Hello, May i have ur suggestions for Schools selection and preparations for them

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<p>Thanks for reading,
i first posted this in "College Admissions and Search forum" but someone suggested getting help from here since there are many awesome people.</p>

<p>just as jmmom noted:
-I'm guessing me may be underestimating you, too.
everzinny - you may want to post on the Parent Forum. There are some really knowledgeable folks there and I hope you would get some great guidance there.</p>

<p>I do not feel i need to rewrite what i've written there, so here they are :</p>

<p>Hil, first of all, forgive me posting such a pointless thread here
i'll be just happy if u guys can help me find the right matches
i'm attending pretty-good public school in Maryland and my stats are-</p>

<p>9th grade - 2.9 (significantly low- i was attending the school in different country, i wasn't born in U.S.)</p>

<p>10th grade(came to US) - took only PE(physical Edu), Health, (*coudln't go to school for 6 months, therefore coudlnt receive any credits)</p>

<p>11th grade(currently) - 4.0 ( 4.32 weighted)</p>

<p>12th grade(next year) - 4 APs (1math, 3sciences)</p>

<p>SAT I - 1410 (V:610 M:800)
New SAT- haven;t taken
SAT II - plannaing to take Math IIc, 1 science( physics or chemistry)</p>

<p>No EC's, absolutely Nothing.</p>

<p>There u can see very weird kid, but i had no choice. Can anyone possibly tell me matching schools for me? I'm really good at Math and Science so i'm pretty sure i'll get 700+ for SAT IIs.</p>

<p>NEXT...
Ok, i hope introduing myself would help it clarified.
My parents moved to US about 1.5 years ago..(: but i couldn't go to school for 5 months because of some reason
I usually spend my time on studying (i'm very motivated in my academics)
However, i'm not in any clubs
I do some part-time jobs but not that much, and i'm planning to join one or two club
After all, i may have to help my parents financially</p>

<p>NEXT..
thx for ur concern, jmmom and others, too
my credits are just fine except that i was only able to have 2 foreign languages
i'm not sure if any good engineering schools require 3 fl credits ... but anyway,
i'm in howard county and i havent had any conferences because my SAT score just came out. Though my couselor is not that supportive( because of my GPA in 9th grade, i think he underestimates me..), you're absolutely right jmmom, i think i should talk to my counselor first of all...</p>

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<p>I read your original post but didn't have time to reply this afternoon. My suggestion is to work in a different direction - don't start with what schools might accept you; rather, what are you looking for in a school? Would you prefer large, small, somewhere in the middle? Any geographic preference outside of Maryland? Do you need financial aid? What type of social environment would you like? Rural, urban or suburban or no preference? Do you care about diversity? And So on.</p>

<p>Give us some of these answers to work with and we can come up with some schools for you to look at --- otherwise we are all just shooting in the dark.</p>

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<p>Are you a US citizen? Foreign language credit will not be an issue for you if you are coming from a non-English speaking country.</p>