Top LACs + Ivies & more - how am I doing so far?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>PROJECTED SAT I: 700 M, 750 CR, 750 W (2200)</p>

<p>PROJECTED SAT II: 750 French, 750 Spanish, 750 English, 700 Math 2</p>

<p>PROJECTED AP: European History (3), French Language (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Spanish Language (5), US Government (5), English Literature (4), Biology (4)</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.7 UW
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced French Lit, Precalculus, Creative Writing, Great Novels, AP Biology, Chinese III, Spanish V</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Crew: I compete in the summer and fall (20 hours/week), train in winter and spring (6 hours/week).</p>

<p>Tennis: League at a club (10 hours/week), lessons all year (1 hour/week)</p>

<p>Saxophone: Youth Ensemble (pretty hard to get into) (10 hours/week)</p>

<p>Piano: High school program at local university (8 hours/week)</p>

<p>Speech and Debate: 1st place at state competitions for oratory and informative (5 hours/week)</p>

<p>Model UN: Founder (4 hours/week)</p>

<p>Amnesty International: Member (2 hours/week)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Fast food place (~10 hours/week)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Mentoring first generation Americans at a center, Hospital, Boys and Girls Club (500 hours total, ~800 by senior year)
Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Harvard Summer School</p>

<p>I'm also first generation, white, and upper middle class from a well known Chicago private school. </p>

<p>I'm a sophomore and would just like to know how I'm doing so far and what I should improve on. I will probably apply to these schools for either International Relations/Studies or Political Science with a language minor. </p>

<p>Amherst
Boston College
Claremont McKenna
Dartmouth
Georgetown SFS
Michigan
Middlebury
Northwestern
Princeton
Williams
Yale</p>

<p>I'd also like suggestions for similar schools. Thanks</p>

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<p>You are looking good. If you can get higher SAT scores, you will be towards the top of the running…but remember that a lot of the decision is based on your recommendations and essays :)</p>

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<p>Get’cho unweighted GPA up, son!</p>

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<p>I go to a really competitive private school, which is why my GPA is a little low. My freshman year wasn’t that great and I’ve gotten all As this year.</p>

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<p>Bump .</p>

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<p>looks great! just remember that “projected” scores often are off-mark. so, just be careful with that, depending on how you are projecting them.</p>

<p>for some other top LACs, look at…Davidson, Carleton, Pomona, Swarthmore.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I can improve my ECs?</p>

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<p>71 hours/week of EC’s is pretty hard to believe, especially if you attend a competitive private school.</p>

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<p>IRJunkie, the only ECs that I do all year are piano and saxophone, and even the youth ensemble and precollege program aren’t year round-- just practicing.</p>

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<p>Bump .</p>

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<p>The only thing I would say is that projected SATs can be much different from when you take it for real. It could be higher than what you think but it can also be much lower. You really just have to come back after you’re done with all your testing to get a better grasp.</p>

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<p>I took the PSAT this year so I have some idea of what my SAT scores will be.</p>

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<p>OP: the hours of your EC means that you spend on average around 8 hours a DAY doing ECs…have fun trying to fool them Adcoms…</p>

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<p>Did you not read my explanation? Not more than two of any major ECs are going on at the same time, and the amount of time spent varies.</p>

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<p>my ONLY $.02 to you (Mr.OP): </p>

<p>continuity/depth > laundry list
humanity/personality > machine</p>

<p>GL</p>

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<p>if you’re looking for other recommendations for schools to look at, i’d STRONGLY recommend Wesleyan and Bowdoin. Essentially equal to Middlebury and right up there with Williams and Amherst</p>

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<p>Wesleyan is way too liberal for me.</p>

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<p>bump .</p>

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<p>I would say that you are on the right track if you want to get accepted to a top college, and also try to expand your EC’s a bit more.</p>

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<p>How would you suggest I expand my ECs?</p>