Is my list okay?

bekahshoemake
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:44:41 +0000

I’m currently a junior, but I’m a planner so I already have a college list, and I just wanted to get some advice!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 - 790 CR, 720 M, 780 W (first time as a sophomore, taking again in January, hopefully breaking 2300, never taking again!)

SAT Subject Tests: taking in June, probably Math II, Lit and US History

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (my school does GPA weird, so a 96+ is a 4, and it goes down from there)

Weighted GPA: 4.7 ish

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/about 400

AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking APUSH, Calc AB, Physics B and English Language, will take Euro, Comparative Gov, Bio and English Language next year. I’m a good test taker, so I expect 4’s and 5’s

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I attended Summer Ventures in Science and Math, and a few minor writing awards, just state semi-finalist stuff

I take classes through the North Carolina School of Science and Math Online Program, so I’m taking Political Philosophy right now and I’ll take Genetics next semester. I’m also planning on taking Multivariable Calc next year. Unfortunately, these are honors credit, but if they weren’t I’d be number one in my class. Also, I had to apply, and even though it’s not nearly as prestigious/selective as the residential school, I didn’t feel like I was ready to leave home.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Helping Hands Club (10-now, secretary 10, co-VP 11, probably co-Pres 12)
Varsity Golf (9-now)
Spring Musical (9-now, Stage Manager 10-now, Musical is huuuge at my school, so I’m in charge of 100+ people, ridiculously big time commitment)
International Thespian Society (10-now)
I know this seems pretty small, but we can’t do NHS until senior year at my school, and I’m really involved in these, so depth not breadth right?

Job/Work Experience:
none

Volunteer/Community service:
150+ hours with kids program at my church

Other
State (if domestic applicant): NC (super rural)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: not relevant

I’m not worried about essays when they come around because I’ve had really interesting/hard life experiences, my parents were just out of high school when I was born and both of my brothers were adopted, and I come across really well on paper.

So, anyway, the list:

Reaches:
Yale (probably SCEA)
Princeton

Matches (?):
Duke
Northwestern
Georgetown
Davidson

Safety:
UNC Chapel Hill (instate)

Do I have too many schools? Too few? I’ve tried to pick schools that I really like, not just because of prestige. Is this okay?