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<p>I'm looking at applying to:
George Washington, Vassar, American, Brown, BU, UChicago, Northwestern, and Tufts</p>

<p>possible majors: International Relations, Journalism</p>

<p>as of end of junior year: weighted GPA 4.2, unweighted 3.9
top 5% of class
ACT 32</p>

<p>Extra Curricular
-Student Council - I have been involved in some form of student leadership since I was in around fifth grade, and have gone to leadership camps and the MI state conference (nerdy but wonderful) for the past three years
-4 years of choral groups at school and 2 years of the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus
-2 years Model UN - this is what inspired me to pursue a career in global relations so it's very near and dear to my heart
-Theatre both backstage and onstage: I have been in five shows and have also worked costumes
-tutoring during an after-school program at the local refugee center. I hope to start a pen pal program this year to ease the kids' transitions into a new culture but we'll see if that takes off or not
-National Honor Society
-2 years teacher aide and tutoring at our elementary school
-I also had a job at a baby toy company filing and putting together display packages, nothing too interesting but it happened so I figured I'd put it on here :p</p>

<p>AP's
-US History (4)
-Lang/Comp (5)
-Music Theory
-US Government (4)
-Lit/Comp
-Environmental Science
-World History
-either Stats or Calc, I haven't decided yet (any advice on this?)
-possibly Psychology</p>

<p>please I would dearly appreciate if you could give me some feedback, and of course I would be happy to help you out as well!</p>

<p>please please?</p>

<p>Brown: reach
U Chicago: low reach/highish match (essays are key)
Northwestern: same as U Chicago
Tufts: High match
Rest: low match/match</p>

<p>Take calculus if you are confident in your ability to do well in the class. Otherwise, take AP stats as a GPA boost, but keep in mind that calculus is indicative of a rigorous curriculum. Best of luck!</p>

<p>Brown: reach/high reach
U Chicago: low reach. I agree on the comment about the essays - they could make or break the U Chicago and NW apps.
Northwestern: ^^
Tufts: match
Rest: low match</p>

<p>thanks very much to both of you…anyone else?</p>

<p>Brown: moderate reach
U Chicago: reach
Northwestern: high match/low reach
Rest: in</p>

<p>thanks for commenting on mine!</p>