<p>Okay so I am a senior. I applied to the following (in order of choice): Wharton @ UPenn, MIT, Swarthmore, and Rice. </p>
<p>However, none of them are "safeties." I am freaking out because I don't want April to come (worst case scenario) with no acceptance letters and then I am stuck going nowhere. </p>
<p>I need help finding private (they HAVE to be private because I can't get federal aid from public schools) schools that would be safeties for me. I want to study finance and participate in medical research in college. </p>
<p>My stats are:</p>
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<li>Female</li>
<li>Hispanic</li>
<li>South Florida</li>
<li>Income: < 20,000</li>
<li>Applying: Regular Decision Questbridge Finalist</li>
<li>GPA: 3.7 UW / 4.6 W</li>
<li>Rank: Top 5%</li>
<li>SAT: 690 M / 700 R/ 740 W</li>
<li>SAT 2: Math 1 670 / World Hist. 710 / Spanish 800</li>
<li>ACT: 31</li>
<li>APs: English Language (5) , Span. Lang. (5), Span. Literature (5), World History (5), U.S. Government (3)</li>
<li>Senior courseload: AP American history, AP Calculus AB, AP Art Portfolio, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature.</li>
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<p>(I ran out of APs to take in my school so they let me take IBs without been in the program: IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Chemistry 3, IB Biology 2)</p>
<p>I am also taking Anatomy & Physiology but that's an Honors course. That's my entire senior courseload. (I am taking the AP Chem and AP Micro exams as well)</p>
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<li><p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction (First in my school in >6 years), Questbridge Finalist. Lots of minor awards in foreign language.</p></li>
<li><p>ECs:</p></li>
<li><p>President of my class for 2 years. Extremely dedicated. Means a lot to me. Wrote one of the essays on it.</p></li>
<li><p>Individual research on ALS (Haven't really worked with anyone, but simply spent the year studying the disease on my own.) Wrote another essay on it.</p></li>
<li><p>Lots of minor activities in politics (Wrote another essay on it)</p></li>
<li><p>Interview (UPenn and MIT): Great.</p></li>
<li><p>Hook?
When I first began high school, I was going to drop out (my family was always encouraging and supportive but my entire environment aka ghettoness said otherwise.) So in my transcript, my first semester of freshman year has the grades of a dropout. Wrote my Autobiographical essay on how I got to believe in myself and did a 180 turn. From sophomore year to senior year, I've taken at least 10 classes a year (at school, plus online, plus over the summer). Went from ranking in the bottom 50% to ranking in the top 5%</p></li>
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<p>What schools would be matches/safeties for me??? I need help because I need to apply to more schools by the end of this month!</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>