<p>hello! I tried posting this in the College Search, College Admissions etc forums but I didn't receive any helpful replies so I thought I'd try here. </p>
<p>I'm a junior in NJ at (I know everyone here says this, but it's true) a competitive prep school (avg old SAT- 1390)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.7-3.8
PSAT: 210 (72CR 67M 71W) taking SAT on the 28th
SATII Bio E freshman yr: 650
School doesn't rank</p>
<p>ECs:
Year round swimming (age 8- ) practice 21+ hrs a week
Varsity HS swimming (9-(12)) will be captain next yr
Varsity XC (9-(12)) will be captain next yr
JV Softball (9,10) Varsity (11,(12))
St. Lucy's Angels (volunteer club, visiting nuns in the infirmary)
200+ hrs of volunteering: teaching kids to swim, helping at a psychiatrist's office</p>
<p>Major: not sure, maybe Psychology but job prospects look somewhat bleak, so will probably minor in that</p>
<p>These are most of the colleges I'm looking at now, any comments on them, schools you'd add/remove from the list, etc would be greatly appreciated. Mainly I'd like a school in the South because of the warmer weather, but I also like Boston. Thanks so much!
TCNJ (instate)
Loyola in MD
U. of the South (Sewanee)
Rhodes College
Furman U.
U. of Richmond
W+L U.
Wake Forest
Vanderbilt
Boston College
Boston U
Holy Cross</p>
<p>thanks for the suggestions -- they look like great schools, although being female i'd like a more even male/female ratio. also, Goucher seems very very liberal which is a turnoff for me</p>
<p>Are your swimming times good enough that you could be a recruited athlete? If so, I think you have a realistic list. You might also take a look at Duke, U of Miami, Emory, Rice and Tulane. Washington and Lee in Virginia might also be worth checking out.</p>
<p>In Texas, also look at Trinity University in San Antonio. They have a wonderful psychology program, and its a beautiful campus in a very nice city, with a moderate student body. If Goucher seems to liberal to you, Clark probably won't work for you, so stick with Boston College, Boston U or Holy Cross. </p>
<p>I'm not sure I would like to swim in college. If I do, I would be able to swim for a DIII school, but it probably wouldn't help me very much in the admissions process. If I'm not a recruited athlete, do you feel my stats are low for the schools I listed?</p>
<p>I'm guessing Duke would probably be a huge reach for me but if not I would definitely give it more thought
I was very interested in Tulane before Katrina, but after seeing the TV coverage etc. I think I understand more about the type of area New Orleans is (and was) and I feel it might be somewhat dangerous/scary for me... Are these fears realistic or is Tulane separated from these areas?</p>
<p>hmmmm... we are going through the same process. I don't think my son knows where to start! So we just throw out names - Bucknell? Lehigh? Lafayette? What about Dickinson? Looks like you could get better than 2100 on your SAT. With all those ECs I think you could use a couple of reachier schools on your list, but that's just me.</p>
<p>haha... so interesting. here I was thinking my ECs were weak. and that a lot of the schools on my list were somewhat reachy. different views I suppose, or just me being paranoid.</p>
<p>I'm a legacy at Dickinson so I may look there for kicks but the cold weather and town don't particularly interest me. Bucknell/Lehigh/Lafayette all seem to blend together to me.. the student bodies seem like the type that I'm looking for but I think mainly the locations and climate are unappealing to me. I'll probably visit a few just to check, though</p>