<p>I'm currently a junior. The high school i attend is the top 20 high schools in the nation and is number one is Alabama
I take all AP classes, and this year I've had straight A's.
However, Freshman & sophomore year I didn't care about school at allll, thus:
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted: 4.2 ? or thereabouts
ACT: 33 composite, 34 superscore
SAT: I've taken once... 2120 on the 2400 scale, and 1390 on the 1600 scale...I'm taking it again in June. I'm aiming for the 2200 rage
SAT IIs: I took Biology and Literature yesterday, so i don't have the scores back for that
yet. Really confident about Lit, not so much Bio.
PSAT: I got a 218 , which should make me a national merit semifinalist, and I guess the essay will determine whether i'm a finalist or not, but i won't know until next year
Extracurriculars and volunteering are solid.
Basically I'm at the point where i have NO IDEA WHERE I WANT TO GO.
I just know that i really want to get out of Alabama .
Schools I'm looking at: Tulane, NYU, Davidson, UNC Chapel Hill, UC Berkeley . But all of those are just maybes. My dream school is Brown, but I'm not banking on that 14% acceptance rate.
Basically interested in hearing from people who got into any of the above schools or just go to a school that they really really love and want to tell about why they love it.
I'm pretending money isn't an issue right now...just want some ideas.</p>
<p>You’ll most likely qualify for significant merit money at Tulane.</p>
<p>As far as where you should go, you have a very wide range of very different schools. For example, Davidson is a great, small liberal arts school in a small town in the South-180degrees different from NYU, a larger university in the nation’s biggest city. School size, setting (urban vs rural), location are usually factors. Do you have preferences there?</p>
<p>Same boat as you buddy! My fresh and sophomore year killed me. Though you most definitely have better SAT scores than me! I want to go to UNC Chapel Hill as well! If you can you should visit these places for sure! UCB is probably gonna be a real reach but thats because you’re outta state I think. I think you could def. get accepted to NYU and Tulane though I’m not sure about Davidson bc I don’t know their stats well. Tulane you could probably get the most money and it’d be pretty sweet to be in New Orleans. My friends bro goes there and loves it</p>
<p>I always thought i’d prefer a small college, but I go to a high school of about 400 students total, and more and more the idea of a tiny college (Davidson has like 1600? i think) seems suffocating…
Oh, so Tulane gives good merit scholarships?
I’m more inclined to go to a school in an urban area, just because i’m ready for some big city excitement.
Does anyone know anything about schools in MA?</p>