Where Should I Apply Next Year

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>GPA: 3.55 (3.3 frosh year / 3.85 soph year / prob going to be 3.7-3.8 this year)</p>

<p>Classes</p>

<p>Sophomore Year: 1 AP
Junior Year: 3 APs
Senior Year: i will be taking 6 APs</p>

<p>I’ve always done the toughest classes with the exception of Spanish</p>

<p>SAT2s</p>

<p>Bio: 800
US: 800
Math IC: 730</p>

<p>SATs</p>

<p>Im taking them for real in June</p>

<p>Highest Single Day Practice Test
Cr Reading: 680
Math: 710
Writing: 720 (11 on the essay)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars </p>

<p>1 of 5 National Finalists in Kennedy Library Profile in Courage Essay Contest
Volonteer for Clinton Senate Campaign Summer 2006
Spanish Immersion Program Summer 2007
Intern at Senator Shumer’s Office Summer 2008
All seasons Track and Cross Country - JV
Play Cello in Orchestra
Member of National Honor Society
Member of National Music Honor Society
Member of Forensics Student Congress (prez for next year)
Member of Model Congress (either prez or at least vp next year)
Editor of News Letter for Global Awarness Club (prob prez next year)
Editor of News Letter for Anti-Bias Club
Assistant Section Editor of School Newspaper (possible section editor next year)</p>

<p>What good schools do people think I could get into with my stats thats big on polisci/ history/ English or economics?</p>

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<p>ah come on</p>

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<p>econ will be hard since your math score is weak
and i’m not sure about the others… you don’t really have leadership positions… but your subject tests are amazing! (I envy you!)</p>

<p>but the profile in courage is great!!!
haha I did that contest for extra credit but you got the top 5, which is really amazing…</p>

<p>work on the SAT scores…</p>

<p>what tier schools are you look for?</p>

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<p>Id say Georgetown sounds about right for you.</p>

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<p>I visited Wesleyan and Tufts last break and I visited Hopkins before that. I’m working on teh leadership, and I should have a few good ones by next year. Do you think that my frosh gpa would hurt me or would schools over look that since ive improved? </p>

<p>I would love to go to Georgetown, but haha, my school is actually on a ‘blacklist’ there because one year a kid got in ED and didnt go. Broke the contract. So nobody’s gotten in for like 10 years.</p>

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<p>any suggestions for schools in that range?</p>

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<p>another bump…an suggestions?</p>

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<p>What part of the country are you looking at?
Urban or rural?
Big research university or a small LAC?</p>

<p>Anyways, I think you could get in everywhere except the really elite colleges, and even then you have a small chance.</p>

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<p>I think my ideal size would be around 3-5 thousand and probably in the city but something thats secluded, like without roads going through campus </p>

<p>as far as geography i kinda wanna stay in the North East</p>

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<p>Georgetown doesn’t have ED…</p>

<p>Tufts sounds great for you.</p>

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<p>i dont know. has G-Town gotten rid of it recently? the story is an urban legend at my school because even though my school sends kids to all the elites no one ever get into Georgetown. The story might not be true though. </p>

<p>I visited Tufts, gotten the tour and all, and I thought it was nice but i didnt love it. I want to go back early next year and spend the night/see a class.</p>

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<p>Georgetown has early action, non-binding.</p>

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<p>Also look at Brandeis - a match school for you, I’d reckon. Brown might go down with you as well, but it would be a reach.</p>

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<p>hey for SATs get the underground guide to the SAT … it raised my score from 2160 to 2300 in about 2 months</p>

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<p>I think George Washington University could be a very good low fit. Maybe American University as a safety…? I think Vanderbilt, Emory, Boston College may be good low to mid reaches.</p>

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<p>thanks for the tip on ‘the underground guide to the SATs’ im gonna order that today</p>

<p>I visited GWU a few vacations ago and i didnt love it. maybe that was just cause it was a nasty day but it seemed like a very disorganized school (no main quad and a bunch of streets running through the ‘campus.’ As for Vandy , Emory and BC i think i prob will apply there…i know peoppel who have been happy at those places</p>

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<p>definitely look at Johns Hopkins! A gorgeous secluded city campus and only around 4,000 students. Because they have such an amazing IR undergrad program, they have equally great political science, economics, and history courses. I think those are the required areas for IR besides a language. I’d say it would be a great fit for you.</p>

<p>Tufts as well. Same size and a great programs in political science and economics. Not directly in Boston but about 10 minutes away. I, personally, liked Hopkins more.</p>

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<p>I visited Hopkins, and i liked it alot, but the huge amount of kids there that do research made me a little uncomfortable. LIke i have no intension on doing research in college and i think at hopkins somthing like 80% of kids do. </p>

<p>I really like Tufts, that has the most potential to be my ED of any of the schools ive visited so far</p>

<p>does anyone know how the history/polisci/econ programs are at kenyon/bowden/bates…those are some schools my mom reall wants me to look at</p>

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<p>Bowdoin has great polisci econ programs. I’m looking there for the same majors and I’m really interested. I know someone doing a sociology major at Bates and is currently studying abroad in China. She says its a great program. I hear better things about Bowdoin though (general level of education, surrounding town)</p>

<p>Kenyon’s a fantastic school. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the polisci/econ there. They do have an amazing English department though</p>