please chance me

<p>New York
White Male</p>

<p>3.74 GPA weighted
School doesn't rank kids but is in "Top 100 High Schools"</p>

<p>34 ACT
SAT - 720 Math 700 Reading 750 Writing
SAT II - 790 World 780 US 770 Math I 670 Lit (wont send it)</p>

<p>APs:
10th: World History 5
11th: US: 5 Language and Composition: 5 Psychology: 3 Computer Science A: 3
12th: Economics, Literature, Statistics, Environmental Science</p>

<p>EC:
Debate Team (Captain + state tournament in 10th and 11th)
Varsity Cross Country (all 4 years, captain this year)
Senior Class secretary
approximately 300 hours community service
Various clubs with some commitment to them - nothing too special
Academic Summer Programs</p>

<p>Honors:
AP Scholar with Distinction
Scholar Athlete
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Getting one from my debate coach/world history teacher - should be pretty sick, one from my 11th grade english teacher, should be pretty good</p>

<p>i applied dartmouth ED and am planning on applying to:
Vanderbilt
Wash U in St. Louis
Harvard (i have double legacy there)
Emory
Duke
Williams
Tufts
Washington and Lee
Lehigh</p>

<p>also, any suggestions for good target/safety schools would be welcome</p>

<p>go apply to dartmouth ^^ good luck… all those schools are real big reaches! you would be a “typical” applicant there… if you wanted a good safety school use a college search engine to find a not-so-selective place that still satisfies all your major requirements. ^^</p>

<p>oh and CROSS COUNTRY <3</p>

<p>Most of the schools you have listed are “reach” schools. Lehigh however will almost 100% be an accept. It’s in the same category as some of the others you have listed. Another school you may want to consider is NYU - I realize you’re from NY and probably think NYU is overrated, however it has a good reputation and falls as a good safety for you.</p>

<p>thanks collegetransfer - i know there all reaches - lehigh and W&L i consider targets, and W&L just because our school has been successful with getting worse candidates than myself(based off gpa and sat/act) in there. as for NYU, i really have no intrest in being anywhere near where i am now(Long Island) and desperately want to leave the state. haha, and yes, i consider NYU overrated</p>

<p>Maybe Richmond, Denison (OH) Gettysburg might be worth a look.</p>

<p>In line with Denison but a little more selective: Kenyon and Oberlin. Can you afford all those schools?</p>