I'm trying to Compile a list of schools to apply to. Any suggestions?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This is my current list. </p>

<p>My academic profile: </p>

<p>Weighted GPA is 4.197
Top 15% of graduating class
National Merit Semifinalist
My SAT score as of now is a 2170, but I am retaking it and hoping to bring it up to at least a 2300. </p>

<p>My AP Scoring
World History (3), U.S History (5), English Language (5), Economics (5), Government(4), Statistics (5), Environmental Science (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (4)</p>

<p>My extracurriculars include </p>

<p>President of environmental club during which I instituted recycling at my school and coordinated weekly collection </p>

<p>National Honor Society</p>

<p>HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America)
Placed first at school level in Dental Terminology
Placed second at state level in Dental Terminology</p>

<p>Volunteer stuff (I spent a summer working at a Texas Children's Hospital lab; other environmentally related volunteering like working at the Nature Center, volunteering at recycling festivals) </p>

<p>I have also been working on a cookbook entitled "In My Grandmother's Kitchen" which has around 80-90 pages of recipes, and stories about my grandmother</p>

<p>Gap Year: </p>

<p>I took a gap year, 5 months of which I spent in India working at an organization for kids from underpriveliged backgrounds. I developed a course in character development which a fellow volunteer and I are in the process of administering, and I arranged for their psychological testing. So basically, I was helping out with general personality development. To that end, I also took charge of the mentoring program, and coordinated meetings with the mentors and children. I also attempted to teach English when I arrived there, which didn't work out, lol, because apparently knowing a language doesn't mean you can teach it. Talk about awkward. </p>

<p>I also took Indian classical music lessons during my time in India and attended a two week summer course at Oxford with the Oxford Royale Academy (private organization) called the Global Leadership Programme. </p>

<p>This is my current college list. I don't really know what field I would like to go into, but some of the field I am considering are business, medicine, and journalism. </p>

<p>Safety</p>

<p>need something here
Reed (borderline - could go either way based on essays)</p>

<p>Medium</p>

<p>UT Austin
NYU
UC Berkley
UCLA</p>

<p>Reach
University of Chicago
Stanford/MIT?</p>

<p>I would appreciate suggestions! </p>

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<p>I m not sure if you would be a good fit for MIT: MIT is full of STEM kids, and solely based on your credentials I can’t tell if you are particularly interested in math/science. Are you? If not, I don’t think it’s a good idea to apply there.
Also, Stanford seems a high reach for you. But don’t let what I write discourage you from applying. </p>

<p>UCLA and UC Berkeley…can you pay 55k/year? Are you an instate?
NYU also gives very crappy aid. Take it out unless you can pay the full cost.</p>

<p>UT Austin should be fine.</p>

<p>For decent safety, I recommend U of Alabama(pretty good pre med) and Indiana University(good undergraduate business). Depending on Math+CR you may be eligible for full tuition scholarship in UA.</p>

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<p>Unweighted GPA? Your class rank looks like crap.</p>

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<p>I agree. Stanford does seem a little far fetched. Maybe schools like Michigan and Virginia would be match schools and a safety would consist of a Maryland</p>

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<p>Hey, hey now. Her class rank isn’t her strongest point, but it’s not crap. Hopefully you have a decent UW GPA. Your SAT is good, but higher is better.</p>

<p>Since you’re a NMSF, you should look at full ride/full tuition schools. Some are automatic and some are competitive. Try <a href=“http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com/”>http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com/&lt;/a&gt;
I’m a NMSF too, and I chose University of Central Florida and University of Kentucky as my safeties. </p>

<p>Washington University in St Louis is said to have a good medical program. I’d say WUSTL would be a match/low reach for you.</p>

<p>If you like city schools (like NYU), consider Northeastern. Their co-op program is very cool and they give a 30K/year scholarship for NMFs.</p>

<p>If you want public schools, UVA is a great school that would be a low reach OOS.</p>

<p>As for reaches, that’s usually the easiest part. :slight_smile: Based on your other favorites, I’d suggest you look at Penn, Columbia, and maybe Johns Hopkins.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for your suggestions! They were very informative. I will definitely look into the schools you mentioned. </p>