just need to know where to apply . . . and chances.

<p>Kudos to the fabulous people who respond to these posts! Please tell me what colleges I should look into, and my chances at getting in . . . (Princeton Review's Counselor-O-Matic didn't give me what I had expected)</p>

<p>I just finished junior year, class of '06. Asian female from regular old public high school. Will take out as many loans as needed unless I don't get accepted into good enough schools to be worth the money.</p>

<p>4.0 on 4.0 scale unweighted, my h/s does not weight. Thus, I am one of 15 ranked 1rst out of 500+</p>

<p>APs:
World History - 4
Biology
English
Macroeconomics,
U.S. Government (scores come back in July . . .)</p>

<p>SATs: highest in one sitting and combined is 1530/1600, 740V, 790M
And I'm planning on taking the new one in October</p>

<p>SATIIs:
World History - 750
Biology
Latin
Math IIc (taking on 6/4)</p>

<p>PSATs: 206 sophomore year, 232 junior year</p>

<p>Next year's schedule:
AP English
AP Calculus
AP American history
AP Music Theory
Orchestra
Chamber strings
Physics Honors (AP not offered, and taking this online to avoid the teacher on campus and optional morning hour)</p>

<p>EC: 67 hours of community service so far, Midwest orchestra, All-County since 7th grade, All-State 2 years, Solo & Ensemble superiors and MPA festival superiors 3 years, math competitions through FAMAT and Mu Alpha Theta (placed in regionals), Latin competitions from Districts through Nationals, member NHS, member and president of school NJCL club, member Mu Alpha Theta 2 years, Odessey of the Mind 3 years (1rst at regionals every year, 5th at state one year)</p>

<p>Planning on majoring in Biology/entering an accelerated medical program (as if I would be accepted), possibly minoring in Music.</p>

<p>Please let me know if there's anything I left out. A thousand Thank Yous.</p>

<p>I think that you need to give us a little more information about the type of school and geographic location you're interested in. Also, schools that offer accelerated bs/md programs do not necessarily have good music departments and, in addition, given the difficulty of such programs, I don't think you'd be able to do as much music as you might hope.</p>

<p>That said, some schools that you should consider looking at include the following:</p>

<p>Rice (has great music, premed etc.)
Carnegie Mellon
University of Rochester
Washington University
Northwestern
Columbia
Cornell
Brown
Johns Hopkins
Case Western Reserve
Oberlin
Tufts
Boston University
Lawrence</p>

<p>Thank you, midatlmom!
For the most part, I'm looking for a school that:
1. won't try to convert me over to the right side of the political spectrum
2. ... ?
And, I'd prefer the Northeast, but I mean, when it comes down to Rice vs. New England Smalltown Community College, geography doesn't matter. Basically, academics matter most. From what people here at CC suggest, I'll narrow it down in the other areas later. :)
You're definitely right about the trade off between medicine and music though, and I'm sure anyone in the bs/md programs works and studies, and then sleeps or eats in their 2 hrs/day "leizure time."</p>