High School Student Aiming for Columbia [TN resident, 4.0 GPA (4.74 for UTK), 33 ACT, political science and statistics, <$15k (Columbia NPC $10k)]

Rigor - stars isn’t considered rigorous. But you’ve loaded on APs so you have rigor. Latin, too, is unique. But the pre calc and stop on math stood out. A 4.0 or one B - not a difference maker. You don’t know tank - with all those APs I’m not sure how you could be outside the top 15% at a public - and I know the school you’re at - I’m guessing you are higher.

But apply and see. But I’d add a few more schools as noted. You’ve got great background someone is getting into high reaches why not you? But because of your budget issues, if you don’t want UTK - you need to add more meets need schools that hit Note if the school is need aware - that could hurt you. Lehigh is a good one for you to look at. Because you’re in state, Sewanee too.

Good luck.

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