Hello, if you could please chance me for the schools on my list that would be awesome! 
Stats:
- SAT: 1430
- ACT: 32
- both only taken once, I’m retaking in February and March
- Subject Tests: Math 2: 710, World History 730 (both only taken 1x). Will also take Biology E or M and US history and I will submit the highest 2 scores.
- GPA UW: 3.9, W: 4.4 (School only reports weighed GPA)
AP’s:
Sophmore Year: AP Computer Science A (4)
Junior Year: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Lang
Senior Year: (prospective schedule): AP Lit, AP Latin, AP Studio Art, AP Government&Politics, Multivariable Calculus, Cyber Security, Ancient Greek.
Activities:
- Speech and Debate
- Model UN (VP)
- UNICEF Club
- Varsity Tennis
- NHS
- Art NHS (president)
- Oil Paint for national competitions → have won awards for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and Congressional Art
Awards
- Junior Classical League (club officer)
- Jazz Band, Saxophonist
College List:
- Dartmouth
- Boston College
- Northeastern
- WPI
- Umass Amherst (in state)
- Georgia Tech
- UVA
- Tulane
- UW Madison
- Yale
- Boston University
- Duke University
Prospective Majors → International Relations and economics (and/or depending on the school), with a minor in Studio Art.
However, for Umass Amherst, Northeastern, WPI, and Georgia Tech I might major in Computer Science and Digital Art
(Also, my school sends a lot of kids to Umass Amherst (accepts about 90%), BU (accepts about 60%), BC (accepts about 40%), Northeastern (accepts about 60%) via naviance admissions statistics, so I consider these schools to be academic matches and Umass a sure safety both academically and financially)
Your profile says you can do it anywhere if you are in the program which matches your interests. You probably have a solid admission to UMASS. Amherst.
As you know, WPI has Computer Science (see https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/computer-science) and Computer Game Design (see https://www.wpi.edu/academics/study/interactive-media-game-development-bs and also Joshua Rosenstock @ https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/jrosenstock)
WPI also has majors in International Studies (see https://www.wpi.edu/academics/study/international-global-studies-bs) and Economic Science with strong (see https://www.wpi.edu/academics/study/economic-science-bs) as well as a very highly developed, world wide network of 45+ off campus centers (see https://www.wpi.edu/project-based-learning/global-project-program).
Regardless of your major, all students receives automatic $5,000 credits on their tuition to participate in the international global studies program. This is not the typical study abroad program where students attend classes at other universities. You will work on real world problems that require design solutions.
Great school selection! They are not all the same. Visit all that you can, The homework will pay off.
:bz
I think you should get into UVA out-of-state. You will definitely get into Tulane but you NEED to show them that you’re actually interested. They get a ton of applications but their yield is pretty terrible, so they want the students they admit to actually be interested in the school. I’ve heard of a lot of good students getting deferred because they didn’t show interest, never toured, etc.
I don’t know much about the other schools you’re applying to. Good luck!
@NJDad68 Any idea whether the Tulane stats presented in that link are for admitted or enrolled students? It seems to me that referring to the “class” should mean enrolled? The prior year’s enrolled ACT middle 50 was 29-32 according to NCES and 29-33 according to the CDS, so 31-34 seems like a big jump, though it might make sense if the latter range was for admitted rather than enrolled. (And to confuse myself even further, I have 30-33 in my spreadsheet and I didn’t record where I got that.)
Nevermind, I figured it out. I got the 30-33 from the admissions section of the website https://admission.tulane.edu/apply/getting-into-tulane, so the 31-34 must be admitted rather than enrolled.
@ Keriell
“Prospective Majors → International Relations and economics (and/or depending on the school), with a minor in Studio Art.
However, for UMASS Amherst, Northeastern, WPI, and Georgia Tech I might major in Computer Science and Digital Art.”
Your range of interests across disciplines is what caught my attention. Randomstudent789 has said it well: “…,but you NEED to show them that you’re actually interested.” This applies to Tulane and every other school that you are seriously interested in. The way you accomplish this is to take a critical look at each of the schools and the educational programs they offer to a student with your range of interests and your perspective. You are a Junior who has time to do it right. You need opportunity to explore and construct your program of studies with faculty and mentors who appreciate such an approach. Such programs are not very common in the STEM world. For these reasons I suggest that you also look at Brown university, but you do not need to apply to 13 schools.
Full disclosure, I am a WPI alum with like interests so I will pitch some more perspective from our university faculty that most people have no idea are at schools like WPI. These are carefully recruited faculty at the cultural interface of STEM, the social sciences and the arts (see https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/humanities-arts/faculty-staff). This is why the National Academy of Engineering awarded their highest prize to four WPI faculty members in 2016, see https://www.nae.edu/Activities/Projects/Awards/GordonPrize/GordonWinners.aspx#tabs. We know that an interdisciplinary approach is good for the STEM world.
Do not get lost in the weed patch of admissions statistics. YOU be the selective participant and find a few good choices. Cultivation with proper seed selection are effective ways for one to harvest a bountiful reward. :bz