Confused about where to transfer and the CommonApp

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello.</p>

<p>Well first about the Common App. For the Secondary School Report, is it necessary to have it filled out by a high school counselor. I mean, I graduated in 2009, but the school has gone through major administrative changes and the counselor I had doesn't even work for the school anymore (they should've fired her ass long ago). Can an academic adviser at my current institution do that? </p>

<p>Secondly, I haven't the slightest clue where to go. I live in Ohio near several universities (Case Western Reserve University being one of them--that's also where I have an internship in an Orgo Chem lab). I'm applying there, Ohio State, Wellesley (as my I'll-probably-never-get-in-but-I'm-an-optimist school), and Kenyon. But I know first-hand that Case's campus isn't something I'd feel like I'd enjoy. I really want to go to a school with strong academics and the usual "college experience" stuff like some school spirit and good extracurricular activities beyond working in a lab. I'd like to stay near this area, but I'm not completely against going East.</p>

<p>My stats:
Current institution: Community College
GPA: 4.0
Major: Chemistry (but I want to double major in Chem and English)
SAT/ACT: 26
Credit Hours: I'll have (hopefully) 49 by the time I transfer in the fall but I have 29 now.
ECs: Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa, American Chemical Society, research at an Orgo Chem and Pharmacology lab at Case and I'm going to start volunteering at a local Food Bank soon.
HS GPa: 3.1</p>

<p>Help?</p>

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<p>Someone at your high school should be able to fill out the secondary school report for you. A school like Wellesley will require your high school record.</p>

<p>It helps to visit schools to figure out “what you want.”</p>

<p>If you are looking at Wellesley, check out Bryn Mawr, Smith, and Mount Holyoke.</p>

<p>If you are looking at Kenyon, check out other Ohio liberal arts schools. [List</a> of liberal arts colleges in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“List of liberal arts colleges in the United States - Wikipedia”>List of liberal arts colleges in the United States - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>If you are looking at OSU, check out other Ohio public Us. ([Ohio’s</a> Public Universities](<a href=“http://www.opuac.org/]Ohio’s”>http://www.opuac.org/))</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>