Rising Junior, chance for BC, Georgetown, BU, etc.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! So I am a rising junior, and I’m trying to finalize my college list. So far I have:
Reaches: Georgetown, Tufts, Northeastern, Wash. U, Johns Hopkins
High Matches: Boston College and Boston University
Matches: Fordham, Trinity, Holy Cross, American
Safeties: DePaul, Duquesne, Loyola Chicago, UPitt

Stats: My freshman year grades were mediocre at best (3 As, 3 B+s) but my sophomore grades were much better (4 As including an honors and an AP, one A-, one B+). I am at an extremely challenging school (one of the top 20 private day schools in the US). My school only offers one honors class freshman year, which I did not take (not a math person). Sophomore year I took one of the three honors classes as well as an AP (which I did incredibly well in, finishing with an A and winning the book award). My weighted GPA (which will improve) is a 3.83.
I don’t know any standardized test scores except the PSAT. I got a 202 (which I expect to improve this year) with a 77 CR.

Extracurriculars (all are both years of high school)
Quiz Bowl (will be captain junior and senior years)
NHS
Volunteering at a local elementary school tutoring once a week
Student Admissions Team
Model UN
Diversity Forum (Founded and lead)
Book Club
Paged at my state’s legislature
Interned at my state’s archives
Acolyte at my church once a month
volunteer with political campaigns

Other
I am from a state/ town that would definitely count as geographically diverse. I am planning to double major in history and political science.

Am I being realistic or are my expectations too high? I know my grades are not stellar, but I have good ECs and expect to have good test scores. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks :slight_smile:

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Also, I will probably have a very good rec letter from my advisor who also taught my best course (AP European History, for which I won the book award).

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BC is much harder to get into than Northeastern so I would flip those on your list. Its pretty hard to chance someone when they don’t have SAT scores or a close to finished GPA. Based on your current stats though your reaches are all very high reaches. I think BU and Northeastern are definite possibilities though.

Good luck

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The stats for BC and Northeastern freshmen ate about the same. Both would be in the same category. BU is easier to get into and would be a category below BC and Northeastern.