Help Me Choose a College Please-Desperate D-29 until Deadlines!!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi there! Okay, so I already applied to five schools early action.
My number one was Georgetown, but I didn't have an interview and my sat2 scores were awful (math2 700, ush 620, physics 570... man I shouldn't have started cramming the week before; but I'm not going to send these scores to anywhere else) so I think my chances are pretty low.
I also applied to University of Michigan, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
I got into Baylor University, which was my safety.</p>

<p>ACT-33
GPA- 3.767 (UW) 4.361 (W)
rank- 23 out of 357</p>

<p>Freshman yr: 4 honors
Sophomore yr: 4 honors 1 AP
Junior yr: 4 AP 2 honors
Senior yr: 4 AP 1 honors</p>

<p>AP scores: Macroecon (4), Bio (3), Calc AB (5), lang (4), ush (4)</p>

<p>Activities:
Theater (9) Soccer (9)
Academic Team (10) Link Leader (10, 11)
Tennis (JV10, Varsity11, 12) Key club (9, 11, 12)
NHS (inducted like end of Junior yr, mostly senior yr thing)</p>

<p>Work: waitress all four years
Volunteer: library (but not many hrs)</p>

<p>I'm an Asian female in IL. As you can see I don't have many activities/ no leadership and my scores aren't that high...<em>sigh</em></p>

<p>I need to choose a few more colleges to apply to and right now, I have Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Rice, Notre Dame, Emory, USC in mind.
They're all hard for me I know): but please tell me your honest opinion!
And I'm looking for a private university so please tell me any suggestions if possible thanks!</p>

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<p>oh and to break down my ACT (English 34, Math 33, Reading 33, Science 33)
and I won some honors such as AP scholar with distinction, IL State Scholar, Prairie State Achievement Award
and I’m planning to major in biology with a pre-med focus.</p>

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<p>Money. Have you run the net price calculators at the schools to which you’ve applied? have your parents agreed to pay the EFC? You don’t want to go to med school with debt because there is no financial aid for med school.</p>

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<p>yes we ran net price calculators for all and they’re affordable-top private schools especially
any suggestions please?</p>

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<p>Help me</p>

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<p>Definitely include Rhodes and/or Hendrix (two very different cultures, so look into both), Dickinson, Wheaton(MA), Goucher? Perhaps also Tulane and Davidson?
All the colleges you listed are “reach for everyone” - what are your matches? your safeties?
What do you like about them?</p>

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<p>OP said that she already got into Baylor which was her safety. The question is, OP, would you <em>honestly</em> be happy at the idea of attending Baylor? If not, it’s not a real safety and you should look for schools that are less selective than the Northwestern/Vanderbilt stratum you’re looking at, but that you would honestly be excited to attend. MYOS has some good suggestions for private schools to consider.</p>

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<p>You might consider adding Case Western Reserve University or the University of Rochester to your list.</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross -great pre-med program with nice campus 1 hour from Boston. HC MEETS 100% of demonstrated financial need and is SAT optional.</p>

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<p>I’ll think about adding Tulane or Case Western on my list! Thank you so much everyone! So helpful thank you :slight_smile:
yes thank you dustypig you hit it right on the spot!
I guess baylor isn’t my real safety because I would not be happy at all going there; in fact, I can’t see myself going there to be honest. thank you so much.</p>