What College is for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello everyone, I was wondering what colleges are my possible reaches, my matches, and safeties.</p>

<p>My resume is as follows:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.75 W (out of 5)
SAT: 2320 total. (780 M, 780 V, 760 W)
SAT2: Hebrew 800, Physics 790, math IIC 780, World history 800, US history 790.</p>

<p>In highschool I will be garduating with 8 AP's and 6 Honors. </p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>-Completed a four year curriculum at a Secondary school
(Hebrew College) specializing in Jewish Studies, with outstanding marks (4.0 GPA).</p>

<p>-Opinions writer of high school paper for 4 years.</p>

<p>-member of my school's Jewish Student union for 2 years,
officer during Junior year, and then president for my comming senior year.</p>

<p>-officer at my area's chapter of USY (United Synagogue Youth) for 2 years. Organized many Jewish events.</p>

<p>-member of the American Poetry society for 3 years, was
a finalist for a national poetry competitiion (out of 100 finalists nation-wide).</p>

<p>-rode horses for 6 years (not competitively, but as a hobby).</p>

<p>Awards/acheivements:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>recieved a national Jewish award for outstading acheivement in the hebrew school mentioned above.</p></li>
<li><p>received awards for highscore on the national Latin exam
3 years in a row. </p></li>
</ul>

<p>-received honor roll during every term so far in highschool
(expecting to have them all for my senior year)</p>

<ul>
<li>published a book of poetry at the age of 10 in Israel (where I lived at the time). The book sold ~3500 copies at
a fund raiser event for autistic children (my brother is autistic and was thus the theme of my book). My book received the Israeli National Award for Poetry.</li>
</ul>

<p>-received an award from my Jewish Community for "extraordinary involvement"</p>

<p>Community service:</p>

<ul>
<li>worked at a 6 week summer camp which involved much community service (about 40 hours).</li>
</ul>

<p>-joined a program in which I worked as an aid for disabled children during my junior year (the whole school year ~35 hours). </p>

<p>-did alot of community service at my temple (200+ hours).</p>

<p>That's it. Sorry about the length everyone.
Thank's in advance for your responses.</p>

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<p>o, and I forgot to add:
My rank is 6/420.</p>

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<p>You have very competitive numbers, as I'm positive you alredy know. Your awards/Ecs are also very impressive. You could easily be in the running for the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, etc. as well as the top LACs. The problem is that you haven't really told us anything about what type of college you're interested in. Big or small? Urban or rural? Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, West Coast? What do you want to study? We don't really know any of that yet, so we can't be much help until you tell us a little about what YOU want...</p>

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<p>Good point lol</p>

<p>I am planning on majoring in a social-science field. That is, either in history, politics, government, etc.
My dream is to become a politician in the future.</p>

<p>As for the type of college, I would embrace ANY size, location, etc. Im very flexible.</p>

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<p>bump........</p>

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<p>bump...................</p>

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<p>Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Princeton I think would be excellent options for you as they are excellent in the social sciences.</p>

<p>If you have any questions about Columbia, feel free to PM me.</p>

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<p>But, with my resume, do you think I can get into these schools?</p>

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<p>From my eyes, you stand as good a chance as any. </p>

<p>Once again, if you have any questions about Columbia, give me a PM and I'll be happy to answer.</p>

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<p>bump............</p>

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<p>orrican, you are going to have to get a little more picky because if you are indifferent to "fit," an app to one of these top schools is going to come across as a scattershot application... with little intense thought behind it.</p>

<p>Its great to be flexible but not if it means you are indifferent between two very different schools. </p>

<p>So what are the most important qualities you seek in fellow students, atmosphere, school size, professor contact, lesiure activities, etc?</p>

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<p>romy, you sound a wee bit like an advertiser for this site; I think you have mentioned it in all five of your posts!</p>

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<p>Sorry. I just thought it could help out some people.</p>

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<p>Well, you're in league with all these ivy applicants...go for it!</p>

<p>What about the quirky schools: Oberlin...Swat?</p>