<p>Hey, im having trouble choosing what colleges i plan to apply to and i thought this would be a good place to come for help. I have been having a few problems with my college search. I want to get into the best school i can with my current GPA/ACT. I live in Illinois so im interested in schools around here but also the east and west coast. School size is not extremely important but I dont think i want a particularly small school. My GPA for freshman and sophomore year is around a 3.2/3.3 but junior year i am getting straight A's and am enrolled in many honors classes next year. My ACT composite is a 32. Im not sure what i want to major in but im considering business. The cost is not important but i want some colleges that i could have as a reach and some that I would for sure make it into. Both my parents went to The University of Michigan Ann Arbor and i am looking into that college. I have one brother who is attending Washington University in St. Louis as a freshman. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Hi Joe - welcome to CC! I see that you posted this a week ago and re-posted and still have no responses. The reason is probably that most selective colleges accept students on April 1 and give them until May 1 to decide. Right now, the College Search & Selection forum is full of threads regarding last-minute decisions by seniors. After tomorrow that process will be over, and you’re likely to get more responses. Bump this up to the first page of threads on Monday (you can just post the word “Bump” with enough periods afterwards to total 10 characters) and it’ll go to the top of the CS&S board.</p>
<p>Illinois-Urbana/Champaign is an obvious choice, and if you can get your GPA to 3.5, your 32 will automatically qualify you for a four-year full tuition scholarship as a Presidential Fellow at U. of Alabama.</p>
<p>thanks gadad! I hope that someone will answer this time</p>