<p>Hi guys, this is my first post here, and I have a few questions. I'm going into senior year this fall and I find myself under a lot of pressure to choose which colleges to apply to.</p>
<p>I attend a very rigorous private school in California. I have a 3.050 unweighted GPA and 3.39 weighted GPA with an ACT of 29 and an SAT I of 1850. I had a pretty bad freshman year with 3 C's and 3 B's and 1 A, but since then I have not scored lower than a B in any class, and have gotten A's in AP US History and AP Gov and 4's on the AP tests. </p>
<p>Given my grades, I have focused my college search at schools I think I have a decent chance at getting accepted at and that have my preferred majors 1)Finance, 2)Business Administration, 3)Accounting. My list includes in rough order of preference:
University of Richmond
Seattle University
UVA Charlottesville
UW
Gonzaga
U of O
UPS
UCI
Cal Poly SJO</p>
<p>My parents however do not want me applying to most of the choices on my list and are pushing me to apply to following schools that they seem convinced that I can get into, but which I have discounted out of hand:
University of Chicago
UCSD
UCLA</p>
<p>So I need some advice... Do I stand more of a chance then I thought of getting into those colleges my parents want me to apply to? Am I being overly optimistic with my college list?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>