<p>I'm from rural Central FL, we have never had a student go to the Ivy league. I'm applying to Penn(ED), Cornell, Dartmouth, UMich-Ann Arbor, Babson, Carnegie Mellon, U of Miami(FL), NYU-Stern, Georgetown</p>
<p>Deferred Wharton ED</p>
<p>I'm from rural FL, crappy public high school~800ppl
3.9(uw) /4.75 (w) GPA
1800 SAT 1, Will Take January SAT
SAT 2-Math 1-680
SAT 2-Literature-600
All honors classes at high school, no APs offered
Took one AP online along with 4 other classes to supplement
English Comp AP-3
Over 30 credits at Local community College, advanced math and business courses
All state Musician, 10 state titles, 2 all state band selections on saxophone
Tennis Team Captain (10-2 record)
Ebay Business
Founder of FBLA club at school</p>
<p>You need more match and safety schools. Your scores right now are low for most of the schools that you're considering. Your ECs don't stand out for Ivies since you don't have any state level or national level achievements.</p>
<p>Of the schools that you listed, your best shot is at U Miami.</p>
<p>As for the others that you listed, you'd probably do better with schools like UF, FSU, Boston U and Fordham.</p>
<p>Um...I'm an all state musician..i think that qualifies for a state achievement. I know my scores are low, but after all I did get deferred from Penn, not outright rejected.</p>
<p>I'm sorry that I missed your All State musician honors.
Even with that, however, I think that you need more match and safeties. The All State musicians whom I know who got into most of the schools that you mentioned are National Merit commended or semi finalists and play rarer instruments than the sax.</p>
<p>I think you have a better chance than some are implying. It's easy to forget that those average scores all those stellar schools put out are the middle 50%. There are some below and some above. And no, all those who are below are not just athletes, legacies, curers of diseases or those with connections.</p>
<p>Another safety may be good, but chances at half those schools are basically random as anything, and anyone who says otherwise just has false pretensions about their own insight.</p>