gg1833

White Female, Illinois, "gifted" Public High School.

Schools: I'm worried I have too many reaches...
Northwestern (mother went there)
UChicago (father went there)
WashU
Loyola in Chicago
U of I
Boston College
Case Western
Columbia University

Academics:
GPA - UW is like a 3.8, W is a 4.226.
Rank - 7/357
ACT - 32 the first time, still waiting on second score.
Rigor - AP U.S. History (5)
AP Calculus 1-2 (didn't test)
AP European History (waiting)
AP Government (waiting)
AP Economics (waiting)
AP English 1-2 (waiting)
AP World History (next year)
AP English 3-4 (next year)
AP Statistics (next year)
AP Chemistry (next year)
Dual Credit: French 3, and French 4.

EC's: Band (4 years), Jazz Band (2 years) Percussion Equipment Manager (1 year), Band President (1 year), French Club (4 years), French Honor Society (2 years), National Honor Sociey (2 years), Chemistry Club (1 year), Varsity Cross Country (4 years), XC Captain (1 year), Varsity Basketball (4 years), Varsity Soccer (4 years), Key Club (4 years), Swim Instructor and Lifeguard (2 years).

Awards - MVP of XC Team 2 years, All-conference XC 1 year, Most improved XC 1 year, Most Improved Soccer 1 year, 3-sport Scholar Athlete for Conference for 4 years, Female Athlete of the Year.

sak09

Your legacies at UChicago and Northwestern will really help you. For this reason I'd say both of those are high matches. I think out of the list, Columbia will be your only big reach.

gg1833

bump!

UPDATED ACT/AP SCORES:

AP:
euro - 5
eng lang - 5
gov - 4
econ - 3 took it first semester...

ACT:
got a 32 again, but my writing score went up. Also, my superscore is now a 33.

any updates in chances?

gg1833

bump bump bump!

Meadesport

Looks good. Northwestern and Columbia may be reaches.

annapoof

your list looks balanced.
I think you have good chances.

chubeebo

let's give it a try:

Northwestern - reach, could even go to high match or match due to legacy factor
UChicago - reach, could also even go to high match or match due to legacy factor. make sure you write a kick-rear essay.
WashU - high match
Loyola in Chicago - safety
U of I - safety
Boston College - match
Case Western - match, probably even safety
Columbia University - high reach

good luck gg. what are you planning on majoring in?

gg1833

i'm def taking my premed reqs. What exactly I will major in is still unsure. As long as medicine stays appealing to me, I'm gonna stick with it. If I went to WashU I think I might give the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psycology major a chance, but any other school I will probably stick with Bio. Do many other schools have interesting majors like the PNP one at washu? It is the only one I have heard of like that.