<p>Thanks for the responses everyone. MrMoM, I want a school that has the things you stated (big football weekends, parties, etc.), but I definitely don’t want this to be the focus of my college life. I would like a school that is balanced with both academics and social life. As of now, my stats are 28 ACT, 3.9 GPA UW, APAS, AP Bio, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Calc AB, HPreCal, HSpan4, HGeo, HAlg2, top 25th of class, 100+ hours of volunteering at random places, 50+ of volunteering at local hospital (should be around 100 by the end of the summer), I have a bunch of other little things. I hope to raise my ACT to at least a 30 before applying. Also I’ve noticed that there are several other threads regarding this, but they were all outdated.</p>