Chance final list?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi! I’m finalizing my list of schools to apply to and I want to know if it’s balanced. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Here are my schools:
William and Mary (dream school, applying ED)
Haverford
Brown
Yale
Bucknell
Dickinson
Lafayette
Cornell
Colgate </p>

<p>I attend a highly-ranked public school in New York.
Cum. GPA (weighted): 101
Junior year GPA (weighted): 107</p>

<p>At the end of Junior year I was ranked 12 out of just over 500 students. I might go up or down a couple of ranks, but either way I’m 5%.</p>

<p>Junior Year courses: IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, AB Calc, IB Physics HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish HL, IB Art SL</p>

<p>Senior Year courses: IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, AB Calc, IB Physics HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish HL, Project Advanced English </p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT I - 2200 composite, 700 CR, 800 W, 700 M (I plan on sending these and my ACT, since they convert to around the same score)
SAT II - 760 Literature, 680 Physics
ACT - 34
IB Math SL - 6
IB Art SL - 5
AP European History- 5</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
National Honor Society - 10, 11, 12
National Merit Semifinalist – 12
possible Hispanic Merit Recognition Scholar- 12 (I was just informed that I might qualify for this, but it’s far from definite)
(Anticipated) Language Honor Society – 12
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Top 100 out of 10,000 (10)
National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist (11)
Scholar Athlete (9 and 10)
Cow Harbor 10K 3rd place (9-12)
Published in Art & Literary Magazine (10, 11, 12)
High Honor Roll - 9, 10, 11, 12
Advanced Regents Diploma - will receive upon graduation</p>

<p>EC:
Huntington Hospital Junior Volunteer (8-12)
Junior Council Member
Schools for Schools Ugandan service club - 11, 12
Varsity Track - 9, 10
National Novel Writing Month (I’ve written two (anticipated three) novels of over 50,000
words in 30 days as a writing exercise)
Students for 60,000 (community service club) - 9, 10, 11, 12
Senior Chairperson
Interact Club (9-12)
Executive Board
Peer Tutoring (10-12)
Blogging (9-12), potentially employed by Syracuse University to blog about my senior year
experiences
Writing Contest
Northport Youth Center Soccer League (9, 10, 11, 12)
Island Harvest Food Drive (9 and 11)
Coordinator
Grandfriends (9-12)
New Orleans Service Trip (12)
Nicaragua Service Trip (11 and anticipated 12)</p>

<p>I’m a full IB Diploma candidate. </p>

<p>College classes taken:
Writing 105 through Syracuse University (class offered at my HS)</p>

<p>My recommendations should be really good and I wrote my essay on writing, which is what I plan to pursue in college.</p>

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<p>I’m not that familiar with the admission style of William and Mary, but looking at schools that have harder admission chances I think you have a great shot, just make sure you ace those recs/essays.</p>