reaches/matches/safeties?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm applying to EA to Stanford (unfortunately my gpa/sat scores are kinda low)... But I was wondering if there were any other schools that would be good reaches/matches/safeties for me.</p>

<p>Interests:
International relations, and pretty much anything thats NOT math/science (I'm a weird asian as my strengths lie in the humanities..)</p>

<p>Stats:
-public high school, very well ranked
-no ranking, but top 5% in a class of 450+
-Academic unweighted GPA: 3.8something
-Academic weighted GPA: 4.5
-12th grade courses:
AP Calc AB
AP env science
AP language
AP spanish
Physics H
AP US history</p>

<p>SAT scores (not retaking): reading- 800, math- 690, writing- 740
SATII- Bio E- 710... should i retake that? am planning on taking Math IIC in october and literature
AP- Biology 5 MEH 5</p>

<p>HOOK: Viola for 10+ years,
playing at juilliard pre-college,
in many orchestras in the state including all state and regions
attened international music festival in Italy for a few months (1 of 4 violists in the country who were invited to attend),
gov school finalist (going to send in a recording)</p>

<ul>
<li>Older brother went to Stanford..and from what he says...Stanford loves siblings! But who really knows?</li>
</ul>

<p>other EC:
studio art (going to send in some slides)
President of debate club
VP of cancer awareness club
Teen Leader for American Cancer Society (400+ hours)
volunteer at local nursing home (over 200 hours?)
girls' tennis team for 3 years (on and off season teams)</p>

<p>work experience: nursing assistant at a nursing home
research on women's cancers for Stanford Medical School</p>

<p>essays/recs: assume great</p>

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<p>if you really express your passion and dedication to viola...it might work. otherwise, your sat I is decent, sat II is a tad low, ECs are meh. </p>

<p>maybe try williams? they dig the music humanities kind of stuff.</p>

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<p>any way to work on my ECs at this point? or nah?</p>

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<p>Is there any part of the country you don't want to attend school in?</p>

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<p>i'd make an exception for stanford, duke and emory. but other than those schools, it's the northeast for me!</p>