Is my college list balanced enough? Help

College List

Safety:

Simmons

Clark

UMass Boston

Match:

American

Bryn Mawr

William & Mary

Smith

UMD

GW

Reach:

Barnard

Tufts

Wellesley

Brown

Georgetown

Cornell ILR

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WHAT SHOULD I ELIMINATE WHAT SHOULD I ADD IDK IM SO INDECISIVE PLEASE HELP

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Demographics: white, female, suburban New England, middle class, LGBTQ

Intended Major: History and/or Political Science

SAT: was cancelled due to the coronavirus, but I expect to be around 1420, will retake if necessary

GPA: 4.18 W, got almost all Bs freshman year, but have advanced to almost all A+ junior year

APs: Euro (5), APUSH, Lang, Lit, French, Psych

(school limits # of APs per year and the max total is 8 which few people do, the only typical APs offered that I'm not doing are Calc AB and Bio because I am not a STEM person)

Coursework:

Freshman: Honors World History (A-), Honors Geometry (C+), Honors English (B+), Honors Biology (B+), Honors French (A-), Asian History (A-), Honors Programming (C+), Art (A)

Sophomore: AP European History (A), Honors Algebra II (B), Honors US History (A+), Honors Chemistry (B+), Honors English (B+), Honors French (A-), Russian History (A+)

Junior: APUSH (A+), AP Lang (A-), Honors Environmental Science (A+), Honors Precalc (B-), Honors French (A), Honors Criminal Justice (A+), Honors Historical Research (A+), Honors Government (A+)

Senior (intending): AP Lit, AP French, AP Psych, Honors Calculus, Honors Economics, Honors Philosophy, Honors Human Geo, Honors Sociology, TA for History Department

Awards: Perfect Attendance, Honor Roll, National French Exam Honorable Mention, and like 10 National History Day Awards

Extracurriculars:

National History Day: all 4 years, tons of awards including on the national level, hundreds of hours, super passionate

Quiz Bowl: grades 10-12, co-captain senior year, qualified for nationals, competed on TV

Small Business: summer 2020, started business selling handcrafted woodworking items

National Honors Society: grades 11-12, no leadership

French Honors Society: grades 11-12

Campaign Volunteer: grades 11-12, hundreds of hours volunteering for various congressional, senatorial, and presidential campaigns, mostly remote/virtual, held 2 different leadership positions

National Park Service Volunteer: grades 11-12, built off of research relationships gained from NHD, about 20 hours, cut short because of COVID

French Club: grades 9-12, no leadership available but still very involved

Girl Scout Junior Leader: grades 9-10, co-led Girl Scout troop of 3rd-4th graders

Summer Camp Counselor: Summer 2018 (unpaid) & 2019 (unpaid)

Dual Enrollment: I intend to take 2 community college courses this summer (Gov and Ethics), and possibly more in the fall

LORs: Should be very good, both from history teachers

What I'm looking for in a school:

  • an academic, but not competitive environment
  • Mid-Atlantic or New England
  • in/near a large city
  • Medium/small, less than 10k students
  • LGBTQ friendly
  • More humanities-focused than STEM
  • good internship opportunities
  • little to no greek life, not really a party school but still a good social scene
  • defined campus, but not a college town

Posted Jun 4, 2020, 11:34 PM UTC · edited

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