<p>that’s even better, because i’m aiming for some OOS schools as well! thanks kobudnik! i really do wish i could get myself into umich!</p>
<p>nocrackup - I posted the link in my post #18. Also here is another good thread to follow:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/767118-under-3-6-gpa-applying-top-20-parents-thread.html?highlight=top[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/767118-under-3-6-gpa-applying-top-20-parents-thread.html?highlight=top</a></p>
<p>By the way, what type of major are you interested in?</p>
<p>@nocrackup,</p>
<p>If you want professional, but personal advice, I would take a look at AveryEducation.com. It is really important to find a college that really fits for you. Erin has great insider facts, a has a strong College essay crash course coming up in August, and could really help you with you with the whole process. Let me know if you would like some more info. </p>
<p>Good Luck with your search!</p>
<p>Elena B.</p>
<p>Have you considered any of the women’s universities (e.g., Smith, Wellesley)?</p>
<p>I would agree with looking at the threads in the parent forum (3.3-3.6) and even the one for 3.0-3.3.</p>
<p>Let us know more about what you want in a school and how far away from home you want to be.</p>
<p>So, if you are wanting a smaller university in CA-- Santa Clara, USF, USD etc (and other Catholic colleges), University of Redlands, Mills College, etc. There is a website that lists all the colleges in California ([CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.californiacolleges.edu/]CaliforniaColleges.edu”>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/)) in which you can peruse all the profiles (one by one) of these private as well as public universities. I know someone, now a published author, who felt he got good training at Redlands.</p>
<p>I think Cal Poly is supposed to have a good journalism program. USC, of course. OOS-- University of Missouri (journalism), U of Iowa (writing). </p>
<p>Your grades are good by the way; it is just a hard time to get into the UCs (even UCI, UCSB, and UCSC in addition to B, LA, and SD. Cal Poly can also be very difficult if you are in an impacted major. ) It is the times, and our state, not your grades, per se, that are the problem. But you will find good schools that you want and that want you.</p>
<p>Again, let us know what you are thinking about in a school (urban, rural, large, medium, small, religious/not, women’s colleges, in-state or out, if private will you need loans or aid? Or does full-pay only apply to in-state rates at UCs or CSUs). Supply us with this info and we WILL respond.</p>
<p>thanks everyone - it really helps me and i value all your opinions/advices.</p>
<p>kajon, thanks for the thread. I am interested in majoring in english, journalism, or somewhere related to those. But for some colleges I would like to apply undecided.</p>
<p>averyE- i will try the site, thank you.</p>
<p>dignified1 - i actually REALLY love women’s universities. I just thought my grades were nowhere near any of them… smith and wellesley would be FANTASTIC!</p>
<p>mamita - I do not care for the distance from home, but the privates in California, excluding USC, don’t interest me at all. I’ve seen most, and they don’t really fit me.
thank you, but I know my grades aren’t that great for UCs, so I’m guessing I shouldn’t aim so high.
I have no preference over rural/urban settings. I will be paying full tuition to any college I will attend.
women’s colleges are fine, religious is fine because I am catholic myself.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Mt Holyoke</p>
<p>no way - kidding me!? mt holyoke would be too much for me, I don’t think they would want me at all! But that would be wonderful.</p>
<p>btw if this helps - one of my internships was at Harper’s BAZAAR magazine, which relates to my major (journalism/PR kind of area)</p>
<p>Stop underestimating yourself. Numbers aren’t everything. Colleges want people that are special.</p>
<p>You sound like a great fit for Santa Clara. What a beautiful school!</p>
<p>For English you might have a shot at Kenyon. Also, consider Fordham in NYC.</p>
<p>I agree that the OP would have a good shot at schools like Mt. Holyoke. Being Asian, from CA, and the high scores all ought to help.</p>
<p>This is the irony about her admission chances to the UCs. The admit rate to UCSD for students in her GPA range is under 10%. I don’t know whether her high scores will be enough to compensate. She’s up against a numbers-driven admission system and run-away grade inflation in the California public schools. The average GPA-w for UCSD admits is over 4.0.</p>
<p>Schools like Mt. Holyoke take a holistic approach. For the humanities especially, I think they offer a superior education, too. For instance, nowhere near 30% of their classes have >50 students, as is the case at UCSD.</p>
<p>Some of the schools that you may want to look at include UIUC, Indiana, Iowa (strong writing and social sciences), Wisconsin, DePaul, Delaware, UConn, and Pitt.</p>
<p>i think you’re underestimating yourself. Some less-numbers-driven colleges (i.e. NOT UCs) would better appreciate your solid ECs. And as for UCs, since there’s just one app, why not try for UCLA or Cal? If your parents can afford 50k+ for four years, they can surely afford an extra $65 to send your app to other UCs.</p>
<p>Holy Cross-similar to Boston College.</p>
<p>Seems like I’ll definitely be taking a deeper look into Santa Clara and Mt. Holyoke, along with UW and UIUC - which a lot of people say are matches for me? Thank you!</p>
<p>I will search up Holy Cross as well! Thanks!</p>
<p>I also agree with all of you that non-UC, not a number driven school would like me better because my ECs are obviously much better than my GPA. I should consider that as well.</p>
<p>For a student with your stats, it is hard to determine what schools will be matches. So you will need to apply to schools with a wide range of selectivity. </p>
<p>I suggest applying early to EA and rolling admissions schools, so that you will get some indication before it is too late about what other types of schools to apply to. If you get some good EA/rolling acceptances, you can concentrate on more reach schools. If you don’t get good EA/rolling acceptances, you would need to add more safeties.</p>
<p>Michigan has EA. Pitt has rolling admissions. </p>
<p>You can find out which common app schools offer EA and rolling admissions here.
<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/common2009_Grid.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/common2009_Grid.pdf</a></p>
<p>"For a student with your stats, it is hard to determine what schools will be matches. So you will need to apply to schools with a wide range of selectivity. "</p>
<p>I second this. You will probably want to apply more places than most kids, so you might want to start working on your essays and stuff early.</p>
<p>I do not think your chances at WUSTL are great - my kid had similar numbers, but from a top ranked sci-tech magnet, and was WLed. OTOH we never visited there, so if you show enough interest you might get lucky.</p>
<p>There are probably lots of other good schools for you though, esp if you don’t have financial need.</p>
<p>Ah! I guess my stats aren’t very solid with my GPA being too low for my SAT, my SAT too high for my GPA… I will take in to consideration applying Early Action/Rolling admissions! Thank you!</p>
<p>“dignified1 - i actually REALLY love women’s universities. I just thought my grades were nowhere near any of them… smith and wellesley would be FANTASTIC!”</p>
<p>smith and wellesley might be slight reaches, but I agree that you should have a slightly better shot an mt. holyoke, have you considered some lower tier women’s colleges like: Sweet briar, Hollins, Spelman, Mills and Simmons?</p>
<p>nocrackup, your grades/scores are what they call “splitters” in law school admissions, where your GPA is low compared to your SAT scores. It makes it hard in Naviance or other scattergrams to find similar data points. My S had the same issue and got lucky with an ED admission.</p>
<p>Something else to consider when selecting schools to apply to is to look at the percentage of students in the Top 10%, and look for schools that have lower percentages than their SAT-similar peer schools.</p>