Safe Schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>i was hoping maybe someone could help me w/ picking some schools that i should be sure to get into and what my chances are at some others... thanks!</p>

<p>Georgia
SAT I: 1550 (780 Math 770 Verbal)
SAT II: 730 Spanish, 720 Writing, 690 World History
GPA: 4.52
Toughest course load available at really competitive college prep school
AP's: Literature & Composition: 5
Spanish 4: 4
U.S. History: 4
European History: 3
Calculus AB: 3
Taking 4 more AP's senior year</p>

<p>EC's:
highly ranked athlete, top 50 in sport
captain of varsity team all four years
practice several hours a day
model united nations
national honor society
nat'l merit
ap scholar
basic community service</p>

<p>major: i'm thinking economics, but i'm not entirely sure</p>

<p>i applied to harvard ea as a recruited athlete, and that is my first choice. but i know that i can get turned down, so what are my chances at:
harvard
yale
princeton
upenn
dartmouth
columbia
stanford
vanderbilt
northwestern
duke
notre dame
georgetown
williams
boston college
university of georgia
ucla</p>

<p>i know it is a lot of schools, so any help narrowing down the list would be great!</p>

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<p>I would think you were in anywhere.</p>

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<p>jubiejools908:</p>

<p>Yale: Slight Reach
Princeton: Slight Reach
UPenn: Slight Reach
Dartmouth: Slight Reach
Columbia: Slight Reach
Stanford: Slight Reach
Vanderbilt: Safe Match (?)
Northwestern: Match
Duke: Match
Notre Dame: Safe Match (?)
Georgetown: Match
Williams: Slight Reach
BC: Safe Match
UGA: Safety (?)
UCLA: Match (out of state)</p>

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<p>so which ones would you recommend i drop/keep?</p>

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<p>oh come on.</p>

<p>a) you're in as a recruited athlete.
b) you stand a 2/3 chance at least at any other school RD. If Harvard does not accept you, then S, P and Y will.</p>

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<p>I would be a little careful of declaring an economics minor without an SAT II math. You might think about the IIC - its not that hard to score over 700, and that would give you 3 scores over 700.</p>

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<p>i actually did take the sat 2 math IIC- and did horribly. i'm not really thinking too strongly about it as a major or anything, it is just the class i do best in at school and know the most about.</p>

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<p>Ok, just don't put it down as a major. If Harvard EA doesn't work out, your RD schools should be ones you like, with a range of competitiveness. With the bizarreness in admissions at the top schools, there is something to be said for applying to a lot of schools - if you can find the time to do a good job on all of them. If money is not a factor, multiple matches - rather than out and out safeties, might be ok.</p>