Suggestions? HELP!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a white female living in Switzerland.</p>

<p>I want to major in International Relations.</p>

<p>I want a big school (no less than 5000, but preferably over 10'000) in an urban setting, or very close to a big city on the East Cost or Northeast.</p>

<p>I am bilingual (french - english) and nearly fluent in a third (german).</p>

<p>I am in the top 15% of my very difficult school.</p>

<p>My SAT scores : (retaking in november)</p>

<p>M : 580 (should get about 650 next time)
W : 690 (should get about 720)
CR : 710 (should get about 750)</p>

<p>My SAT II scores : (retaking in december)</p>

<p>French : 800
Math : 640 (should get about 700)
World History : 580 (should get about 700)</p>

<p>I have strong ECs. Humanitarian aid work in Africa, work with the United Nations, Student United Nations member etc.</p>

<p>My school has a failure rate of 70%.
This does NOT mean the school is bad. Quite the contrary. In Switzerland if you fail ONE subject you have to retake the entire year.
This statistic means that only 30% of people finish high school in 4 years because the school is so difficult (hard to understand but this is how Swiss schools function).</p>

<p>APs are not offered at my school, however, the Swiss school system is known to be one of the toughest in the world.</p>

<p>What schools do you think I should consider? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Safeties, matches, reaches...</p>

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<p>Reach - Georgetown
Match - Tufts</p>

<p>(that is all I know as far as international relations, it's not the major I am interested in)</p>

<p>By the way, you have a very beautiful country and the people are very friendly.</p>

<p>Good luck to you.</p>

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<p>Thanks.
My brother is actually a current student at Tufts.
Will that help my admission do you think?</p>

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<p>Yes. Tufts has "Tufts Syndrome" which means they will reject you if they think they are being used as a safety in case you don't get into a higher ranked school, i.e. Harvard. The fact that your brother is there will help you because they may be more inclined to think that they are your first choice.</p>

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<p>Tufts is not a match with those SATs. GW or American.</p>

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<p>Then if Tufts is a math/reach, what would be some others in that category, some real reachs and some safeties?</p>

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<p>Georgetown is a BIG reach (9% acceptance rate, I think I read). American, I think, is a safety.</p>