<p>I really need some ideas from you guys on where I should apply. Hoping you guys might be able to make some matches for me.</p>
<p>Profile
School Type: Public
Location: California
Full IB Candidate
Race/Gender: White/Male - Doesn't matter anyway.
Prospective Major: Physics and Mathematics or Physics and Mechanical Engineering
UC GPA: 3.7
9-11GPA: 3.6
Class rank: 100/600</p>
<p>SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 550
SAT I Critical Reading: 530
SAT I Writing: 550</p>
<p>(Retaking it, I know I can increase 200+ points from studying)</p>
<p>SAT II Scores
SAT II Biology: 630
SAT II US History: 490 (horrible)</p>
<p>Taking Math next year.</p>
<p>AP Exams
Psychology: 3</p>
<p>IB Exams:
Psychology: 5 (Passing)</p>
<p>Junior Classes:
Alg2Trig, IB History, IB Biology, IB Psychology, IB English III, German III</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
IB German IV, IB Math SL, IB Biology HL, IB English IV, IB History HL, IB Theory Of Knowledge.</p>
<p>Extracurricular Information
Varsity Lacrosse (Helped to start the team)
Had 3 Jobs. Currently working at BestBuy (Work 20+ hours through school.)
Joining NHS next year.</p>
<p>I know you asked for possible colleges, and I'm sorry I'm of no help in that sense but I though I'd point a few things out. Are you sure that you might perform well as math major with that SAT score? I see that you're taking IB, so I'll just assume that you're just not such a good test taker ( I hate the SAT so believe me I understand) but a good overall student. You might want to raise this score if you want to study math, and scoring well ( or a good predicted score) on your IB math course should help too. good luck</p>
<p>One of the lower UC's, such as Irvine or Santa Cruz.</p>
<p>Take a look at Bard and Evergreen State too.</p>
<p>you know, when i saw that you started the lax team (are you a captain?), i got excited because colleges defenitely look for leadership. and that's a great example. but again, you have those test scores.. particularly the SAT II scores. if you're willing to study some more, i would suggest retaking the SAT I and the history test.
as for potential colleges, it depends on where you live. if you live in california, maybe one of the lower-middle UCs.</p>
<p>We don't have a captain but I am going to retake SAT I and SAT II. I've been using collegeboard.com's study thing, and I'm going to try and take all 6 practice tests by October. Hopefully that will raise my score a lot.</p>
<p>I know UCSB has a very good graduate physics department, so this MIGHT translate into a good undergraduate department.</p>