<p>I am a student from New York with 1360 SAT scores (710 v, 650 m), and a 3.8 gpa. My course-load for this year is arguably the toughest of any student in my class: 3 APs (Bio, Human Geo, Economics), Spanish IV Honors and Precalc (I was behind in math and spanish due to the fact that I moved to new york middle of freshman year and had to play catchup), a Syracuse U English course that all upper-echlon seniors take, and a documentary production class. I am a varsity member of the tennis team, and the quizbowl team, both of which are ranked #1 in the county. I'm in national honor society, amnesty intl, newspaper, the school musical, and a few other clubs. My reccommendations and essays are going to be very good.</p>
<p>I am looking to study international relations and the schools I am applying to are:</p>
<p>Tufts
Northwestern
Wesleyan
Carleton
George Washington
Brandeis
Drew
SUNY (Binghampton, Geneseo)
Wheaton (MA)
U Delaware</p>
<p>Tufts is my first choice, but not completely overwhelmingly. If I had to choose right now, Tufts would be the choice, but the ability to visit the schools to which I am accepted is something that I appeals to me--although there is a voice in my head that says, "If you don't apply to Tufts early, you may not get in."</p>
<p>Another thing that might come into play is the amount of people in my class applying to Tufts. Although my GPA is at the Tufts median, I have a relatively low class rank due to the fact that I moved from out-of-state my Freshman year and sort of a slow start, and couldn't benefit from the accellerated type courses that my peers did. My class rank is somewhere around 12%, but would be the lowest among the people who may or may not be applying there. However, my SAT scores (1s and 2s) are higher than all of these people with the exception of one (although I am fairly certain that she is going to Johns Hopkins since she is being recruited for volleyball). The other kids are all applying to other schools early (Vanderbilt, Middlebury and Lehigh), but have Tufts as their #1 school if they were not to get in.</p>
<p>Considering these factors, how much of an advantage will applying to Tufts EDII give me?</p>