Is it a safety for me?

yanks4life92
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:54:15 +0000

I visited campus (unofficial visit, walked around, looked at different facilities, had lunch) and liked it a lot. I will be applying as early as I can as an economics major. Can I consider it a safety?

Top 10% of class in high school in NJ (400ish people in my class)
GPA: 3.9886 UW (4.3 for A+), 4.53 W (5.3 for A+) (pretty sure it’s still considered a 4.0 and 5.0 scale, but not too sure)

SAT:
Superscore - 1500/2300 (700 cr/800 m/800 w)
Best sitting - 2260 (700/760/800)
PSAT: 204 (commended, notified BC and Northwestern)
ACT: 35 composite (34 writing, 36 math, 35, 35)

Senior year schedule:
Physics H
English 4A
AP Spanish
Gym
AP Econ
AP Environmental (hopefully AP Statistics instead)
AP Calc BC
Independent study: portfolio of newspaper stories I’m going to write

ECs:

Newspaper: Feature editor (10, 11, 12), copy editor (9)

Key club: editor (12), member (9, 10, 11)
---- 25+ volunteer hours each year from Key Club

Spanish Honor Society: Co-president (12), member (11)

NHS member (11, 12)

Spring track (10, 11, 12)

Winter track (11, 12)

Jobs:

Gym supervising (10, 11)

Umpiring softball (9, 10, 11)
(each about 7 hours a week during their seasons)

Tutoring math (started this year, hopefully continuing and more consistent next year)

Will have jobs this year - if I get the library job, then it’s 11 hours per week. If not, same seasonal jobs as before