Choosing a College

College Search & Selection
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<p>I really want to go to college on the East Coast (preferably New York, would LOVE to be in New England anywhere though).</p>

<p>I'm interested in political science and economics for my majors (accounting is a third option), and computer science or programming for my minor. </p>

<p>I have a 4.00 GPA unweighted, with around a 4.4 weighted. I have taken the SAT twice and my best SAT score in one sitting is a 2310. My superscore is a 2370. My individual parts for the superscore are critical reading-800, math-800, writing-770. My ACT is a 34, and my PSAT is a 214. My AP scores: English Language and Composition-5, US History-5, Euro-4, Calculus AB-4.</p>

<p>My extra curriculars involve Speech and Debate, school newspaper, and National History Day. I have six hundred hours of community service, mostly American Red Cross and the Kposowa Foundation.</p>

<p>I'm currently looking at Columbia, Harvard, Georgetown, Northwestern, Emory, Boston U, University of Melbourne, Oxford, UC Berkeley, and Cal-State Long Beach (as my safety).</p>

<p>Are there any other suggestion, preferably private schools, large student body, good financial aid?</p>

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<p>Northwestern is int he midwest. emory is in the South. Melbourne in in australia. Oxford in the UK. Berkeley is in the West Coast. These are all great institutions of higher learning, but none of them is in the NE. </p>

<p>of all the schools in your list, only Oxford, melbourne and Berkeley are large universities.</p>

<p>You have a great shot at any of these schools except Harvard.</p>

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<p>I don’t think I have a better shot at Oxford than Harvard–and Harvard is really a dream school for anyone.</p>