<p>i don't really know where to go and i could really use some help. i'm a senior at a good public school (fourth in the country) and i have a pretty good gpa (something like 3.5/3.6). my SATs are also ok, 610 math, 720 reading comp, 710 writing (i'm taking it again though, i want to get my math score up.) and i've taken three SAT IIs, lit 780, us history 710 and french, which was really really bad and i'm taking more so no one will ever see that score. i'm on prom commitee, amnesty international, four years of varsity soccer, my school's big brother/big sister, three years of club rugby, ski club and i'm starting a school book club. i volunteer for habitat for humanity on weekends, and i did the student conservation association and worked in the cumberland gap n.h.p. for five weeks last summer. i'm full IB, and i've taken three AP classes (AP US history 5, AP european history 5, AP English 4, IB economics 4). i have a little bit of a list, but i don't really have a realistic idea of where i should be applying. can anyone help?</p>
<p>A couple of questions:</p>
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<li> What size of school are you looking for or think you might like?</li>
<li> What type of schools would you like (ie. public and/or private)?</li>
<li> What majors interest you?</li>
<li> Is there a specific area of the country that you want to go to school?</li>
<li> Do you plan to play any sports at college?</li>
<li> Is merit/need aid important?</li>
<li> Is a conservative, middle-of-the-road, or liberal atmosphere best?</li>
</ol>
<p>Sorry about the questions, but they will help people make some college suggestions for you.</p>
<p>Just by your post, I would guess that you would be competitive-very competitive at liberal arts colleges like: Grinnell, Trinity, Colby, Occidental, Union, Franklin & Marshall, Rhodes, Sewanee, Vassar, Hamilton, Oberlin, Macalester, Kenyon, Connecticut, Colgate.</p>
<p>You'd be competitive-very competitive at universities like: UWisconsin, Case Western, UWashington, Boston College, Lehigh, Tufts, Emory, Vandy, Tulane, UIllinois, George Washington, UChicago.</p>
<p>i think small (my school is like 1000 kids starting at fifth grade, and i've been there for the full time. i don't think i could handle a big school.) and either in or near a big city. i'd like to be an english major maybe, but i really like history and psychology a lot too. i'm a democrat and pretty liberal, and i'd like to be around people kind of like that (not that i'm close minded, i just don't want a really republican school. diversity is good.) i live in buffalo new york, and i'd like to be within a day's drive.</p>
<p>I'd like to suggest:</p>
<p>those liberal arts schools above, plus:</p>
<p>Reed (not a days drive), Davidson (slightly conservative), Denison, Knox, College of Wooster, Earlham, Hendrix, Sarah Lawrence, Skidmore, Holy Cross (slightly conservative), Centre (slightly conservative), Colorado College (not a days drive).</p>
<p>check out Eugene Lang in NYC... sounds close to what you're looking for!</p>