College List Suggestions help

jackrabbit14
Sat, 04 Apr 2015 03:04:43 +0000

As I’m finishing my junior year, I’ve put a lot of thought into what schools to apply to next fall. Below is a list of 15 schools I’m most interested in applying to, but I know I need to narrow the list. Also, not sure if any of these schools could be considered safeties? Are my goals realistic? Any suggestions for schools I should add or remove (if you don’t think any are not a good fit for me?) would be much appreciated. I plan on majoring in political science or government and going to law school, but am also interested in economics. I am definitely not interested in hard sciences or most math classes. I’d prefer a mid-sized college near a city, and have mostly stuck to the East Coast (with a couple exceptions). I need a pretty campus!! Financial aid will not be an issue. I attend a private school in FL.
I am Mexican-American.

My Stats:
SAT: 2360 - 800 CR, 770 M, 790 W
PSAT: 229 (so expecting NMF/NHRP)
GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.5 W (6.66 scale lol). Have never gotten an A-
Rank top 10% which is the highest bracket my school will report
4 year varsity athlete - HS Team went to State finals and ranked top 20 nationally
Club soccer travel team ranked top 10 nationally, captain
Some national recognition in my sport… Just a step below the national team.
However, I will NOT be playing soccer in college.
A few clubs with leadership roles, nothing special besides a challenging Pre Law program - I’ve taken 5 law electives and will be doing an internship through the program my senior year.
I like to sail and am US Sailing Certified. Have taught, and raced semi-competitively.
** my one possible weakness: my school offers A TON of AP classes, and I could have taken more. I took one freshman year (scored a 5), one sophomore year (scored a 5), three this year, and will be taking five next year - totaling 10. There are probably 20ish kids at my school that will have taken 12-15 or more by the time they graduate.

My current list:
First Choice: Penn
High Interest: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown
Medium Interest: Duke, Vandy (~15 kids from my school get in every year), Northwestern, WUSTL, Georgetown, UVA
Others: Tufts and Boston College (love the Boston area), USC (50% national merit aid), GWU

All comments appreciated, thank you!