help finding college!

College Search & Selection
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<p>ok so i'm a junior at a public school in MA and i'm having trouble selecting college choices.
here are my stats.:</p>

<p>gpa: 3.8 (weighted)
classes for 08-09 school year: AP English and AP History, Honors Physics, Pre-Calc, Spanish 4, Orchestra
7 Years Playing Cello - attended music camp last summer
Member of school orchestra and outside youth orchestra, plays cello at nursing home and church weekly
9 years playing piano
staff writer on school paper (soon to be editor), interns at local paper
attended two week journalism conference at american university this summer
founder of dollars for darfur chapter at school
member of pennies for peace
student mentor
interns at town museum (starting January 2009)</p>

<p>any ideas as to where i could get in? i honestly have no idea where to even start looking and where i could even get into with my credentials...
i'm not really sure what i want to major in but i'm thinking about english, communications, or psyschology
thank you :)</p>

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<p>What kind of school would you want: big/small, public/private, which state?</p>

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<p>i'd like to go either in the south or the east coast and i'm open to a big or small state
oh and i forgot mention that on my practice PSAT (from sophomore year - i'm taking the PSATs in the fall) i got a 171 (but thats with absolute no studying and staying out really late the night before so i can definitely bring it up)</p>

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<p>oh and i want a school where i can study abroad for a semester in europe :) </p>

<p>please help! :)</p>

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<p>and a school with an active student life, events, ect. (i want to have fun on my campus! :) )</p>

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<p>Syracuse, Marist, Ithaca and Quinnipiac are all strong in communicaitons.</p>

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<p>thanks :)
do you think i've got a shot at:
emory, elon, vanderbilt, or university of virginia?</p>

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<p>What is your unweighted GPA? B? B+? Roughly where do you stack up in your class? Top 10%? Top 20%?</p>

<p>I would think that U VA as an OOS student is highly unlikely, Emory and Vandy very much reaches, but you have a good shot at Elon.</p>

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<p>i think i'm in the top 10%, definitely top 20%</p>

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<p>Emerson is good for communications. Apply to U Mass, obviously. Unless money is no object, research the costs and figure out how you are going to pay.</p>