<p>Looking for matches with these stats:
GPA: 3.75 UW (that works out to be all A's and 2 B's per semester) </p>
<p>Rank: top quintile (school doesn't rank)</p>
<p>Type of school: fairly prestigious but only sends around 2 or 3 to top schools each year with graduating class of about 60</p>
<p>Courseload: Most rigorous with 12 AP's with 7 5's 4 4's and 1 3</p>
<p>Summer: TASS (I'm White), then Columbia Summer</p>
<p>EC's:
Science Olympiad: Regional Medals 10,11
Chinese Club: 10,11
Board Member of a private middle school for disadvantaged girls
Varsity Swimming
Club Swimming - 12 hours weekly</p>
<p>Want to study either ethics or biotechnology with an emphasis in agricultural genetics</p>
<p>I have reaches: Columbia, Brown, Swarthmore, JHU
I have safeties: University of Delaware (instate), Michigan (legacy + significant donor)
What I need are some good matches that aren't more than an 9 hour drive from philly</p>
<p>Here are some matches in that you have in the range of SAT scores the schools accept and they are not reaches in the sense that they have the very low acceptance rate of Columbia, Brown ect. Keep in mind though that these are not matches in that you should be able to get accepted. It still means you have a 50% chance of getting accepted I would guess. It is still very hard to get into these really good schools because you are competing with all the other regular decision applicants who also have similar scores.
Emory
Georgetown
John Hopkins
Northwestern
Tufts
You are lucky that your safety list includes Michigan which to most would not be a safety
but given your connection is</p>
<p>^ being female is actually a DISadvantage now....</p>
<p>There are statistically more females than males currently attending the majority of colleges, so adcomms are trying to balance it out. Tough luck :(</p>
<p>Re: Post #4: You do not have a 50% chance at any of those schools.</p>
<p>Emory 40%
Georgetown 20% RD, 30% EA
Northwestern 10% RD, 25% ED
Tufts 25%
JHU 25%</p>
<p>You should be accepted to Delaware & Michigan. Michigan is a clear safety in your case with or without alumni connections as they accept 50% with lower scores.</p>
<p>Columbia 15% RD, 20% ED
Swarthmore 30%
Brown 15%</p>
<p>Here are the best schools for anything biology related:</p>
<p>Agnes Scott
Albion
Austin
Baylor
Brandeis
Carleton
Colby
Cornell
Drexel
Duke
Guilford
Harvard
Haverford
Howard
Illinois Wesleyan
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins
Louisiana State
Loyola-Chicago
MIT
Mount Holyoke
Ohio State
Pomona
Reed
Rice
Siena
Swarthmore
Temple
Texas A&M
UC-Davis
University Of Chicago
University Of Dallas
University Of Delaware
University Of Denver
University Of New Mexico
University Of the Pacific
Wofford College
Xavier University Of Lousiana</p>
<p>Thanks guys, though I will say I don't really trust the college match stuff since it once called Harvard a match for me but University of Delaware a reach??</p>
<p>yeah I don't trust the college match stuff either, all I'm saying is that you should look at the schools on that list I posted above and start from there (obviously Harvard is a reach)</p>
<p>Michigan is almost never a safety school. A match school for sure, but unless you have connections, not really a safety school for out of state.</p>
<p>If ColdWind was providing individualized admissions chances in post #4, then I must add that Swarthmore's % should probably be around 17%--between Ivies and Georgetown. Especially coming from the NE. Northwestern would be 20-25% RD, higher for ED.</p>