What are my Chances? Carleton, Williams, Pomona, Brown, Macalester, Vassar, uPenn, Michigan (Honors)

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Hi I’m a Junior, caucasian, girl from the northeast looking into colleges and I would like to know what my chances are for some of the colleges I’m looking at (to know if it’s worth continuing looking at these types). For the most part, I like smaller, LACs. My favorite subject is science.

Any feedback would be welcomed, especially recommendations to look into other colleges! Thank you!

GPA:
4.0 unweighted (so far all A’s in Junior year)
4.32 weighted
I don’t know my rank but my school’s ranking is messed up because transfer students and such, as we don’t have honors courses but they do. My school is very competitive.

Course Load
Freshman: Humanities I, Biology, Algebra II, World I, Spanish III + electives
Sophomore: Humanities II, Chemistry, Pre-Calc, AP World, Spanish IV + electives
Junior: AP Spanish, AP Biology, US History, Internship, AP Lang, AP Calc AB
Senior (projected): AP Stat, AP Environmental, AP Physics (1 or C), AP Spanish Literature, Humanities 4
Taking a Psychology class at the local university for the spring

Scores:
1450 on the new SAT (700 english, 750 math) will take again
700 on SAT II World History
5 on AP World Exam

Extracurriculars:
Student Council Treasurer (Sophomore Junior and probably senior)
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
Started a nonprofit that provides technology tutoring to senior citizens in the neighborhood (Community service)
Senior member of a Jewish Philanthropist Organization
Founder/President of Marine Science Club
I intern at a biology lab at the local university

Awards:
2015 Regional NCSE Science Fair 1st Place
2015 National NCSE Science Fair 1st Place
2016 Regional Stem Fair 2nd place in Environmental Category
Published an article in IHSJS (Dec 2015)
Publishing another article in NHSJS (Winter 2017)

Summer Activities:
Shoals Marine Laboratory- Took a Marine Environmental Science Class for Cornell Credit
Spent three weeks in Ecuador, got 70 hrs of community service
Going to be a camp counselor this summer at a sleepaway camp that I’ve gone to for seven years

Recommendations:
Hoping to get one from my history teacher who I’m really close with (had her class for past three years)
Also my AP biology teacher

Essay: still too early to tell

My one problem is no athletics but I’m hoping extracurriculars will make up for it. Also I have legacy at Carleton, uPenn, and Michigan

Thanks again!

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My daughter got the same exact SAT’s as you, 680 and 690 SAT2 and 8 ap’s and Ap cal as a junior, but is a senior now. Her gpa was a little lower and she needs financial aid. We found out that being a female from the northeast hurts your chances, and many small LAC’s take a large percentage of athletes, making it very competitive for a non-hooked white girl. We found that the all woman’s colleges and schools that used to be all woman, gave a better chance for admissions without sacrificing a quality education. My daughter may or may not decide on attending an all woman’s college, but they gave her more options for matches and high safety’s. This list would include: Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Smith. Now coed Skidmore and Vassar. We have visited most of the New England and New York schools and can give any more advise if you want.