<p>i have 3.96/4.0 gpa
rank is 17ish out of 250
28 ACT 800, 700 sat 2
lots of ECs (kind of narrow), but don't have intern or job experiences.
from South Dakota.
and applying to:
cornell (ilr)
northwestern
notre dame
uc berkeley
ucla
usc
nyu
u of michigan
u of minnesota</p>
<p>-not going to do ED, apply to college of arts and sciences to all of thoses schools except cornell.</p>
<p>my ACT is too low for every school that i am applying to, I aimed high because i thought if i don't get into any of those schools i will just go to local university for 2 years and transfer. and i am thinking, i should just apply where my scores fits, but then i really want to go to good schools. what should i do? should i go for it or should i apply to schools in top 50 to 100?</p>