In-The-Middle Schools for me??

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey all! I'm currently a junior and living in North Carolina, and I was wondering if anyone could suggest some good "match" schools for me. I already have my safety and a few reach, but only have one real match school UNCH - which is still difficult to get into. I'm interested in studying physics. Here is a brief summary of my stats:</p>

<p>Race: Multi-Racial
GPA: Unweighted 3.7 Weighted 4.3
Rank: Top 20% (I go to a very competitive school :()
ACT: 33 (35 Reading 33 Math)
SAT: 1990 (Probably won't send my score)
SAT II: Math II (780) Physics (720)
AP's: I will have taken ten AP classes come senior year. Waiting for my results from the four I took this year.
Extra Curriculurs: Key Club - 2 years, 70+ hours of community service from various clubs and classes, DECA - One Year, MSA - 4 Years (Leadership), BETA - One Year, STEM - Two Years, Youth and Government - One Year, Physics Club - Founder/President - One Year, Member of Physics Society</p>

<p>Any help is much appreciated :)</p>

<p>Oh, I'm also looking for schools near or under 40k for tuition.</p>

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<p>case western–probably a reach
butler university-good "middle’
drake university-good “middle”
expand your horizons and read as much about you can about schools and visit as many schools as you can!</p>

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<p>Virginia Tech</p>

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<p>What other selection criteria do you have besides cost and physics? Do you want a tech school or prefer LACs or want a big state U experience? Do you want to be driving distance from home or in a certain part of the country or need ski slopes or hate cold weather (in other words, geographic constraints?). What about urban/suburban/rural-small college town? </p>

<p>There are many good schools for physics majors at around $40k, so we need some additional guidance if we aren’t going to just toss out random suggestions.</p>

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<p>I would put Case Western at a match with a 33 ACT, not a reach. I’d also include Pittsburgh if you liked big urban schools, Va Tech for big rural schools or U Rochester if you like smaller research schools. All should be matches.</p>