Need help putting together a list

College Search & Selection
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<p>Asian
Female
Canadian (International)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2050 (CR 650, W 690, M 710) [might re-take; need advice on this]
SAT II: Biology 610 [not done with this just yet]
GPA: 3.75+</p>

<p>Current Courses:
- Calculus AB
- AP Chemistry
- Biology
- Literature
- Writing
- English
- Japanese
- Physical Education
- Community Service</p>

<p>EC's:
- Orchestra
- Multicultural Club
- Environmental Club
- Varsity Track-and-Field
- Varsity Cross-country
- Senior Home Volunteer
- Alzheimer Society Volunteer
- Community Centre Volunteer
- Swimming
- Judo
- Piano, Violin
- Edit university papers</p>

<p>Awards:
- Cross-country: Top 20 in the city, qualified for the provincials
- Track-and-Field: Top 5 in the city
- Physics and Engineering Competition: 2nd place
- Gr 8/9 math contests: top 25%
- Principal's List/Honour Roll
- RCM Piano and Violin Certificates
- RCM Music History IV
- RCM Music Theory III</p>

<p>Recommendations should be pretty good. I hope.</p>

<p>I'm not sure which colleges are "right" for me. Right now I'm looking at the following US schools: Cornell, Duke, UCs, Dartmouth, Reed, Rice, U Penn, JHU, Carnegie Mellon, UW in Seattle, Whitman, Emory, Tufts, Mizzou ... or schools along those lines. Am I reaching too far? What are my chances for getting in the schools listed above? I'm kind of lost on which schools I should apply to, and desperately need suggestions. My interests lie in psychology and writing/journalism. </p>

<p>Also, do you think I should re-take my SAT I in November? I signed up for it but have not studied (yikes). I don't know if I should risk dropping. Do all schools super-score?</p>

<p>Any help will be appreciated. Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>Bump bump? ;$</p>

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<p>Reed and Whitman stand out like sore thumbs.</p>

<p>Your list is somewhat reach heavy, but you should be in for sure at Washington and Mizzou (safeties). Emory, Whitman, and Carnegie Mellon should be matches, as well as some of the middle tier UCs (such as Irvine or Davis). The rest are probably reaches.</p>

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<p>apply to everything and anything.</p>

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<p>Thanks, world changer and Erroln. I just want to get a clear idea of where I am in terms of safeties, matches, and reaches.</p>

<p>Also, this is probably a really stupid question, but is it possible to apply to more than one school for early admission? Someone told me that applicants are only limited to one college, but I've heard of people applying to more than one... I think. Maybe I heard wrong.</p>

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<p>Early admission means skipping senior year of high school. You mean early action; you can apply to as many as you like. You can apply early decision to only one school.</p>

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<p>^ How does that work? </p>

<p>I'm still a tad confused about applying for early admission versus applying for early decision. Do schools just have one or the other?</p>

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<p>Whitman has a strong theater program, but is obviously a smaller school that the UW. The UW, however, has a strong engineering program, but a weaker chemistry program.</p>

<p>If you are interested in journalism, then it would do you well to look in Boston, where there are more courses offerred in journalism.</p>

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<p>If you're a high school junior, some schools let you apply for early admission, skipping your senior year of high school; this very rare. If you're a high school senior, some schools do early action (non-binding), others do early decision (binding). See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_action%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_action&lt;/a>. Wikipedia's entry for early admission seems non-standard to me.</p>

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<p>Thanks vossron and catsushi. I think I finally get it now. :)</p>

<p>Can anyone suggest specific schools for psychology or journalism that should be in my range?</p>

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<p>Really, your list looks fine. I'd just trade one or two of your reaches for another match and safety.</p>