<p>Looking at schools like:
Northwestern (probably ED)
Michigan
Cornell
UW-Madison
Minnesota
Macalester
Carleton
UC-Berkeley
UCLA
NYU
Virginia (OOS)
Will take any other suggestions, not a final list by any means</p>
<p>[li] Major: Econ</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs (if sent): Math II- 720</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: 33 (34 superscored)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] unweighted GPA: 3.78</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP tests: Will take this year- Stats, Lang & Comp, Physics B, Macro. Have taken- Micro (4), Psych (4), US History (3), Comparative Politics (3)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):</p>[/li]
<p>Baseball both school and summer travel ball all 4 years
Competitive snowboarder on private snowboard team, practice 12 hours/week, 3 time USASA national championship competitor and 7 time qualifier. Finished 12th in nation in slalom, 2 year captian of alpine team, 4 year varsity letter in snowboarding
Private upright and electric bass lessons since fifth grade
Top orchestra in school all 4 years
2 pit orchestras for school musicals
jazz band all 4 years
summer jazz instruction and once preformed at dakota jazz club
NHS
Habitat for Humanity
Model Assembley (comparable to MUN)
Volunteer coach once/week for snowboard team
travel baseball umpiring as summer job for 3 years</p>
<p>[li] Essays: should be good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: should be good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: should be good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State or Country: Minnesota</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Large, competitive public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: scores, well rounded ECs, minnesota white male</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Other Factors/questions: National Merit Commended</p>
<p>Hey, I’m from Minnesota too!!! 
Where around Minnesota are you from?</p>
<p>Ok, so, being from Minnesota (an underepresented state) will help you a lot. You have a really good ACT score, specially superscored, but the 3s you got on those AP exams are going to hurt you a little bit. You have excellent ECs (baseball and snowboarding should both be a plus, as well as your passion for music - and even habitat for humanity). All in all, you seem to be an extremely well rounded applicant. Although, your GPA is a little on the low side. </p>
<p>But, I’d say your chances at all the schools you listed are great! Although, maybe you should think of EDing at Cornell instead. Unless you REALLY want to go to Northwestern. The thing is, Northwestern probably receives a lot of applicants from Minnesota, but Cornell probably does not, thus you would increase your chances much more at Cornell.</p>
<p>Ohh, and maybe you should think about removing UVA from your list. Since you are OOS, the chances of getting in are EXTREMELY slim. I also really wanted to apply to UVA, but now I’m thinking otherwise (a waste of $50, really).</p>
<p>And you stated you were a legacy? At what school though? Also, would you be needing FA?</p>
<p>Oh sorry I was just copying a format from another thread so I didn’t mean to say that I’m a legacy, it says I have no hooks. I am a huge legacy at The U but I’m not too worried about that one. My uncle is also a distinguished faculty at the Northwestern Med School.</p>
<p>Last bump…any other opinions???</p>
<p>A lot of my friends are going/planning on going to UW Madison, and I can almost guarantee you’d be accepted there. I think you’d be safe for Minnesota too. Your first three listed colleges will probably be the toughest, but your ACT would be competitive at all of them. NU seems like low-mid reach, but being related to a faculty member at Feinberg will definitely help:) Good Luck!
Feel free to chance me…the thread is called Marquette/Notre Dame/Duke/Vanderbilt…probably on the second page by now.</p>