Which colleges are for me?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey all,
I am currently a junior. Based on my resume, which colleges should I apply to come next year? (i.e. reaches, matches, safeties)</p>

<p>Background:
I am an Israeli in origin; I moved here as an 8th grader.
I currently live in the Boston area.</p>

<p>stats:
W GPA ~4.7/5 UW GPA ~3.9 Rank top ~10-15/430
SAT I 2340 (800 M, 780 V, 760 W)
SAT II Hebrew 800, Physics 800, Math IIC 800 , U.S. History 780,
world history hoping for 770-800.</p>

<p>EC's
Jewish Student Union at my school:
-soph year: Israeli affairs coordinator
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: hopefully co President; if not, then Executive Vice Pres.</p>

<p>Young Judea (a zionist-activism organization)
-fresh+soph years: member
-junior year: Vice President
-next year: President</p>

<p>International Forum at my school
-I founded this club junior year. (and am the President, of course)
-we meet once a week and discuss current global events.</p>

<p>Hebrew College
-a secondary school; 6 hours a week (4 on Sundays, 2 on Tuesdays)
-from 8th grade till the end of this year.
-so far, am first in my class of ~200</p>

<p>"Kol Hanoar" ("The Youth's Voice") at Hebrew college
-a weekly publication I founded soph year. I am the editor, of course.
-includes news headlines from the Jewish world, 4 opinionated
articles written by students.</p>

<p>Writer and associate editor at school paper for the Global section.</p>

<p>Etgar Lnoar
- a community service program at my temple. We help disabled kids learn Hebrew for their Bar/Bat Mitvahs (2 hours a week). This is my first year doing this, and will do so next year as well.</p>

<p>Awards:
-Kaufman award for academic achievement in Jewish studies.
-Grossman Family award (encompasses 1000$ scholarship) for leadership in my Jewish community.
-JCRC (Jewish Community Religious Council) award for my leadership at teh Jewish Student Union.</p>

<p>Summer programs
-Keren Or program over the summer before freshman year
-David Project (pro-Israel awareness project) program summer before soph
-Camp guide at Young Judea camp summer before junior
-David Project program again this coming summer</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Yeshiva University</p>

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<p>lol
No, I'm not that religious.</p>

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<p>oh... Brandeis?</p>

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<p>Well, I was thinking about Brandeis as a safety. To be honest, I think I can do better than Brandeis - not that it's a bad college.</p>

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<p>some schools with a significant jewish population (roughly, reaches at the top, matches towards the middle, safeties at the bottom):</p>

<p>harvard
yale
penn
columbia
brown
cornell
wesleyan
tufts
wash u
emory
northwestern
mcgill
barnard
brandeis
nyu
michigan
skidmore
rochester
tulane
gw
binghamton
muhlenberg
penn st
maryland
uconn
syracuse
rutgers</p>

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<p>Apply to all the top schools you have even the tiniest interest in. You're going to make many of them easily with those stats and activities. Congrats on being a genius.</p>

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<p>lol
I am far from being a genius, my friend; but I'll take your compliment nonetheless :)</p>