I really don't know where I want to go to school next year, no schools really seem to fit me. I've been looking for a while, and I really haven't fallen in love yet. And application season if fast approaching, so I'm starting to stress out. I have some schools in mind, and I was just wondering about my chances there. Not married to any of them at this point, so if anyone has any other schools to suggest, feel free! Thanks ahead of time.

This is going to be very thorough, this is the first time I've taken a moment to list out everything/try to...

Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian/White
School: #1 in state (public school)
Class Rank: Not ranked

UW GPA: 3.9
W GPA 4.9
Freshman year: Honors IMP 3 (Trig), Honors American Literature, Honors Chemistry, Honors World Studies (World History/World Issues), Honors Art 1, Honors Chinese 1, P.E.
Sophomore: Honors IMP 4 (Pre-calc), Honors British Literature, AP Biology (5 on AP Exam), AP US History (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 2, P.E.
Junior: AP AB Calc (3), AP Lang & Comp (4), AP Chemistry (3), AP US Gov & Politics (5), Honors Orchestra, Honors Chinese 3, Honors Computer Science

Tenative Senior year schedule: AP Stats, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, AP Chinese/Chinese 4, Senior Lifetime Activites (P.E. class)


ACT: 33; 29 E, 33 M, 34 R, 35 S, 11 W
33; 32 E, 29 M, 36 R, 33 S, 10 W

Scores are strange (weird math/english, etc.), retaking in fall. Hopefully will do some prep and raise my score (haven't done any yet, getting private tutor hopefully. Very soon).

SAT: not taking...
SAT 2: 750 US History, 720 Biology. Will take more in fall? Haven't looked into it. Should.

EC: Volleyball (JV Freshman year, Varisty Sophomore-Senior, Captain Junior & Senior season), Soccer (JV Junior year, Captain), Club Volleyball (did it from 8th-Sophomore, but I'm including it because it was a huge time commitment, about 18 hours per week during the season, and when I quit I started soccer for the first time), Model UN (Junior-Senior), JSA (Sophomore-Senior, Activism Director Senior year), National Chinese Honor Society (Sophomore-Senior), NHS (inducted Junior year), Ski & Snowboard Club (Junior-Senior, we just went on ski trips), Pep Club (Freshman-Senior; Sophomore year, Underclassmen Representative, Junior year, Secretary, Senior year, President)

Other: about 150+ service hours, volunteer Junior Counselor (Sophomore), Day Camp Rec Leader (Senior), Pegasus Players Global Voices Program (wrote a play and exchanged with native Chinese students, performed for local Chinese-speaking students), AP Scholar with Distinction, Macalester Junior Book Award (?), raised over $12,000 in two years for children's brain cancer research (through volleyball program, we started organizing fundraisers when I was a sophomore)

I think that's it, and as for schools... maybe Duke or Brown or Penn as reaches, not really sure. Thinking about Rice and Emory too, don't know what category they'd fall into. My counselor said that as a student from Chicago, I'd have a geographic advantage because not many students from metropolitan areas outside of Houston and Atlanta (respectively) apply there. And maybe USC and UMichigan, and then UIllinois and Trinity as safeties. Other than that I really got nothing, I'd appreciate help looking for schools (want to major in History, possibly go into film) or chancing for these. Thanks, I know this was a lot.
- renee