<p>This year I am beginning my junior year and want to start making my list of colleges I am interested in touring or attending. Colleges I like so far are Duke, Georgetown, U Penn (these might be reaches for me idk), Boston College, Notre Dame, and St. Andrews. If anyone knows any colleges similar to these or any reach/target/safety schools I should consider looking at that would be awesome :) My stats:
GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 4.7 weighted
SAT: 2020 (although I hope to get it up because this score is from fall sophomore year), 720 Biology M
AP Bio Exam: 5
This year I will be taking APUSH, AP lang, AP psychology, AP chemistry, hon pre cal, and hon spanish 3
I have pretty well-rounded extracurriculars that include varsity sports, arts, and leadership </p>
<p>If anyone could help me start to think of a list that would be great! </p>
<p>In what are you interested in majoring? where do you have state residency? what are the net price calculators showing your parents about their responsibilities and what are they saying in response?</p>
<p>I am interested in pre-med so schools with good premed programs would be nice. I have residency in North Carolina and my parents would be able to pay full price at a private institution if they needed too</p>
<p>I’m sorry. I forgot to ask for a breakdown on your SAT score and what math classes you’ve completed and their grades and what math class you’ll take this year. Some schools require two SATIIs and GU will require three. One should be MathI or MathII. </p>
<p>One of the weaknesses of your resumé is the comparatively less rigorous road you’ve taken to the 3.9. Negate the weighted GPA; all these schools will. They’ll want to see strength in (college) math and rigorous coursework, some of which you’re lacking. The AP Chem is good, but the other stuff is not as rigorous as AP physics or AP calc.</p>
<p>One of the strengths is that you’re full pay, and if you can get your SAT up, particularly if the math is high, you might have a shot at one or two of these reaches</p>
<p>Let’s start with two safeties: UNC-CH and NC State, if you’d be willing to go to them. Syracuse.</p>
<p>Matches: Tulane (you will need to show interest); High matches because of your ECs and your full-pay status: Boston College, USC (where there might be a quarter- or half-tuition merit), Brandeis, Holy Cross</p>
<p>okay, I didn’t see the M + CR scores before I put this up. So I’ll amend here. Brandeis is a low match; so is BC. Any of the schools with admissions rates below 25 I think of as reaches, so USC should be a reach with its admit rate of 20%.</p>