<p>So I'm looking to see how the schools fall for my academics. I don't think any are real safeties, so if you could also suggest some good safeties with strong physics/astronomy programs.</p>
<p>The schools (in no particular order):
-Princeton
-Dartmouth
-MIT
-Wesleyan
-Barnard</p>
<p>Stats
-4.0 unweighted gpa
-33 ACT
-2220 SAT
-97 NYS Trig Regents (all regents are out of 100)
-97 NYS Bio Regents
-98 NYS Earth Science Regents
-95 NYS Geometry Regents
-I plan to take SAT II Math 1 and 2, Chemistry, Physics and maybe World History
-rank 1 (but only out of 35)
-I'm graduating high school in three years instead of 4</p>
<p>ECs
-Senior band flutist
-Jazz band saxophonist
-varsity ski team (since 7th grade)
-varsity tennis team (since 8th grade)
-treasurer of science club
-national honor society
-event coordinator for my class
-student council representative
-vice president of local interact rotary club
-Junior Olympian and nationally ranked for freestyle mogul skiing singles and duels</p>
<p>Community service
-Family severely affected by Hurricane Irene, my town was absolutely destroyed, over 250 volunteer hours cleaning up the town after the storm.
-Math and science tutoring for both young students and peers.
-~100 other hours</p>
<p>Other
-Kopernik astronomy camp on string theory.
-I co-own a business which involves many hours of making the product (fudge), selling it and traveling to fairs. I also work on weekends at a small gourmet store/cafe.
-Will have AP US History, AP English Lit, AP Calc, AP Physics (that is all the
AP my school offers)
college course in government (freshman year), college course in economics (freshman year), 5 years of Spanish (2 years college level), college course in statistics
-I live in an incredibly rural part of New York in the Catskills, I don't think anyone from my school has gone to any ivy except Cornell (and that only happens once ever 8 years or so).
-I'm a white female and my family makes under $40k a year</p>
<p>MIT, Princeton and Dartmouth are all reaches. You should be considering some of the SUNY schools such as Stony Brook, Binghamton, Buffalo and Geneseo. Other schools although somewhat late in the game might be Pitt, Delaware and Boston University. You aren’t specific about size or kind of school or whether financial aid is needed. As you are applying to Barnard you might also consider schools like Smith or Mt. Holyoke.</p>
<p>Thanks @bookmama22 Unfortunately the only SUNY that offers what I want is Stony Brooke and I’m trying to stay out of NYC (though I really love Barnard). I would need at least 80% of financial need covered. To be more specific a school I would attend must have an astronomy major and would preferably be small (not that necessary), somewhat rural (or close to somewhere rural) and in the Northeast. Boston U is also on my list, but for some reason my parents are very opposed to it.
Oh and I don’t graduate until next year so nothing is to late in the game.</p>
<p>Dartmouth will like this. It’s the kind of school where snow-lovers thrive.</p>
<p>You sound like an interesting applicant and I think you have a shot at all of the schools. But with the exception of Barnard, they are all reaches for everyone, so don’t expect any acceptances. Wesleyan is not an easy school to get into either–not a match. Look up the percentage of accepted students, and if it’s under 20%, which Wesleyan is, it’s a reach by definition. There’s a fair chance you will be accepted to at least one of them, but you can’t count on it.</p>
<p>I would say you’ve got an excellent shot at Barnard, a great one for Wesleyan, and above average one for Dartmouth, and just as good as a shot as anyone else for Princeton MIT, but at the same time, they’re Princeton and MIT so it’s a gamble lol. I would be surprised if you didn’t get accepted from 2 or more of the five. Also, shoe in for Boston! I don’t really know much about Alfred so I don’t know what to say there lol.</p>
<p>As for safeties, I’d maybe look for some state school that you wouldn’t mind attending, just for backup and more options. Just find some states you wouldn’t mind living in with decent out of state options. Even with out of state tuition, you’ve got the stats to qualify for good merit aide, so shouldn’t kill you, and since state schools are so large (even though large schools aren’t your preference) often times, you shouldn’t have to worry about the major :). With honors programs they should at least feel a little smaller lol. Have you considered Wellesley? I’m not sure if they have astronomy but I know they talk about a space observatory thingy in the pamphlet, so it could be likely, and their small and I think you’d have a really good shot there.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, Princeton, and MIT-Reaches, but they are for everyone, regardless of stats.
Good safeties I say might be more like NYU, people may disagree but, I am using it as a safety. State schools are also good as safeties.</p>
<p>When it comes to schools like Dartmouth, Princeton, and MIT, once you make their initial cuts, it’s basically a crap shoot. Your credentials and ECs seem pretty unique though, so I think you have a very good chances. And when it comes to Wes and Barnard, you should definitely be fine. Like the rest, I agree a safety school may be in order.</p>