Where Should I Apply?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I’m trying to decide what schools to apply to, so the list is rather long here is my info. I need to select reaches, matches, and safeties.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 2210 (will retake): CR: 700, M: 800, W: 710</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chem (may retake), 700 US History, 700 Latin (waiting for retake score) </li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calc BC: 5; AP Stat, Chem, Latin, and US: unknown</li>
<li>GPA weighted: 4.16</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: school does not give to student or college</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: School does not rank</li>
</ul>

<p>School gpa scale:
4.0: 94-100 (A), 3.5: 90-93 (B+), 3.0: 84-89 (B)
(AP classes weighted 1.0)</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Northern VA</li>
<li>School Type: Selective Science and Tech Public Magnet/Governor’s School admission by application and selection test</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female </li>
<li>Income: 200k+ a year (will not apply for financial aid anywhere)</li>
<li>Legacy: No</li>
<li>Recruited: No</li>
</ul>

<p>Application:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Currently working on, projected: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good/Fair</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good/Fair</li>
<li>EC: Excellent </li>
<li>Academic Awards: Good/Fair</li>
</ul>

<p>Grades:</p>

<p>Freshman year
Pre-calc: A
Bio: B+
Computer Science: A
Tech (req): A
English: A
Latin 2: A
PE and Health: A</p>

<p>Summer School Before Sophomore year:
Chemistry: B</p>

<p>Sophomore year
AP Bio: WP
AP Chem: WP
English: A
World Hist: A
20th Cent. World History: A
Street Law: A
AP Calculus BC: A
Latin 3: A
PE and Health: A
Driver’s Ed: A</p>

<p>Junior year
AP Stat: A
Multivariable Calculus: A
Linear Algebra: A
English: A
Physics: B+
AP US History: A
AP Latin Lit (Cat/Ovid): A
AP Chem: A</p>

<p>Senior year course load:
AP Gov (req)
Geosystems (req)
Senior Research Tech Lab
AP Computer Science
Numerial Analysis/Differential Equations
AP English Lang
AP Latin Language/ Vergil</p>

<p>Main Problems:
* 2 Withdraw Passes (WP) on transcript for sophomore year in AP Bio and AP Chem during second quarter. (I didn’t want to end up with a B or C and didn’t realize until after I dropped that I had to withdraw first quarter for it to not be on my transcript :(.)
* Only one A in a science class (A in AP Chem, B+ in physics and bio, B in chemistry)</p>

<p>Colleges </p>

<p>MIT:
Caltech:
Harvard:
Yale:
Princeton:
UPenn:
Columbia:
Dartmouth:
Cornell:
Brown:
Duke:
Johns Hopkins:
UChicago:
Georgetown:
Swarthmore:
UVA:
William and Mary: </p>

<p>Oxford:
Cambridge:
McGill:
Northwestern:
Williams:
Wellesley:
Haverford: </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m guessing you’re from TJ. That should make up for your B+ in physics(?)</p>

<p>I disagree with lolUsers - your stats are not subpar. They are fit for HYPS,etc but you will have to provide ECs/Awards</p>

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<p>Okay. Here are five of my major ECs. </p>

<ol>
<li>Webmaster and developer- 4 sites, one of which placed fourth in a national competition</li>
<li>Sport- VA state champion, regional finalist, national qualifier, studied with Olympic, World, and National coaches (non-recruiting sport), instructor, judge (kind of like referee position)</li>
<li>Teacher and advisor to math teams who have placed in top three in state and nation</li>
<li>Research- Georgetown University, other university </li>
<li>Various positions in school clubs- student government, Latin Honor Society officer, girls-in-sci-and-tech club</li>
</ol>

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<p>Could someone help me?</p>