<p>I did a prior Chance thread to the UC's, but I made another one to see what my chances are at private schools. </p>
<p>Class: rising Senior
Graduating Year: 2008 (took senior pics today!)
Class Rank: 3/345 (our school is not very academically competitive, though)
Unweighted GPA: ~3.95
Weighted GPA 10-12: ~4.41 (hnrs classes count as unweighted at my school)
Family Income: <25k (hoping for general financial aid)</p>
<p>10th Grade:
Eng 2 Hnrs : A A
Span 2 : A A
Alg2/Trig : A B
AP Euro : A A
Chemistry : A A
P.E. : A A</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Eng Lang : A A
Span 3 : A A
PreCal Hnrs : A A
AP US Hist : A A
AP Bio : A A
Expl. Art : A A</p>
<p>12th Grade (schedule):
AP Lit:
AP Span:
AP Stats:
AP Civics and Econ:
AP Environmental Sci:</p>
<p>AP Exams:
AP Euro: 4
AP BIO: 5
AP US: 5
AP Lang:4</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning: 1990 cumulative (CR: 640, M: 680 W: 670)
1st Sitting. Will retake in Oct.; expecting at least a 2050</p>
<p>SAT Subjects: Biology: 690, U.S. Hist: 700 Math IIC: 660.
The discrepancy between these scores and that of the AP exams is because I took the SAT subjects before the AP and during the school year so the course was not completed nor was there sufficient studying. Big mistake...and I can't take it again because the material is forgotten! :(</p>
<p>EC's:
Eagle Scout from Venture Troop (300+ community service hrs.)
VP of Venture Troop
Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop
Club membership in: Kiwin's, American Heart Association, Interact (though I have few hours).</p>
<p>It doesn't seem like much, but the Eagle Award is the highest attainable rank by a Boy Scout and I believe is very prestigious. </p>
<p>I would like to hear your opinions regarding my chances @:
1. University of Virginia
2. University of Michigan
3. Notre Dame
4. New York University
5. University of Texas at Austin
6. Boston Colege
7. University of Southern California</p>
<p>The only general statistical averages of the colleges I know of are from the UC's, and accordingly I know I must raise my SAT scores. i would really appreciate it if you guys would chance me on these private schools, in case I decide to move away from home. I hope I am not being too pretentious on my college selection; please tell me which colleges I should just not even bother applying to.</p>
<p>These colleges are business oriented because it is my career direction as of now. My primary choice right now in this list would be USC (although my main ones are still Berkeley and UCLA) because it is the closest to home and my parents are indeed worried asians :). But I know USC has had a bad reputation of a party school and spoiled magnet, and it is still trying to overcome this, and this is why I am wear on applying.</p>
<p>I would like to thank this forum for its help. Also, if it's not too much trouble, could you guys recommend colleges that would be suitable considering my circumstances if location is not a factor. Thanks.</p>