Help me with my College List?

College Search & Selection
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Hi everybody! I’m a rising senior from Texas and I’ve been meaning to make/finalize my college list. Also, if y’all could make some realistic suggestions that would be great Bc I feel like list is not very realistic. Bear with me because a lot of stats aren’t finalized and I haven’t finished all of my testing. My stats are:

SAT: CR:710 M:740 W:720
ACT: Taking in September
SAT Subject Tests: May take in November
GPA: 4.2225 W, ~3.81 UW (as of first semester junior year)
Rank: 82/1217 (as of first semester junior year)
*as a side note: I did way better this last semester so my GPA/Rank might go up
EC: History Club (Secretary), Orchestra, Spanish Club, Red Cross Club, Amnesty International, 9th grade-Basketball (Team Capitan)
Awards: AP Scholar, 2nd place in Regional History Fair and 6th place at State History Fair in 10th grade,1st place in Regional History Fair, Honorable Mention at State History Fair and Willie Lee Gay Award Winner in 11th grade, 3rd place in Basketball tournament, UIL Sweeptakes for orchestra in 10th and 11th
Summer Activities: 9th- working at a beauty supply 10th-TASS 11th- NIDA Internship at UTSouthwestern and Dartmouth Bound
Race: Black
Major: I’m deciding between Bio/Neuroscience/Anthropology
And FA is important, my parents’ income is in the 70,000-90,000 range and most of the net price calculators I ran gave us ~40,000 in FA for schools that cost ~60,000
And the schools I have on my list as of now are:
Reach
Duke University
University of Pennslyvania
Washington University in St.Louis
Rice University
USC

Match
Tulane University

Safeties
UT Austin
UT Dallas

I’m not very picky when it comes to schools; I just want a pretty good school with pretty nice weather and, preferably, good aid.

Thanks for the help!

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Go with bio or neuroscience! What will you do with a degree in anthro??

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Some schools on your list require subject tests. Be sure to check requirements. Your SAT is fine but strong showing in subject tests would bolster. If you don’t care too much about winter weather Pitt, Case western and Rochester would be good match / safety schools and might give $$$ apply EA to Tulane and take a shot at their full rides too (extra essays) URM helps. Good luck.

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Thanks for the suggestions! I’ve really been looking for more match schools.