Target/Safety Schools

re_blady
Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:04:48 +0000

Hello,
I was referred to this site by a friend, and it appears to be very helpful in the “list” formation process. I am looking for target/safety schools with a liberal arts focus. I’m clueless in terms of my major. In accordance with my parent-enforced location restrictions, any school on the east coast as far south as Maryland and as far north as Massachusetts should be fine. Thank you for your help!

Female Long Island, NY
Private Jewish Orthodox High School; I have a double curriculum. My school is seven years old are very competitive. We send many grads to top schools.

GPA - Unweighted: 97.00
GPA - Weighted: I don’t know how this works??
Class Size: 75

SAT I Math: 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 800
SAT II U.S. History: 690
SAT II Chemistry: 670
(ANY SUGGESTIONS ON RETAKES WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED! BUT KEEP IN MIND I HAVE A VERY BIG DEBATE TOURNAMENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND HAVE LITTLE TIME TO STUDY, SO I WILL PROBABLY ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE SAT DAY IN EARLY OCTOBER.)

Debate Team 4 years (senior - captain)
Model Congress 4 years (senior - advisor)
Newspaper 3 years (senior - associate editor)
Creative writing club 3 years
College Bowl 2 years
Anti-Bias Task Force 2 years
Latin Club 1 year
Art Club 1 year
Yearbook English literature committee (likely editor)

National Honor Society President (I actually have plans for a NHS Renaissance this year…previously, my school did not use it at all.)

Yeshiva University Eimatai Leadership Conference (3 day program)

Youth leader for weekly synagogue youth groups (paid job - I’ve been doing this since I was in eighth grade)

Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteer administrative work in thrift store to finance weddings for brides who could not afford (15 hours)
Work in a Waltham, MA housing project (15 hours)
Shadow mentally disabled children (should come out to around 30 hours total, plus many more in the months before I apply)

NHS - 3 years
Principal’s Honor Roll - 1 year (freshman)
In-School science fair winner (freshman) participated in Long Island Science Congress but did not win anything

Published letter to the editor in the New York Times - June 2007
Published twice in Fresh Ink, a supplement to the Jewish Week, a commonly read U.S. Jewish newspaper - June 2006, January 2007

College Summer programs: Genesis at Brandeis University - July 2006

Thank you for your help!