Good Range of Universities?

aquamarinee
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:53:41 +0000

My Stats:

SAT Scores: 2170/2400 or 1400/1600 Essay 10 [700+ each section]
SAT II Scores: 800 Math IIC, 700 Bio M (will re-take in October)

GPA: 4.54 Weighted
3.88 Unweighted

Rank: Top 5%-10%. We are actually “unranked” though.

EC’s: Very involved in multiple activities. This includes like various science fairs, robotics [very time-consuming…], music competitions, student council, volunteering, etc.
Recs: Will be great, having a professor at Carnegie Mellon write a rec.
Essays: Should be good.
Awards: Regional awards in science, robotics, music, school awards, Rensselaer Medal. Predict National Merit Commended only… I sent National Merit stuff to Northwestern & USC.
Leadership: Music- concertmaster, robotics- captain, secretary, student council -representative, school clubs-officer, and other school-related activities.
AP Scores: 4’s and 5’s on 6 AP Exams = AP Scholar with Distinction

NOT an URM.
Go to a Private School.
Middle-class, won’t ask for a lot of financial aid.
Will send supplement for music.
Legacy: CMU, MIT, UC Berkeley

Schools of Interest:

Northwestern University [ED]
University of Pennsylvania [CAS]
Stanford University
Carnegie Mellon University [MCS] [EA? Should I?]
Johns Hopkins University
Cornell University [CALS]
University Chicago [EA]
UC Berkeley
University of Southern California
UCLA
UCSD
New York University [CAS Economics]
UCI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

I’m still contemplating these universities:

Tufts
Vanderbilt or Emory
Middlebury [IPE major appeals to me]
Boston College
University of Notre Dame
WUSTL

Any advice as to where I should apply? =/ I don’t want too many HIGH REACH schools on my list, so should I filter this list out some more? I kind of need more MATCH schools.