need to know how bad im off ?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a Junior at a Catholic high school in Pennsylvania. I am white and i no that doesnt help. </p>

<p>Grades - MY RANK SUCKS!!!!
SAT's- 2190 750(M) 730(R) 710(W)
GPA- 3.83 unweighted dont know weighted
Rank 60 out of 381
SATII - taking MATH 1 and 2, U.S. History , Physics, Biology, and Literature
Have taken 3 AP's and plan to take 4 next year
HAvent taken anything but Honors and AP courses</p>

<p>school doesnt give enough credit towards rank for taking ap or all honors courses so there is kids with 1 or 2 honors and the rest second track ahead of me </p>

<p>Extra Curricular
4 years of Mock Trial
4 years of Community Service/ Class President
2 years of Mathletes
4 years of Varsity Ice Hockey
3 years MVP
4 years of Regional Select Baseball
3 years on Regional Select Ice Hockey
1 year of National Select Ice hockey
2 years of Spanish Club
3 years of Varsity Track
Winner of 400, 200, and 800 for 3 years
Recipient of Religous Valor Award
NHR
NHS
2 years of Student Council
Student Body Representative/President
4 years of Working as Manager around 25-40 hours a week</p>

<p>Service Work
200+ hours a year volunteering at local Nursing Home
4 years of volunteering at Special Olympics
3 years of volunteering at Local Government
Work at Inner-City Soup Kitchens during Christmas Break</p>

<p>I am worried because of the way my school does class rank that my rank is too low for most colleges but if anyone could tell me my chances or suggest any other schools to consider that would be great</p>

<p>My list of colleges
1. UVA(have alumni letters that are amazing, hope that will help OOS)
2. Cornell
3. Georgetown
4. Hopkins
5. PSU
6. Wake Forest
7. Boston Unveristy
8. Boston College
9. American University
10. Fordham
11. Maryland
12. Lehigh</p>

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<p>first of all, chin up. you have good grades.
you did a good job.
you have nothing to be ashamed of.</p>

<p>but anyways,
your stats are pretty good, and colleges WILL take that into consideration. you might want to consider asking your college counselor, if you have one, to write a note to the colleges when writing your recs/ helping you fill out paperwork to specify the ranking system at your school. </p>

<p>colleges aren't looking for the top person of each grade, they're looking for someone who can succeed at their university/ become rich and famous/ donate money to them when they are an alumnus. </p>

<p>you DO have a lot of leadership, and that's what colleges really want to see.
try getting your SAT scores up a bit, and then I think you'll be fine for all of the schools you listed.</p>

<p>anyways, for the colleges that i'm aquainted with: </p>

<p>Cornell -- slight reach/ match
Georgetown -- slight reach/ match
Hopkins -- slight reach
Wake Forest -- match
Boston Unveristy -- safety
Boston College -- match
American University -- safety
Lehigh -- match</p>