<p>You didn’t mention being a minority in the first post. That helps a lot. Not at UCs that are not allowed to consider race, but if you are black, Hispanic or Native American, you can have lower stats at private colleges. Depending on rank, I still don’t think you are looking at Stanford or ivies, but there are many good private schools you will be able to get into.</p>
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<p>You can not depend on schools to teach you about college and what you need to do to get in. You need to do a lot of research. If you have specific questions, post them on the parent’s board here.</p>