Safeties/matches/reaches?

golfer3
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:50:43 +0000

Hi everyone, here is the list of schools I am applying to (or maybe applying to?) Could you guys divide these schools into reach/good chance/safeties. Here they are:

Columbia-ED
Dartmouth-ED (Don’t know which one yet, but I am leaning towards Columbia)
Swarthmore College
Northwestern U.
USC
Boston College
Claremont McKenna College
Santa Clara University
American University
Wash. U. in St. Louis

School: Top public is Southern California
High income area
25% mexican/75% european. I have no connection the the mexican culture and have a white last name/look very white so I would be a very minor URM.

Stats:
GPA: 4.578/5.0
3.94/4.00 (2 B’s total; 1 in pre calc Honors 2nd semester of junior year and 1 in english 1 honors freshman year)
School doesn’t rank and my counselor says our GPAs aren’t even that reliable because of how we weight classes.

Honors/AP Classes by year:

Freshman Year: English 1 Honors, Bio 1 Honors
Soph year: English 2 Honors, AP Euro, AP Human Geo (2nd sem), Honors Chem.
Jr. Year: Honors Pre Calc, AP English, AP US, AP Bio.
I also self-studied for the AP Comp. Gov. exam and took a jr. college class first sem. (grade: A)

Current Year Schedule:
AP Physics C
AP Envi Sci
AP Calc BC
AP Government/AP Econ (1 class)
AP English

AP Scores:
5-Biology
5-US History
5-Euro
5-Comparative Government (self-study)
4-Human Geo
4-English Lang.

SAT: take in November
ACT: 32 (34 E, 29 M :), 33 R, 31 S)
SAT Subject:
Math 2: awaiting score
US History: 770
Bio E: 710

Activities:
Golf (4 Year Varsity Co-Captain, 2007 Co-MVP; I have made the league individual tournament every year but have not advanced. My team has made the playoffs the last two years but has not advanced)
SCPGA jr. tour (small jr. golf tournaments)-I have played 4 tournaments. Best finish t-16th.
KIWIN’S (key club district)-(10-12)-Junior year I was recording secretary, as a senior I hold the #5 position in Key Club International. I also have the fourth most hours out of about 140 members junior year.
spanish honors society (10-12)
Mu Alpha Theta (11-12)
Science Club (treasurer) (11-12)-I was on the Ocean Bowl team last year and we got fifth at LA surf bowl. I also participated in the science bowl B team (non-competitive) and will do ocean bowl competitive team, science bowl B team, and science olympiad this year.
Model UN-(11-12)
Students Organized for America’s Homeless (VP) (11-12)
Academic Decathalon (12; new club)-appointed Co-president
High school science fair and science fair that sent students to the intel regional one. I didn’t advance. My project stunk. LOL
Speech and Debate (12)
Camp Escapades volunteer (summer program in which I helped autistic children at a summer camp)
I also participated in a golf camp the summer before junior year
probably NHS
about 280 hours of community service

Thanks!