do i need a safety? or any more schools?

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<p>heres my stats </p>

<p>Profile</p>

<p>School Type: Private
Location: Langhorne, PA, 19047
Race/Gender: White
Prospective Major: n/a
AIM: SpeedDemon608
Unweighted GPA: 3.950
Weighted GPA: n/a
Class rank: n/a of -</p>

<p>SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Verbal: 760</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Writing: 760
SAT II U.S. History: 630
SAT II Math IIC: 740
SAT II Chemistry: 750</p>

<p>Long-form Info</p>

<p>Extracurricular Info
worked at a movie theater after sophomore year
quit for sophomore year, and iv ebeen working at a local 7-11 a lot during summer but only like 5 hours a week during school, and im holding that job to this day</p>

<p>4 years cross country (various awards and recognitions)
4 years of indoor/outdoor track (various awards and recognitions)</p>

<p>4 year member of mathletes</p>

<p>new jersey special olympics volunteer</p>

<p>attended pennsylvania free enterprise week
attended an engineering program at drexel
part of the TEAMS competition(i forget how we placed)</p>

<p>member of nation honors society, the tri-m (music) honors society, and the spanish honors society</p>

<p>Other Info</p>

<h2>academic awards</h2>

<p>distinguished honors every semester(>3.9)
excellence in math award (freshman)
excellence in latin, science, math (sophomore year)
excellence in science and math (junior)
a 4 in ap euro sophomore year
a 4,5,5,5,5 in ap us history, calc ab, comp sci a, chem, and english language, respectively for junior year
taking 6 more this year</p>

<p>■■■■■■■ thing is maybe not allowed or soemthing so its in profile</p>

<p>and im applying to:
williams, haverford, harvard, princeton, bc</p>

<p>im looking mainly for a smaller new england liberal arts college with a strong d3 running programs (xc and track), and not so heavy on the frats,(like dartmouthish) but im open to leighway in all directions</p>

<p>williams is my number one, love everything about it, and im told ive got a fairly good shot, but just in case are there any schools similar that i would do well at and enjoy? im open to leighway on any of those</p>

<p>any other suggestions on colleges that i could apply to as matches reaches, safeties.</p>

<p>i welcome any advice on cahnces at these schools too, thanks</p>

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<p>Colgate, Lafayette, Holy Cross</p>

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<p>Middlebury - match
Bowdoin- Match
Amherst- Reach
Dartmouth- Reach. I am saying Dartmouth because I too thought the frat scene would be overwhelming, but after going there I realized it was an amazing excuse to get the whole school together every weekend. Dartmouth frats are very different than other schools. I.e. much lower testosterone, everyone is welcome, no lists/ ids, etc. Read more about it, it fits with your schools. To be honest I found Princeton eating clubs to be far more elitist and exclusive. Also, there are plenty of people not involved with frats who also have a great time.</p>

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<p>Read the college threads to see who has just been rejected ED. Everyone needs safties!</p>

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<p>Wheaton College in Norton, MA is far and away the best DIII running program in New England.
With your scores, I’d say go for Dartmouth. Their XC team is the best in the Ivy and their track team isn’t too bad either. I’d have to see your stats before I could say you could run for Princeton, but I definitely think you could be accepted there and try to walk-on.</p>

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<p>as for my running stats</p>

<p>i was decent as junior but i was making great strides this senior year in xc till i fractured a metatarsal a month ago right before district championship meet :(</p>

<p>best mile time is 4:38 still hoping for sub 4:20
best 2 mile time is 10:05 (but ive run close to that in some 5ks this year, plan on going well below it)
best 800 time is 2:07 not so hot either</p>

<p>best 5k was at lehigh with a 16:16 and a 15:30 3 mile and those times were coming down too…grrr</p>

<p>getting injured blows…but yes, does that help anyone?</p>

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<p>I think you could probably get into Cornell, but your extras are lacking a bit, and also a definite match would be Emory.</p>

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<p>heres the non-athletic activities on my resume
i kinda was not so involved in alike hours and hours of volunteering but i did a good bit, can anyone give me an assessment of what they think of it?</p>

<p>Academic Activities
Mathletes, 2001-present
• participated in monthly math contests at local archdiocesan schools as part of school team
• member of top “A” team since sophomore year, consistently high individual scorer since freshman year, perfect score as of yet as senior
Engineering Experience
• attended a week long engineering program at the invitation of Drexel University
T.E.A.M.S.
• member of nationally ranked junior varsity team of 7 for the Test of Engineering Aptitude, Math and Science, 11th in the nation in division
• member of varsity member as senior, competing in February 2005
Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week
• accepted invitation to attend overnight week long summer program at Lycoming College
• intensive education on business and free enterprise system
High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
• one in a team of four participating in a national 36 hour competition answering one of two given problems through mathematical modeling
• awaiting local and national rankings</p>

<p>Community Service and Scholastic Activities
Participant in:
• Official Volunteer for Special Olympics New Jersey as of Summer 2004
• American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Summers 2002-2004
• National Honor Society (11,12)
• Tri-M Music Honor Society (11,12)
• Spanish National Honor Society (11,12)
• March for Life in Washington DC (2003)
• HGP Big Brother program as escort for incoming freshman (9,10,11)
• HGP Concert Band (9,10,11)
• HGP Chapter of the Community Service Corps and its multiple service projects (9,10,11,12)
• Our Lady of Grace Altar Server</p>

<p>Work Experience
• Concessionist, AMC Theaters, Summer 2001
• Cashier/Clerk, 7-11 Convenience Stores, July, 2002 to present</p>

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<p>You’re like. . .perfect.</p>

<p>If you get into the 4:20 range, you could definitely run for Dartmouth and I’m almost 90% certain you could run for Princeton. Goddamn, I wish I had your stats.</p>

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<p>lol…errr…thanks, but seems im still more than capable of seeking out and hyping up my every flaw (maybe why ive fond good company at cc…), and that 4:20s gonna be a little tougher to hit while i sit here with a broken foot, so yes im still freaking out</p>

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<p>I’d say you are in at Haverford and BC, so no real need for a safety. Good options less-selective than Haverford and more selective than BC would be Bowdoin and (midwest) Carleton. Bates would also be worth a look.</p>

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<p>Middlebury. XC DIII national champion last year, and runner up this year (second to Williams). No frats, Dart/Williams like atmosphere…</p>

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<p>how the heck is he a reach for any school? I think with his scores and grades, speeddemon should be a match just about anywhere</p>

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<p>would look at Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>Haverford has a great running program. Have you contacted the Cornell coach (Robert Johnson)? Dartmouth gets Footlocker finalists, so running-wise it would be a reach even for a 4:20 kid.<br>
Your academic stats are great. Get your foot healed and enjoy college running.
Karen</p>

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<p>cornell is a little too big for my liking methinks…</p>

<p>ive contacted coaches at the five schools ive listed originally too, if that helps</p>

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<p>so safeties maybe…Wheaton, lafayette, holy cross, emory…any others?</p>

<p>trying to stay new englandish, isnt lafayette kinda local? im from the burbs of philly</p>

<p>haverfords on their for their excellent atheltics and academics, itd be ok though if i had to go there, aside from it being only about an hour away</p>

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<p>Honestly you will like the Emory social scene a lot less than Dartmouths if you are trying to avoid frats. They have SOUTHERN national frats, a more real scene than Dartmouth’s local dominated campus could ever be. </p>

<p>I think Middlebury would be a good match.</p>