Where should I apply!? (Not looking for ego boosts)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Based on my stats, anyone have some ideas for colleges that I could apply to? Reach schools, target schools, and safety schools?</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>-GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.1 weighted
-10 Honors classes taken, 5 AP taken (all 4's and 5's on the tests)
-Will run college track, both indoor and outdoor</p>

<p>-Senior class president
-Founder and President of Philosophy Club
-Founder and President of Pyschology/Sociology Club
-President of Politics Club
-Diversity Club member- went on school trip to Canada, and hosted a student from Canada for two weeks
-Debate Club member
-"Friends of the Orphans" Club member- went on week long mission trip to an orphanage in Mexico during spring break</p>

<p>-225 Hours Community Service completed upon graduation (of 125 required for graduation)
-Varsity Track for school (two years JV, two years Varsity)
-Run club track during the summer and off season (Track Athlete Year Round)- went to USATF Junior Olympics NATIONALS for 110m hurdles
-Very, very good recommendations
-Graduated Summa Cum Laude from a prep school in Arizona
-School does not rank, but about 25 out of around 200 usually graduate Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>-?Possibly going on a mission trip to Tanzania to help with cataract surgery for underprivileged children
-?Possibly going to study philosophy at Oxford for two weeks over the summer</p>

<p>-Wrote a very personal essay about my father's alcoholism, and how he took his own life when I was eight years old. It is very, very good (If I dare say so myself).</p>

<p>Some ideas that I have are:</p>

<p>Safety:
Occidental
BU
Lewis and Clark</p>

<p>Target:
Colgate
Carnegie-Mellon
Emory
William and Mary
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Reach:
Duke
Cornell
Berkeley
Brown</p>

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<p>Any test scores? What’s your ethnicity? You’ve already graduated from high school?</p>

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<p>No no, I’m only a junior, but these will be my stats upon graduation
I’m white</p>

<p>I haven’t taken the SAT yet, but I took the PSAT a week ago and got a 194, so I’m hoping to secure something around 2200 for the SAT after taking it a few times</p>

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<p>Okay the Cum Laude thing confused me for a second. Do you have a class rank?</p>

<p>If you do manage to secure the 2200, I would pretty much agree with your assessment for all your schools. Your application seems relatively well-rounded, but everything is short of being impressive. I’d suggest for you to pick your favorite of the four reaches you listed and commit to it with the ED.</p>

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<p>No, my school doesn’t rank. There is a Summa Cum Laude title you can graduate with though (3.75 gpa, 10 honors, 4 AP, and you must write a thesis paper senior year) and usually around 18-25 graduate with it each year from a class of around 200-250. So I was hoping to use that as a way to kind of hint at the fact that I’m near the top of my class.</p>