Help with a few questions, please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am going into my senior year of high school and I was wondering if someone (preferably multiple someones) could help me out.</p>

<p>-I took the SAT last year and got the embarrassing score of 1630. (Horrible, I know, but I didn't study at all and am a generally horrible test taker). So, I'm retaking it in October, plus the ACT.
-I am in the top 12% of my graduating class and my school is ranked pretty high in CA.
-I have a weighted GPA of 3.5 (on the low end, I think it's closer to 3.6)
-I have been consistently taking AP and honors classes throughout high school.
-I am the lead student volunteer at a well known women's organization.
-I am a mentor in my school's asperger program.
-I am in Green Club, plus multiple other clubs.</p>

<p>I was wondering what my chances are of getting into the following schools:</p>

<p>Pitzer College
Occidental College
University of Colorado at Boulder
Humboldt State University
Loyola Marymount
The Evergreen State College
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs</p>

<p>Pitzer is by far my first choice, if money wasn't an issue I would apply for early decision.</p>

<p>Also, if anyone could recommend any similar schools (I prefer super small, laid-back, "hippie" schools).</p>

<p>Thanks for your time!</p>

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<p>Look at the list of test-optional schools at [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org) You may find something there.</p>

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<p>If Pitzer is your one dream school above all others, there’s no reason to avoid ED. Here are the common app instructions:

If their FA offer is not enough to allow attendance, you just say thanks but no thanks, and apply RD elsewhere (maybe not to any Claremont schools if they make uniform FA offers).</p>

<p>If you want to compare FA offers, don’t apply ED.</p>

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<p>Good advice, vossron.</p>

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<p>And amanda, 1630 is not horrible or embarrassing. 900 is horrible, 1500 is average and 2400 is perfect. You did pretty well - don’t sell yourself short. I think you have a pretty good shot at most of the schools on your list. You have some good EC’s; now you need some good recommendations from teachers, interesting and well-written essays and hopefully an improvement in your test scores. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I really appreciate that, very uplifting!</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>