I want to apply to Macalester, Carleton, Reed, Whitman, Grinnell, St. Olaf, UW Madison, and U of Minnesota. I want some input on my chances at these colleges. I think I have a fair chance at all of them but I want to get some more opinions so I can get a better feel for my standings. I am open to suggestions on other colleges as well.
about myself: senior, white, male, from Twin Cities MN, attending public high school, upper-middle class parents, interested in studying physics, biology or chemistry in college, will be applying for financial aid
UW gpa: 3.83
class rank: top 10%
ACT: 31 (31 english, 32 math, 28 reading, 31 science, 8 writing)
freshman:
english 9 B/A
human geography A/A
honors advanced algebra B/A
physical science A/A
spanish 2 A/A
sophomore:
english 10 A/A
world history honors A/A
honors precalc B/A
biology A/A
spanish 3 A/A
junior:
honors english 11 A/A
calculus BC AP B/A
american history A/A
honors chemistry A/A
spanish 4 A/A
senior:
honors english 12
gov/econ
physics AP
CIS spanish (college in the schools, through the U of Minnesota)
AP tests: world history(4), BC calc(3, with AB subscore 3)
EC's:
-curling (the sport) 10+ years [mostly out of school EC, except for my school's curling club]
-school's curling club (11, 12) [new club to my school, started last year]
-competed at Minnesota Junior Playdowns for curling [regional Minnesota competition for curlers under 21 years old]
-play viola: 7 years
-studied in school's non-audition (9, 10) and audition (11, 12) groups
-studied privately outside of school (9, 10, 11, 12)
-SEC all-conference orchestra (11, 12) [orchestra made up of students from schools in St. Paul area]
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