my college list realistic?

<p>act: 34
gpa: 4.145 weighted.. top 10% of class.. i'm in a VERY competitive high school with one of the most competive grades the school has ever seen.
sat 2s: 700 math 1c, 730 writing (yes, they are accepting writing)</p>

<p>ecs:
girl scout gold award- collected and donated 2500 books for homeless children, tennis first singles and captain (also play usta tournaments and i am ranked in the eastern section), model un president, work at country club during the summer teaching tennis, active member of church youth group, nhs, play percussion in school band (we have played at carnegie hall and competitions)</p>

<p>awards:
national kodak leader award, national merit commended</p>

<p>aps: 10th grade- ap world (4)11 grade- ap english language (4) and ap american history (4)12th grade- ap chem, ap calc ab, ap latin vergil, ap english lit</p>

<p>reaches: dartmouth, williams<--will apply ed to one.. still deciding. duke, georgetown, uva, bowdoin</p>

<p>matches: colgate, bc, hamilton, u of mich,</p>

<p>safety: bucknell</p>

<p>I'd call bucknell safety-ish, but not a true safety</p>

<p>I agree with celebrian - you need a true safety. While you have the stats for your matches, their acceptance rate is pretty low so adding a safety with a higher acceptance rate than Bucknell would be a good idea.</p>

<p>I have a connection at Bucknell which makes it a true safety. I am more curious about my reaches.. do I have any chances? and which do i probably have the better chances at?</p>

<p>Yes, you certainly have a chance with your reaches, but given their very low acceptance rates, it is impossible to say "you're in". Are you being recruited for tennis? Have you contacted the tennis coach at your LACs? Williams loves athletes, and that could boost your ED application if you have made that contact and the coach has shown interest.</p>

<p>If interested in a Catholic school like BC, might look at Notre Dame or Holy Cross.</p>

<p>Safeties: take your pick from any of the non-top 100 schools.</p>

<p>Voila. Your list becomes not so top-heavy.</p>