What kinds of colleges would accept me?

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<p>I live in the suburbs of Boston and for college, I would go as far north as Canada (for a really good school) or as far south as the New York/ New Jersey area. But honestly, there are a ton of good colleges in the Boston area, I'm just not sure which ones I could possibly get accepted into!</p>

<p>My profile:
Grades: Definitely my highest point. From freshman and sophomore year, my weighted GPA is 4.34 out of 4.5 and I'm not sure what it is unweighted. I'm ranked 3rd in class out of 330, and I have all A's on my transcript. I've taken as many honors classes as I could and this year I have 3 APs and probably will have 4-5 next year.</p>

<p>SATs: I'm projected to get a 1900 based on my PSAT scores but I 've been studying and practicing so i could probably get into the 2000-2100 area or maybe even higher.</p>

<p>Extracurricular: these kill me, I know it. I've quit every childhood activity and don't have an impressive resume at all. Anyway, the few activities I do include Art National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, spring track and math team. But i do not have any "leadership roles" and I doubt I will next year either. And for the above reasons, I probably won't get into National Honors Society. My hobbies include playing the piano (since kindergarten) and baking - but do those even count?</p>

<p>Volunteer/work: I have a few sporadic volunteering hours, nothing too impressive. This summer, I might volunteer at a hospital to get a respectable amount of hours and/or get a job for the experience.</p>

<p>I'm sure I'll be fine for other parts of the applications, like the teacher recommendations and I'm a pretty strong writer for the essay portion. </p>

<p>Which colleges do I have a chance with? Please be specific! I'm looking into more selective schools like Northeastern, NYU, Brandeis, etc. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>I wasn’t a big extracurricular person either when I was applying for college so that isn’t as big of a killer as you might think it is. It might be helpful if you can get a volunteer position somewhere that will allow you to gain leadership ability. For example, mentoring or tutoring struggling students can be considered leadership activities.
Also if you have a project or activity that you’ve worked on throughout high school, you should expand on that when allowed. This can be anything from involvement in certain programs to being part of your school’s theater performance every year. On to matches, I think you should be good for NYU as long as you’re not looking to get into Stern Business School. You can most likely place schools such as Lehigh University and Rochester Institute of Technology. You have a good chance with Northeastern as well most likely. Just a warning from a past college applicant; there are more important things to college than how good their name is. You should also take atmosphere, the number and types of majors offered by the school and how supportive the school is towards their students. Good luck.</p>