H - 87
Global 1H - 90, Global 2H - 94
Math A1 - 96, Math A2 - 98
Bio 1 - 80, Bio 2 - 86
Spanish 1 - 90, Spanish 2 - 96
Chorus 1 - 97, Chorus 2 - 98
Intro to the Enviro. - 93, Intro to the Urb Enviro. - 98
Gym - 90</p>

<p>Sophomore Grades: [Here is where MOST of my grades drop BADLY]
English 3 - 83, English 4 - 70
Global 3 - 94, Global 4 - 95
Math A3 - 99, Math B1 - 100
Chem 1 - 92, Chem 2 - 95
Spanish 3 - 90, Spanish 4 - 85
Orchestra 1 - 98, Orchestra 2 - 98
Gym - 90</p>

<p>Junior Grades: [Here is where MOST of my grades go back up]
English 5 - 95, English 6 - 98
US History - 95, US History - 96
Math B2 - 99, Math B3 - 100
AP Physics B - 91, AP Physics B 94
Spanish 5 - 90, Spanish 6 - 94
Adv. Orch 1 - 98, Adv. Orch 2 - 98</p>

<p>Senior Classes:
AP Calc AB
Health/Ethics
US Gov’t/Economics
Art
Gym
Lunch</p>

<p>EC’s:
-violin-3 years (10,11,12)
-Math Team-3 years (10,11,12)-won a few first place trophies at local math competitions against a few other schools in the city.
-Internship at YMCA through my school (10) - completed 120 community service hours tutoring kindergarteners at a public elementary school, and received the best legacy award.
-Member of NSHSS (10,11,12) - National Society Of High School Scholars
-YMCA Tech Teens (10) - constructed a website <a href=“http://www.yteensnyc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.yteensnyc.org</a>
-YMCA Leaders Club (10,11,12) - did some more community service (100+ hours each year)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-SYEP (summer after my freshman year) -Summer Youth Employment Program - worked 25 hrs a week for 7 weeks tutoring 4th graders at a public elementary school.
-SYEP (summer after my Junior year) - Summer Youth Employment Program - worked 25 hrs a week for 7 weeks in a local hospital.</p>

<p>I don’t know where this belongs but I took a College Course at Baruch College after my Junior Year. Will this help?</p>

<p>I will have a mediocre essay and a very good rec from my math team advisor. Is 1 rec enough?</p>

<p>Please tell me what you think about my acceptance to each of these colleges and suggest what I need to work on to make it a safety school for me:</p>

<li>Boston University (ED)</li>
<li>University of Maryland - College Park (RD)</li>
<li>SUNY - StonyBrook (RD)</li>
<li>Tufts University (RD)</li>
<li>George Washington University (ED)</li>
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<p>And by the way, I plan to major in Mathematics/Statistics.</p>

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<p>you know u cant do 2 ED's right?</p>

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<p>Oh sorry that was a typo. I mean to say ED for Boston University and RD for GWU.</p>

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<p>I really messed up Sophomore year especially in English. Almost everything dropped 10+ points. So what do you guys think about that list? I am still trying to look for 1-2 more colleges I can add.</p>

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<p>BU - Match
UMD - Slight reach
SUNY SB - Safety
Tufts - Reach
GW - Match</p>

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<p>i think UMD is a match</p>

<p>i dont mean to like discourage you but im just gonna say what i think of UMD</p>

<p>im kinda afraid to go there...i hear the crime is rediculously high on campus and in the surrounding area. Thats wut the Police site says anyway.</p>

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<p>What does match mean? Is it slightly harder to get in than reach? And what can I improve on to make BU my safety?</p>

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<p>Is it better for me to apply to BU ED or RD?</p>