<p>Here goes. If I miss anything important, let me know.</p>
<p>I’m from Washington. I have absolutely no desire or interest in going to an in-state school for 2 reasons. First - I’ve lived in Washington for 8 years, and I really don’t want to spend another 4 years here. Second - every college I’ve looked at has an end date in mid June, which conflicts with an activity I’ve done for the past two years and is a major part of my life (drum corps, for those interested). </p>
<p>So far I have a 3.8 GPA, 1960 SAT, 1410 writing+math. Nothing crazy on my schedule, the only AP I’ll have when I graduate is AP Physics this year. </p>
<p>I’m planning on majoring in percussion performance, with a minor in something else - not entirely sure what, at the moment. After that I’m planning to go into the military to pay for grad school.</p>
<p>Geographic areas… See, this is the tough one. Not even gonna lie, I’m way too picky with where I want to live. I’ve toured the country the last two summers, and that gave me some ideas. I was not a fan of the midwest - dry, flat, boring, flat. The northeast wasn’t as bad as some places, but not my favorite. I’ve spent a lot of time in the south, and while I like it in a lot of ways, I also don’t like being surrounded by religious people, so I’m not sure how that would go.</p>
<p>I’d definitely like to go to a large school, probably a flagship. More people, bigger marching band, more opportunities for minors (probably?). </p>
<p>Sorry, I exaggerated a bit - they’re not ridiculously expensive. My family is right in that range where we aren’t “poor”, but we aren’t too rich either. In addition to that, my parents are in the middle of a divorce and so I can’t get too much solid information on what we can afford for a few weeks.</p>
<p>My current list is CU-Boulder, CSU, and LSU. I’m trying to add one or two more schools to that to round out my list. As I said, if there’s anything else I should add to this let me know.</p>