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Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I've started to get pretty nervous about the college application process, and I was hoping to get some opinions of some seasoned applicants.</p>

<p>I'm interested in : Emory, Stanford, UPenn, Duke, UK, Centre, Washington and Lee, maybe Vanderbilt, maybe IU, and i'm up for any suggestions!</p>

<p>I'm interested in studying : Cognitive Psychology, Astrophysics, Music Production, and open for ideas!</p>

<p>I have a ~4.25 weighted, 3.88 unweighted GPA, and after my senior year I will have finished 8 AP Classes. I have a 31 composite on my ACT, and a 2010 on my SAT.
On SAT II I have a 750 in Math I and a 800 in Math II. Plan on taking US and/or Physics.</p>

<p>I've taken: AP World, APUSH and APGov, APPsych, APChem, AP Spanish and am taking APCalc, APEnglish Lang and Lit, and AP Spanish Lit
Although, not every score has been amazing..</p>

<p>I've played two varsity sports, tennis and golf. Tennis i've lettered 7 times, and am the captain. Also captain of the academic team.
I have probably around 150-200 hours of community service.
I'm president of the National Beta Club, vice-president of NHS, have been co-president of Spanish club, officer of Social Action Club, member of SGA and film.
Along with the aforementioned ECs, Im co-chair for an environmental task for in the city, work at local expos, play AAU basketball, teach myself piano, and run atleast 30 miles a week. But the latter two or three things seem insignificant on an application. As for community service, does that really matter that much?</p>

<p>and, the upper-tier interest has a lot to do with need-blind admissions.. I kind of need a low cost of attending school.</p>

<p>Along with this i've gotten a decent number national and state awards and recognitions.
and i'm a vegetarian.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Edit: the real point of this post was to see if my upper-tier colleges are reach potential, or if they're impossible. and for any suggestions</p>

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<p>bump…10char</p>

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<p>You’ll probably get rejected from Stanford, jus’ sayin. The 2010 SAT score is weak, from my own experience of seeing which people from my class got in Stanford, you probably need 2250+ and a 4.2/4.3+ GPA. I know this because I came from one of the most competitive high schools in the nation and everyone got into a good school(my class sent out 14 to Harvard) so I can kind of tell which school takes which scores. Dunno about the other colleges that you’ve listed though.</p>

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<p>thanks!
i suspected as much.
also, bump!</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>I don’t think Duke, Stanford, and UPenn are going to very viable options with those standardized test scores. Better chances at Vandy, even better at Emory. Really good shot at Centre.</p>

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<p>You certainly have a shot at the schools on your list, but if you’re looking for good need based aid consider adding some less competitive schools that meet need.</p>