Need advice on school choices.

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking to begin narrowing down my college list so I can start working on apps this summer. So far my list includes: Stanford (SCEA, number 1 choice), UC Berkeley, USC, UW, and Duke as schools I'm definitely going to apply to.
I'm looking to major in math/science and continue on to med school. Not looking for small liberal arts colleges. School spirit/athletics is pretty important. I'll probably apply to one of HYP, but I'm not sure which is the best for math/science. Any suggestions? (:</p>

<p>GPA - UW: 4.00
Class Rank: 1/400
SAT I: 2140 (760 M, 700 R, 680 W)
ACT: 35
SAT II Literature: 730
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 770
SAT II Chemistry: 720</p>

<p>APs:
Bio (5), World history (5), Lang & Comp, Calc AB
Senior year coarse load: AP Environmental Science (independently), AP Statistics, AP Lit, AP Gov, Japanese III (independently most likely), and Physics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Horseback riding - 9 years
High School Equestrian Team - 4 years (treasurer for 2 years, will be president this coming year)
4-H - 6 years (club treasurer 3 years)
Key Club - 4 years
NHS - 2 years
Club Soccer - 11 years, team placed highly in state tournament a few times
Tennis - 2 years C team, 1 year JV</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Key Club & NHS - 100 plus hours</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: District 3 WAHSET Gold Medalist in Cow Sorting
6th in State WAHSET Cow Sorting
4-H State Fair Participant 3 Years
National Merit Commended Scholar
AP Scholar with Honor</p>

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<p>The schools you are targeting are definitely some of the most school spirited imo. You have some good options as it is. You could also look at UCLA. As far as HYP for math/science… I think it would depend which science you wanted to go into. Bio at H is quite popular, since there are many pre-med students there, but I can’t say much for the strengths of their chemistry and physics, for example (granted it is H so I’m sure it’s quite good as it is but comparatively there might be other options). Also, MIT?</p>

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<p>Does MIT have the same sort of feel as Caltech? I visited Caltech and it just didn’t feel right, even though it’s a great school.</p>

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<p>MIT is much bigger than Caltech, and in a completely different atmosphere, so I would look into applying there.</p>

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<p>Okay thanks. Any other suggestions?</p>