<p>Hey there...I'm a rising senior, and I'm trying to come up with the appropriate college list- I'd really appreciate if you told me what you think my chances are at the following schools, and if I have enough safety schools:</p>
<p>Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Harvard (I have double legacy there), Brown, Williams, Barnard, Middlebury, Amherst, Tufts, University of Chicago, Dartmouth, Colby, UVA, University of Rochester</p>
<p>Here's my info:</p>
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<li>I attend a large but fairly strong public school in the suburbs of New York</li>
<li>My unweighted GPA is a 97, and my school doesn't rank but I'm pretty confident I'm in the top 10%.</li>
<li>I have taken the most challenging course-load available each year
Junior year I took AP American and AP Physics B
Senior year I am taking AP English, AP Spanish, AP Government, BC Calculus, AP Physics C, Orchestra</li>
<li>SAT I:
Verbal- 800, Math- 760, Writing- 800</li>
<li>SAT IIs:
U.S. History- 800, Physics- 750, will be taking Spanish in October after spending a month in Spain this summer (also Bio- 680, Math IC- 670, but I don't like to talk about those...I didn't prepare very well)</li>
<li>Should be getting great recommendations</li>
<li>Very creative and unique essay</li>
<li>Academic Honors/Awards:</li>
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<p>·High honors every quarter since freshman year (90 or above)
·Member of National Honors Society
·Recipient of Foreign Language Recognition Award
·National Merit Scholarship commended student
·Recipient of Oberlin College Book Award (given by Oberlin Club of Westchester and Southern Connecticut for excellence in English and the humanities...whatever that means)</p>
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<li>Extracurriculars:</li>
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<p>School Clubs
·Peerleader for 3 years (works with middle school kids to discuss various issues and facilitates discussions after events and speakers at the high school)
·Copy editor of Penporrri (literary magazine)
·Founder and president of Salsa Club
·Member of Calliope (poetry magazine)</p>
<p>Sports
·Played on various travel/select soccer teams since 4th grade
·Varsity Soccer since 10th grade
·Rowed crew over summer and during winter during 11th grade
·Referee for local soccer league during fall season for 2 years</p>
<p>Music
·Pianist in school jazz band and in jazz ensemble outside of school
·Cellist in school orchestra and chamber orchestra
·Piano accompanist for swing choir and various other vocalists
·Co-President of Tri-M (music honor society)
·Classical piano lessons (9 years)
·Jazz piano lessons (4 years)
·Cello lessons (2 years)
·Performed 2 times at Honors Recital at Carnegie Hall
(will be attaching classical and jazz piano CD)</p>
<p>Miscellaneous
·Avid unicyclist, attended Circus Camp for 3 years
·Attended Exeter Summer School and recieved "Honors" grade in all 3 classes (philosophy, writing, jazz)
· Will be taking 4 hours of Spanish lessons and 2 hours Flamenco dance lessons daily for 4 weeks at a school in a small town in the South of Spain</p>
<p>Besides that, I'd just say I'm a very curious and passionate person who wants to learn for the sake of learning....I don't really know what career or even what major I'm interested in, although it will probably be something in the social sciences...basically I'm looking to recieve a well-rounded liberal arts education and open my mind to new things</p>
<p>Sorry this is so long, thanks for reading and please give me your comments</p>