<p>Hey everyone.</p>
<p>So, the pressure of college admissions is beginning to take its toll on me, and I figure that it's about time that I begin picking out some colleges that interest me. But, since I'm an only child and my parents have no set expectations for me, I really don't know which colleges would be the right fit. Part of me feels like I'd really thrive at a New England LAC, but then again, I go to a relatively small school already and I might prefer the diversity of a well-standing university.</p>
<p>Here is some info about me: (it's pretty qualitative, but oh well)</p>
<p>~I have around a 95/96 average.</p>
<p>~I'm on high honor roll and have been for the past two years</p>
<p>~As a freshman and a sophomore, I opted for the only honors class that was offered: Math Honors.</p>
<p>~I'm extremely interested in writing, photography, art, and music.</p>
<p>~This summer, I may be attending Boston University Tanglewood Institute for their vocal division. (It's an extremely competitive summer music program which requires an audition. I'm about second or so on the waitlist, so I may be accepted.)</p>
<p>~I'm awaiting notification from this semester-school program that I applied for. It's called the Mountain School of Milton Academy (Has anyone ever gone to this???) and it's an academically rigorous school that rising juniors apply to go to for one semester of their junior year. It's extremely hard to get into, but the school called my teacher recently and hinted at my acceptance, so it's looking positive so far. On their website, they say that the top seven schools most frequently attended by their students in the past seven years are: Brown, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Williams, and Bowdoin. So, yeah.</p>
<p>~I take private voice lessons and have been playing the flute seriously for eight years.</p>
<p>~I participate in almost every single of the music groups in my school: band, orchestra, chorus, and madrigals (the select chorus).</p>
<p>~I will have really good recommendations from teachers.</p>
<p>~I'm applying for a prestigious music program in New York City which meets every Saturday, and offers tons of performance opportunities, ear training classes, and private voice lessons.</p>
<p>~I'm not athletic. I enjoy being physically active, but not through sports.</p>
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<p>I really don't know where I'd like to go. The only places I've visited (and they were very casual visits) were:</p>
<p>NYU--I went because my cousin wanted to look at it)
Yale--which I had very mixed feelings about)
Amherst--I didn't take a tour here but I LOVED the feeling of the campus. I'm a bit worried that it might be too preppy...</p>
<p>I'd like to be somewhere that offered a strong humanities curriculum but which also had good music and art departments. I wouldn't necessarily mind going to a university. I'm open to all options! </p>
<p>In terms of what I'd like to study, I'm thinking maybe anthropology, history, creative writing, or art history. Something like that!</p>
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<p>So, please, please, please, can you guys give me some advice? I promise to read it all and respond to it!</p>
<p>Thanks so much, guys!</p>