Chances / Other good choices

dancer5
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:53:19 +0000

What are my chances at Wash U (St Louis), Yale and Carnegie Mellon?
Class Rank #1 of 320
GPA (unweighted) = 4.0
GPA (weighted) = 4.2 (they add .05 for each IB/AP course)
ACT 34 (probably retaking)
IB Diploma Candidate
-HL English
-HL Math
-HL Chem
-HL Bio
-SL Psychology
-SL Spanish
-TOK
-Extended Essay Math
1 AP Class
-AP Statistics
11 IB Classes
NHS - 2 years, Secratary Senior Year
National Merit Scholar Commended
Volunteer Hours >150 (tutoring, Key club, etc.)
Key Club - 2 years
Academic Team - 3 years captain freshman and junior year
Show Choir (9th & 10th)
Math Olympics-junior year (probably senior year too)
Science Olympiad-junior year (will be involved again this year)
Science Bowl-sophomore and junior year (will be involved this year too)
Science Challenge-sophomore and junior year (will be involved this year too)
2 Plays-1 school play junior year (will be involved again senior year) and community theater
Dance - 15 years (5+ hours/week)
Work (Senior Year 10-15 hrs/week)

Any suggestions for safety schools in the midwest (Ohio, Ind, Ill, Penn, KY, MO, etc.)? Looking for biology, undergrad research, not one of the big state schools and I’m looking for GOOD MERIT scholarships. I’m really looking for a smaller college (less than 10,000).