<p>ooops i know i already posted this in the other forum but i meant to put it here and someone just pointed that out to me…sorry!!</p>
<p>so i’m a junior and this week i had my meeting with my college counselor at school. she was really nice but she told me that quote “you should look into some more realistic options” after i expressed interest in wake forest, vanderbilt, and davidson. at this point i couldn’t even bring myself to mention that ideally i actually want to apply to duke and brown as well…</p>
<p>so i was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on chances for me at those above schools as well as maybe some schools a step down from those since i need to give her a list of “realistic options” that i like by next week. (oh and the problem isn’t that i don’t have safeties, i have two that i love and both of which i could probably get a full ride to. st marys of md because my dad teaches there and florida because hopefully i’ll be an NMF and they give full rides to them and they have an amazingg honors college i’ve heard)</p>
<p>stats:</p>
<p>GPA- 3.7 unweighted, 4.4 weighted (don’t do class rank but about top 5% of 300)</p>
<p>PSAT- 227 (most likely high enough for NMSF in my state)
SAT- got 2090 the first time but i was really sick and will be taking it again after extensive tutoring
ACT- 32 but i’m taking it again</p>
<p>2 AP tests soph year- US history (4) and Stats (5)</p>
<p>currently in the IB diploma program but taking 2 additional APs this year and 3 more next year as well as all the IB stuff</p>
<p>ECs-
- #1 singles spot on the varsity tennis team all 4 years and most likely captain next year
- NHS
- summer enrichment program for top 5% of students at my school
- founder of our school’s branch of FBLA
- Speech and Debate team all 4 years
- literally 100s of hours of various service at different organisations
- volunteer twice a week coaching special olympics tennis and basketball teams during the winter and spring seasons
- 3 or 4 different club tennis teams
( i didn’t have time for any other ECs or to be especially involved in any since i had to travel nearly every wknd for tennis tournaments and spent every summer training in florida… however i won’t be playing in college and my counselor was aware of the fact that i’m good enough to play for most of the school’s on my list and STILL said i don’t have a very good shot at them)</p>
<p>***be honest with me if you think my counselor is right and i should look into more realistic schools because i really don’t have a problem with that and if i don’t find any i still LOVE my safeties</p>