Help! What colleges should I be considering?

ricecream
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:56:18 +0000

I’m an Asian female from Georgia applying to college this fall. I’ve been considering some schools, but I really need help deciding what would be some good safety, target, and reach schools. I’m going to major in business, finance, or economics.

GPA: 4.0 (103.02 Weighted, 98.54 Unweighted)
Class Rank: 1
SAT: 1450 (710 Math, 740 R+W)
AP: 4 (Government), 4 (Human Geography), 3 (Biology); haven’t gotten my scores back for junior year; by graduation, I will have taken the max amount of AP courses at my school (8)
SAT Subject: Will take in August

Extracurricular (basically all are 9-12 grade)

Honor Band + local orchestra as a flutist

150+ Volunteering (tutoring, food bank, nursing home, various events)/Beta Club

Varsity Swim Team

National Finalist for SECME (STEM team)

Model UN

Secretary for a service club (we planted a garden for our community)

National Honor Society

Miscellaneous stuff:

Duke TIP (ehh, probably won’t mention in my application, I know it won’t help out a ton)

I received the Wellesley College Book Award this year

Average income (need financial aid)

I’m either going to major in business or finance

I have legacy at Emory (sort of, my brother is currently attending)

My school isn’t really known to send students off to very prestigious schools. Most students go to UGA or our local Georgia Southern, or if they’re at the top of the class, they easily attend Georgia Tech. Emory is not as common, but good students still have a likelihood of getting in. There have been rare cases of students going to universities like Northwestern, Vanderbilt, NYU, Chapel Hill, and Syracuse

I’m definitely applying to Emory and Georgia Tech, and I’ve been considering WashU, Wellesley, Boston College,Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Davidson but I’m scared that I don’t have any safety schools.