<p>Yeah, looking around the forums, I'm feeling a bit intimidated by all the ivy league, and top 10 college talk :X. But I figure I might as well put my question out there. You see I'm a senior in high school now, and that "magical" time to start applying to colleges has come up. I'm basically wondering whether I can get into a University along the lines of a College Park, Maryland or a Penn State? I'm a bit embarassed to put my credentials out there but I basically have a 3.4 gpa (not account the difficulty of my courses), and for all four years I've been in primarily upper level classes. Last year I took two AP Classes, I got an A overall in AP U.S. History & I got a B overall in AP Language/English. But in terms of the AP Tests, I bombed both and received a measley score of 2 on each. So this year, the supposedly "fun" year of every students life, I'm taking 3 AP Classes, and 4 AP Tests (Macro, Micro, Stats, & English). Now I'm still deciding on whether or not to drop AP English, but other than that I beleive I am capable of doing exceptionally well in all these classes. So basically what I'm asking is, with these classes, my GPA, and taking into account I play badminton, and plan to work in the next few months...do I have enough to get into the college I desire? :O</p>
<p>2006-2007 Schedule:</p>
<p>A Day-</p>
<p>Aquatic Science (Honors)
AP English
AP Stats
Physics Honors</p>
<p>B Day-</p>
<p>Networking (Magnet Program ((4th Year)))
AP Econ (Year round)
Study Skills
Projects (Basically another Physics class)</p>
<p>P.S. My Schedule revolves around 90 minute periods, meaning 4 periods a day with a 30 minute lunch in between. Oh yeah, and I'm PLANNING on majoring in Finance, but I'm also a bit curious about Pharmacy. Thanks for your help & commentary, it's much appreciated.</p>
<p>Places like Indiana, Purdue, Michigan State, Iowa, Maryland, Marquette, New Hampshire, NC State, Colorado, Clemson, Santa Clara, and Pittsburgh offer excellent educations and are much easier to get into than the gaudier "elites." Remember, even if a top university has a bunch of Nobel laureates, those guys will rarely be sharing their extra-special insights with undergrads even in the rare cases that they do see an undergrad.</p>
<p>Iowa is my personal favorite among the larger "hidden" publics. It's MUCH smaller than the other Big 10 schools (except for private Northwestern), and attracts the best students from Iowa, a state which has an amazingly good public school system.</p>
<p>Thank you for that piece of information, anyone else got any thoughts on the subject?</p>
<p>SAT scores? How were your grades in math/science? For Pharmacy you need a decent amount of ability in the "hard" sciences. It is a tough major at most schools..</p>
<p>Oh, and can anyone tell me what they think would be a legitimate or give me a range of what legitimate SAT scores would be for me to get into a university along the lines of College Park w/ ATLEAST a partial scholarship, and possibly the range without one? Thank you.</p>
<p>Uh I've only taken the SAT once, and honestly I didn't study too hard for it, and I got a 1720. And in terms of science and math, my overall grades round out like this:</p>
<p>9th-Geometry-B
10th-Algebra 2-B
11th-Pre-Calculus (Honors)-C (Bad Teacher/Homework)</p>
<p>9th-GT Biology-B
10th-GT Chemistry-B
11th-Didn't take a science class that year b/c I had AP History & My Magnet<br>
both days so it wouldn't fit my schedule.</p>
<p>And in my senior year (currently) I'm taking AP Statistics, Honors Physics, & Aquatic Science, and I'm about 95% sure I can get an A in all those classes.</p>
<p>Go to college board website and look up the SAT range for College Park...</p>
<p>Haha, no I already know that, but we all know how those are just on "average" what I'm asking is like, does anyone have any inside information or like know the inner workings of the selection process, etc.</p>