<p>Going to Choate this year. I made a bad decision with the SAT II MAth 1c. The curve was so bad, i think i missed like 6. THe physics was just......an idiot testing guy in my freshman year. Used his watch for the time... clock on the wall was 5 mins behind! So i had planned my time for 5 questions left to do in the 5 mins but found out that my time had run out. Idiot testing guy. Anyways, the SAT chinese should raise my SAT II scores....i finished a written practice test portion in 15mins. projected to be around 750-800.
Im looking for a larger college because I do not have a major yet and would like a place where I have many choices. My college counselor said that I would have virtually no chance at places like Stanford or Harvey Mudd and Occidental and gave me the above list of colleges to look at. Is what he thinks correct? I dont have chances at more selective schools because I'm a junior applying for college? Should I cross off such private schools then, or should I still try to get into them because of the reputation of my school? Right now I'm leaning more towards the UC system because of its size and its options because of such size. But is it true they wont take my school and scholarship into account?</p>