What colleges do you recommend? IR/Poli-Sci

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi I'm a Junior and I am very interested in a top college with a great Undergraduate IR/Poli-Sci program.</p>

<p>Unweighted Average - 97.78
Rank 7th out of 792
ACT: 33
SAT: 2250</p>

<p>Past Courses: AP Chem, AP US, AP Physics, AP US Govt. and Politics (independent study), Honors everything else</p>

<p>Senior Courses: AP Bio, AP English, AP Calc BC, SUNY French, Syracuse Psychology & Sociology, Syracuse Public Affairs Forum, Advanced Econ;</p>

<p>Senior Independent Study APs: AP Comparative Govt, AP French, AP Macro & Micro Economics, AP Psychology</p>

<p>Trumpet: -Empire State Youth Orchestra (very prestigious Orchestra)
-Empire State Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble (1st Trumpet)
- Area All State
- 99% on NYSSMA solo</p>

<p>EC:
1st trumpet in school Wind & Jazz Ensembles: award winning groups
Tri-M Music Honor Society: Vice-President
Student-Faculty-Administrators Senate: Member for Junior and Senior year; elected Rep. to the PTSA
Tennis: Team Captain
World of Difference: Vocal and active clubthat speaks out against bigotry and praises cultural differences
NHS: Senior year</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Trumpet every Sunday at my Church
Political Campaign for once-Rep now-Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Albany Medical Center: twice a week over the summer
Local Homeless Shelter</p>

<p>Summer:
-I have taken two cultural awareness/outreach trips to the impoverished highlands of Guatemala. I go to a town that is a sister-parish of my church and interact with the locals for a week, help rebuild their church, and take trips to historic sites of the recent Civil War. I will be going back for a third time this summer alone.
-Boy's State Political Leadership Conference
-Congressional Youth Leadership Conference in summer '07</p>

<p>I am interested in applying to the Ivys as well as some other safer schools. I would greatly appreciate some constructive feedback, college suggestions, and maybe my chances. Thank you.</p>

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<p>Tufts, Macalester, Kalamazoo, Earlham for a spectrum of selectivity. Others may suggest George Washington and American but I don’t know much about them.</p>

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<p>You have as good of a chance as anyone when looking at the Ivys and anywhere else for that matter. But thousands of people have resumes like yours and don’t get in. Although I disagree with someone having a “chance” and schools selecting randomly, it is sometimes hard to understand how they select students (I like to think they “build” classes"). The only thing that might hurt you is your class rank, but judging off your other statistics, you probably go to a vary tough hs. Good Luck though and remember to apply to “matches,” “safeties,” and “reaches.”</p>

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<p>For IR–the are 5 schools that perennially top the list–Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Tufts, Princeton and Columbia. The second tier would include GW and AU.</p>

<p>For political science–virtually every top school has a good PS department. It won’t matter much for undergraduate study. Choose the best school you get into and which is a good “fit” for you.</p>