<p>I'm currently a senior in high school and I'm really unsure of where I want to go to college. Here's a little background on my academics and schooling and stuff:</p>
<p>I currently have a ~3.4 GPA.
My first SAT score was 1860 (Writing-600; Reading-610; Math-650), but I just took another one yesterday and I feel pretty good about it. I'm also taking the November 3rd SAT.
In middle school, I took Spanish 1 (which was split between two years) and in high school, I took Spanish 2 and 3. Junior year, I took ASL (American Sign Language) 1 and this year, I'm in ASL 2. I'm not sure if that counts as 4, 5, or 6 years of language.
I took AP World History sophomore year and got a 3. I took AP Literature and AP Calculus AB junior year, but I didn't take the AP Lit test. I got a 4 on Calculus. This year, I'm in AP Calculus BC (The BC test also has an AB subscore, so I could end up with a higher score for AB).
I did track & field freshman and sophomore year, but not junior or senior year. I wasn't very good.
I don't really have many extracurricular activities. I haven't done any extensive volunteer work, I haven't done much outside of school, but I did have a job. I worked for my uncle during the summers after my sophomore and junior years. I worked maybe 3/4 of the time the first summer and full time during the second summer.</p>
<p>I'm looking for a school that's kind of hands-on. I don't want to sit through lectures and take notes for every single one of my classes. I'm not really sure what I want to major in, but I want to do something related to math or business. Maybe accounting or engineering or something. I live in Southern California, in the Los Angeles area.
I don't have to go to school far from home per se, but I'd like to be far enough away that I can live on-campus or away from home at least.
I like skiing and mountain biking, so a school near mountains would be nice, but not absolutely necessary I guess.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what else I can say, so if you think there's any other info I can provide, please let me know.
Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I got an application fee waiver from Northeastern! A Co-Op program sounds AWESOME! I’ll look through that post about other Northeastern-like colleges.</p>
<p>“I’m looking for a school that’s kind of hands-on. I don’t want to sit through lectures and take notes for every single one of my classes. I’m not really sure what I want to major in, but I want to do something related to math or business.”</p>
<p>Look at Cal Poly Pomona. The Cal Polys are designed to focus on practical learning. CPP offers strong programs in business and in math (as most engineering schools do).</p>
<p>My brother goes to Cal poly Pomona and I’ve thought about going there or maybe Cal poly San Luis obispo (which is the better one) but at San Luis obispo, it says once you pick your major, you can’t change it, so I don’t know what to pick. Can anyone post a link to somewhere that will differentiate the types of engineering and the jobs that go with each type? </p>
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<p>I got my October SAT scores! They aren’t as good as I was hoping, but they’re better than the last ones.
Reading - 660
Math - 720
Writing - 600
Overall - 1980</p>
<p>Do they give you some time before you declare a major? I think many engineering students start out as “undeclared engineering”. It is rare that a college forces you to decide ahead of time, though at CMU you have to apply separately to the ECE, or CS programs apart from the rest of engineering.</p>