<p>What kinds of schools general/specific should i be looking at? I have a 3.9 gpa w and a 2030 sat. Also, what school do you think would match along with my academics: Suburban, East Coast, Medium size, not huge greek life</p>
<p>Your GPA and SAT is competitive enough to look at most any school recommend, provided that you’re ec’s/etc are significant and you have great letters of recommendations/essays.</p>
<p>It would help to know what kind of majors interests you, and how flexible are you with the medium size and/or suburban. I ask because when I tend to think of Medium Size I think of 4-10K students. Off of the top of my head, I can’t think of any school in the east coast, in a suburban area that has a medium size body. It’s either the suburban school is small size, or the medium school is in a metro area. I might have different definitions of medium size than you, but on the smaller side is Wesleyan and Vassar.</p>
<p>try narrowing down your search on collegeboard.com… you can take their matching survey and you can find a whole bunch of schools</p>
<p>Oh yes I am pretty flexible with the size and suburban criteria. Political Science is a possible major.</p>
<p>beccabee- the results I got from my search on cb were too broad</p>
<p>UMBC comes to mind. UNC-CH which is thats larger but its not huge and you’d be competitive. A lot of schools in Carolina really. William & Mary definitely.</p>
<p>Actually I was looking at Wake Forest m4dskillz… That might be a reach though… Not quite sure</p>
<p>bumptown. others?</p>
<p>i dont think wake forest is a reach would be a reach for you… your stats and what youre looking for are like me. my list is boston c, william and mary, cornell, duke, georgetown, tufts, u penn, u rochester, uva, vanderbilt, and wake forest. obviously some of those are reaches and others matches. i also have safeties (tech, george mason, etc).</p>
<p>thanks beccabee! have you visited wake yet? also, what are you planning on majoring in?</p>
<p>Villanova!!! It is located in a suburb of Philly. It is a little smaller than i think you are looking for but they make up for it in school spirit (NOVA NATION!!!). Also while they do have a greek system they are a dry campus. I assume that you dont want a huge greek system because you are not a huge drinker, if I am wrong my apologies. If that is your reason I just want you to know there is more to the greek system than drinking and partys. But honestly Villanova is a very nice school and they are strong in nursing and business. And their Basketball team is awesome!!!</p>
<p>beccabee George Mason is a huge commuter school I have a friend that goes there and is not happy because a lot of people commute or go home for the weekend!</p>
<p>What is your home state? </p>
<p>What is your likely career?</p>
<p>How much will your parents contribute towards your education? Will they pay $50k+ each year for the school of your choice?</p>
<p>really? i never knew that about gmu.
i’m planning on double majoring in history and biochem
and my mom and i are going to visit wake and duke over spring break</p>
<p>kdswim: i dont care about drinking/partying at all… its just if frat boys rule the campus, the school is not somewhere i want to be. i’d rather have a non-greek social/party life.</p>
<p>mom2: California, idk about career, money is not a huge issue…</p>
<p>Wake is less competitive than you think, especially since SATs aren’t required. Interviews are weighted heavily, and your high GPA is a plus.</p>
<p>Poly Sci…</p>
<p>How about…</p>
<p>American U
George Wash U
Georgetown</p>
<p>ok thanks mom2… ill be sure to take a look at those suggestions</p>