<p>SCHOOLS
+ Barnard College
+ Boston College
+ Cornell
+ U. Notre Dame (First choice)
+ Colgate
+ Lehigh (50-75% of school is applying)
+ Brandeis
+ GWU</p>
<p>Race/Gender: asian female
I go to a very competitive magnet school in NJ
SAT - 1330 (V 620 M 710)
Match IIC - 720
Writing - 630
Biology - 670
GPA 3.6 uw (School does not rank)
GPA (soph & jun) 3.7 uw
All honors and 2APs (AP Bio and AP Calc) No AP Humanities Offered</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities
- JV Girls Lacrosse Team Captain
- Varsity Golf Team (All League Honorable Mention, only female ranked in League)
- Interact Club (3years), President
- Tomorrow's Children Fund (3 years), Founder and President
- School Newspaper, Features Editor (3 years)
- Online-Magazine, Senior Staff writer (4 years)
- National Honor Society (2 years)
- National Spanish Honor Society - Daycare Coordinator (3 years)
- Various other clubs for 4 years but no positions</p>
<p>Volunteer / Community Service
- NJ EMT Certified (100+ hrs)
- Ambulance Corp Volunteer (300+ hrs)
- Hospital Volunteer (2 summers - 60hrs)
- Soup Kitchen in Harlem (40 hrs)
- Library Volunteer - Children's Program Coordinator (300+ hr)</p>
<p>Work Experience
- Internship at Tommy Hilfiger (9hrs/wk)
- Tutoring (2 years - 6hr/wk)
- Web & Graphic Designer (3 years)
- Secretary at Design consulting firm (2 years)
- Dental Chair-side Assistant (1year)
- Receptionist (2 years)</p>
<p>My recs are pretty good and essays aren't exceptionally amazing. I'm taking my Sat I's again this Jan, hopefully my verbal goes up at least 50 points~ im praying its my last chance for Notre Dame~</p>
<p>the only reach may be barnard; other than that, i think you're definitely in everywhere else, including the 4 new colleges you posted today. we have a lot of similar activities. haha but anyways, good luck :)</p>
<p>you are saying barnard is a reach and cornell is not..with a 1330 any ivy league school you apply to is a reach..but defnitely apply..your work experiences may definitely compensate for the rather low scores</p>
<p>There was a study by Stanford (?) 2002 or 2003 that was posted somewhere on CC that said that the average distance from of the high selective college to your high school's home town, was 600 miles. That implied that the further you are from home, the greater chances of being admitted. </p>
<p>Distance from home is only relative. If you drive 300 miles it may take you 6 hours, gas and someone to drive. You can fly 2000-3000 miles in 8 hours with the cost only slightly more than driving and without the inconvenience of having someone to do the driving. If you live in SF Bay area, 300 miles north or south gets you only to the borders where as 300 miles in the East gets you across 5 states. </p>
<p>Your posting eludes that you are from NE. Weather is better in the West and the scenery is very much varied and different from the Eastern part of the US. </p>
<p>If your parents still baulk- tell them that there are more oriental boys in the West. </p>
<p>Finally. no more expensive than living in West.</p>
<p>Lol~ I'm nothing like your typical asian girl nor are my parents like typical asians. I'm planning on marrying someone not of my race, most likely white/Catholic but definitely not Asian.</p>
<p>I'm hoping that Notre Dame is far enough, but I your answer seems logical. I was thinking of Pepperdine and Pomona. But I love the winters so I think that's why I'm choosing a lot of schools in the NE and MidWest. </p>