<p>So I'm looking for some matches. I can pay the full cost of a private school (like 60k a year) but it would be nice if I didn't have to. I am going to major in engineering and I'm from NJ but I could go to a school in California if need be. You guys do not need to tell me safeties because mine is Rutgers. Any suggestions? My stats are below</p>
<p>African American
Magnet School
School doesn't rank
UW GPA: 3.7
Sat: 2260 (M 800, CR 750, W 710)
Junior Year course load: AP Physics, honors chemistry, honors pre calculus honors, honors history, honors world literature.
Expected Senior course load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Stats</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Internship at UBS (wealth management) (entire senior year)
Job as drafter over the summer (5hrs a week for a month)
Member of FBLA, TSA, Model UN
100 hours volunteering with Habitat for Humanity</p>
<p>No Awards</p>
<p>My subject test scores are:
Chem 770
Math2 800
Physics 800</p>
<p>You don’t need to know your reaches, either: you should feel free aiming high (ie. MIT, Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, et al). I’d say that Vanderbilt, Carnegie-Mellon, Washington U. (St. Louis), and Rice are probably high matches. If you’re interested in CA, your stats are good enough for any UCs. Tulane is probably a low match, close to a safe for you.</p>
<p>thanks for the input</p>
<p>Michigan would be a match,as would boston college</p>
<p>UAlabama’s Honors college, with full tuition, honors dorms, and very nice perks, is a given due to your stats.
Most UC’s would be matches, but since their selection can be idiosyncratic, you may want to apply to a couple (for example: UCB, UCSD, UCSC - and you’re sure to get into at least one.) Your lack of leadership and awards will hurt you even if the UBS internship is nice… unless procured by a parent which still makes it valuable but not as impressive. National awards are expected for Top 20 universities/LACs so those would all be reaches.
Are you interested mostly in research universities or in smaller schools?
Penn State (trying for Shreyer) could be a possibility, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, UIUC, Cal Poly SLO for universities. Perhaps USC or Olin but they may be closer to low reaches for you due o their selectivity (you have the stats but schools that selective can’t be considered matches). </p>
<p>Note: you don’t need to take Statistics if you’re taking Calc AB, unless you’re fascinatedby the subject. However I don’t see your foreign language (to be competitive you need to have reached Level 4 or AP) and for UCs you need one class in art/music etc.</p>
<p>Ive taken 3 years of Spanish in high school and the UBS internship was not obtained through parent connections. Why do you think I do not need to take AP Stats?</p>
<p>Typically, you wouldn’t need to “double up” in math unless you really love math or plan to major in a STEM field. Statistics is a compelling field in its own right but often it’s taken as an AP <em>instead of</em> calculus. Nothing wrong with taking both if you have a reason (passion, practical thinking…) but if you’re able to take a 4th year of Spanish it’d probably be more useful to your application. No college requires 4 years but if they require 3, it means 4 are expected and many applicants will have either 4 or AP. Check that you meet the a-g requirements for UCs (including art/music) or you won’t be able to be considered for admission.</p>
<p>Alright thanks for the insight and I meet all of the a-g requirements.</p>