Reality Check - Ivy, Little Ivy, Near Ivy, Far Ivy, no way ivy...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First off, no attachment to "Ivy." My D wants the "best" school she can get into - with accessible professors and classmates who care about their studies. Small Liberal Arts school is first preference, but open to Harvard & possibly Cornell.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2290 (m/w/cr) 750/750/790 (superscore)
SAT II :math II 770 US history 680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.32
Rank: 3/233
AP: US Hist (5), English Composition (4), French (4)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Eng Lit, Calc, Government, Music Theory)
Awards: None
Extracurriculars: Violin - Orchestra (she's at a "B" level conservatory and will submit a recording), Swim Team
Majors: Double Major in Music (performance) + Undetermined Academic subject</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: 100 hours
Teacher Recommendations: Excellent
Interviews: none
State: Idaho
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Legacy: Dad is Cornell Alum</p>

<p>She's obviously thin on the awards / work / volunteer / ec's compared with the many "super" students out there.
Her passion is music and to play at a high level with top grades, she chose to spend all extra available time playing music. We're hoping that admissions recognizes the time it takes to play at her level and values that.
No-one from her HS has gotten into a top quality school in a long time - perhaps a bias against small town Idaho HS. </p>

<p>What are her chances for any of these? </p>

<p>Schools in order of interest
1) Vassar
2) Wesleyan
3) Whitman (safe school? - close to home)
4) Oberlin
5) Willamette (safe school - close to home)
6) Harvard (would likely go if she got in)
7) Cornell </p>

<p>Any of these more likely for her to get into?
Amherst
Middlebury
Bowdoin
Swathmore
Williams</p>

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<p>I think she has a decent shot at all of them with the possible exception of Harvard. Wesleyan is test-optional, but, with her scores, I’d submit them. The little ivies especially are always looking for geographic diversity and it may just be a matter of one of them discovering that your h/s exists. The downside is that there is a gender gap at many of the smaller liberal arts and sciences schools and she will likely be competing against hundreds of female musicians. But, as long as she has an academic and financial safety that she is happy with, why not add a few reaches?</p>