I am a Senior and I'm having trouble narrowing down my college choices..

<p>I am a senior in high school and I have too many schools on my 'possibility' list. My parents and I can't a gree on which to eliminate.. can you help me out? thanks =)</p>

<p>I go to a large public high school in new jersey. We don't get ranks but I am definitely top 10%. My weighted GPA is around a 98. I took all Honors/AP courses every year of high school.</p>

<p>SAT: reading:730
math:720
writing:770
chemistry:720
lit: 750</p>

<p>Here is a basic resume (not including fluff or hobbies or awards etc.):</p>

<p>-French Honor Society: 3 years (Elected Historian Senior Year)
-Environmental Club: 4 years (Officer Senior Year)
-Media Club: 3 years (report and record the morning announcements)
-Hospitality Club executive member: 2 years (basically one of the few students who regularly hosts events in the community and assists guidance counsellors)
-Community Outreach Program: 4 years, 2 years officer (essentially coordinating & volunteering 4-10 hours per month at local events for foster children, firefighters, senior citizens, etc.)</p>

<p>-Pediatric Hospital volunteer: 2 years
-Assisted Living (retirement/nursing home) volunteer: 3 years
-I play bingo and host coffee talks once a week
-I teach the residents who have computers how to use e-mail
-I organized and help with a pinnochle club, prize system, game night, etc.
-summer environmental camp teacher: 2 summers</p>

<p>And here are the schools:</p>

<p>Boston University (#1 choice)
Northeastern
Tufts
Boston College
Wesleyan
UNC Chapel Hill
UVA
Northwestern
Lehigh
Bucknell
U Delaware
Rutgers New Brunswick
TCNJ</p>

<p>You should try to decide what “kind” of school you want. There is a huge size discrepancy, for example, between Wesleyan/Bucknell/Tufts/Lehigh (2,800-5,000) and most of the rest of your list (18,000+). Does size not matter? What are you thinking of majoring in? Do you want a liberal arts environment, or more pre-professional? Wesleyan and UNC are going to be vastly different learning environments.</p>