Since the common app and uc app open up in a few days, I decided to finalize my college list. I’ve done tons of research on a variety of schools. In addition, I considered many factors including the strength of the biology program (I want to go on a pre-med track), weather ( hate the EXTREME cold), party culture (don’t want), school size, student to faculty ratio, neighborhood ( don’t want a bad one), religious affiliation, diversity, financial aid, stressfulness (i don’t want an infamous stressful school like MIT), and overall culture. I just wanted to get ya’ll 2 cents about my school list. Is there any schools I should remove, add? I know what you are thinking, “THAT’S WAY TOO MANY SCHOOLS”…i know. I dont want to apply to a lot, but my parents are overestimating my abilities and forcing me to lol.
Stats
4.26 W (9-11)
3.86 UW (9-11)
4.42 W (10-11)
3.9 UW (10-11)
10 AP Courses
33 ACT, 800 Math, 770 Biology
Ranked top 10 percent of class
Clubs and Organization
President of Three Very Big Clubs
Member of NHS and CSF
Hospital Volunteering
700 hours community Serves
Internships
Immunology Biomedical Research Internship
Cancer Biomedical Research Internship
Awards
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Honor
California Scholar
Honor Roll
Hook
Profoundly Deaf Since Birth (My essay is essentially about how deafness shaped my experiences and motivation to pursue neuroscience)
Schools
Reach
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Duke
U Penn
Brown
Wash U
Columbia
Match
UCB
UCLA
Michigan Ann Arbor
Washington University
Safety
UCI
UCSD