Match Schools!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>'Ello to everyone out there in CC-world.. I was wondering if some of you could give me some input on addding a few more match schools to my list? </p>

<p>Here's a summary of me, just add water. </p>

<p>ACT: 32 (I'm not sending my SAT)
GPA: 3.95 UW (School doesn't weight)
RANK: 11/120, top 10%</p>

<p>ECs:
-Founder/editor of independent newspaper
-President of Latin Club for 2 years, helped plan/fundraise for trip to Europe we took over the summer
-Ski Club for 6 years, and have been skiing/snowboarding for years before then.
-Youth Representative on Church Session for 2 years
-Student Gov't - Senior Class Secretary
-Peer Counselor
-School Musical for 2 years</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE: Probably ~100 hrs. total. There's more on my resume.
-Youth summer soccer coach for 4 years
-Worked with PTSO for 3 years
-Worked in Church Nursery since 2003
-Little League Concession Stand summer of '06</p>

<p>AWARDS, ETC.:
-NMS commendation
-Wells college national leadership award
-Local paper essay contest
-NLE Silver medal& Magna cum laude
-National medusa mythology exam honors
-High honor roll 7-12
-Latin/spanish student of the month 9-11
-NHS</p>

<p>My list thus far:
Brown-reach
UPenn-reach
Hamilton-reach
Colgate-match?
Wells-saftey
Hampshire-saftey
SUNY Cortland-saftey</p>

<p>I'm thinking about Cornell.</p>

<p>See why I need matches? Ha, I'd love some help/suggestions! =)</p>

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<p>Oh, and I've held a job at the local library for almost two years. Intended English major.</p>

<p>Don't know if that info. is all that important, but I thought I'd add it.</p>

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<p>Sarah Lawrence. Also, I'm not so sure if Hampshire is really a safety.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion, teenage_cliche, I'll definately look into Sarah Lawrence. And yeah, Hampshire is probably more of a match. I'm not even completely sure I'm going to apply there or not; a couple of my friends have told me that I wouldn't really like it.</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Perhaps Bard.</p>

<p>If you don't like Hampshire, it's unlikely that you'll like SLC. I just suggested it because it's similar to Hampshire.</p>

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<p>Hmm.. Bard. I'll look into both Bard and Sarah Lawrence. Who knows, maybe my friends were wrong and I'll love them.</p>

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<p>I'll resort to begging: does anyone else have ANY suggestions? I'm bordering on S.O.L. here...</p>

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<p>I have kids at both Bard and Sarah Lawrence. They both love their schools. According to conventional wisdom and Princeton Review, both schools were pretty much at the "safety" level but both were first choices. Both kids got accepted at a dozen highly ranked U's and LCAs but chose these two and both couldn't be happier. Choose either because you like what makes them as unique as they are, not simply because they look "easy". Good luck.</p>