<p>I suppose I have a basic list of colleges that I'm going to apply to, but I'm wondering if any of you have suggestions. I'm not all that impressive in terms of stats, but oh well. I suppose I'm looking for colleges that will prepare me with an excellent undergraduate education so that my transition into medical school will be nearly seamless (yes, I know that getting into medical school is no easy matter)</p>
<p>Asian-American Male
GPA: Unweighted: approx. 3.81, Weighted: approx. 4.21
Class Rank: Top 1% (I know... sad, isn't it?) <<< I think I'm at about 4 of 500+
SAT I: 2110 (690 M, 700 CR, 720 WR) <<< I plan to re-take it... that was my 1st try
SAT II: 620 (World History), 630 (Math Level 2) <<< I am definitely going to retake both
APs: APUSH (4), AP Music Theory (3), AP English Language (3), AP Biology (pending), AP English Literature (pending), AP Calculus BC (pending)
IBs: Geography SL (6), Music Theory SL (not sure, but I think 5 or 6), Spanish SL (pending), Biology HL (pending), Maths HL (pending), English HL (pending)
Clubs/Extracurriculars: CSF (4-year member, 9th grade: freshman representative, 11th grade: treasurer, 12th grade: president), NHS (3-year member), IB Club (2-year member), Piano (11 years), Library volunteer (approx. 50 hours), Braille Institute volunteer (86.5 hours... maybe more if I go to volunteer early in the upcoming school year)
Other: California resident, can't think of anything else</p>
<p>Well, here's my list so far:
1) USC
2) UCLA
3) UC-Berkeley
4) UCSD
5) Stanford
6) Cornell
7) Rice
8) Duke
9) Washington University in St. Louis
10) Brown
11) UC-Irvine</p>
<p>Yeah... as slim as some of my chances might be, I'm actually pretty optimistic... especially if I raise those SAT scores.</p>