Help Match Me...

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am mostly lost in the whole college search debacle. Here are my basic stats, perhaps you could match me with some reasonable/reach colleges?</p>

<p>School: Competitive College Prep School
UW GPA: 3.96 (my school doesn't weight GPAs) (on a 4.0 scale)
Rank: School doesn't rank, but to 10%
SAT: ...no comment
ACT: 34 (R: 34; M: 36; E: 35; S: 31; Essay: 10)
SAT II: most schools I'm thinking of don't require both ACT and SAT II's, though I am taking them in November
Ethnicity: Latino (I only included this because it seemed like a hook perhaps)
Financial Aid: No</p>

<p>ECs:
Global Justice Coallition - President
Youth Board (outside of school) for major service organization - President
School Newspaper - Managing Editor
Community Service Club - Vice-President
National Honor Society
Varsity Swimming
Club Swimming
Club Water Polo</p>

<p>I guess I am just confused about where I should apply; I mean I have a preliminary list, but I'm not sure how suited it is for me. My biggest two reaches are Penn and Yale, but am I even in contention for Ivy? Other than that I have</p>

<p>Boston College
Claremont McKenna
Washington University St. Louis
Notre Dame
Emory
Cal. Berkeley
UCLA
U Michigan
U Virginia</p>

<p>I also have some fall backs which I am pretty confident I will get into; are there any schools you think I should add/take off my list? Thanks!</p>

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<p>You’re a strong applicant for most schools. But based on your list, I can’t ascertain what your criteria are for selecting schools. Clarify for us how you chose those on your list and we can find more for you that meet the criteria.</p>

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<p>Oh duh. Sorry. That was silly of me. I am pretty sure I want to go into buisness, and all of the schools I selected have strong business programs (CMC does’t have a business program, but is geared toward economics/government - sells itself as a “pragmatic liberal arts school”). I hope this helps.</p>