Need help with college list.

College Search & Selection
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Hello, I need help creating a solid list of colleges to apply for. I live in California so I have a good variety of public schools to apply for however I am willing to look else where as well.
Here are my stats so you can have a good idea of what type of schools I can be a match/reach/safety for.
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ACT: 33
GPA: 3.70UW 4.22W
UC GPA: 4.11

My 10-12GPA is a 3.81 UW and a 4.41W

My Freshman year I did very poorly and had a 3.40UW and a 3.70W but my grades have gone up from there. Sophomore year I had a 3.64UW and a 4.21W and Junior year I had a 4.0UW and a 4.71W. I really hope my performance in Sophomore and Junior year can make up for my poor performance Freshman year.

Here is Basically what my grades were:
S1 Freshman: BBBBC
S2 Freshman AAAAB

S1 Sophomore AAAABBB
S2 Sophomore AAAAABB

S1 Junior AAAAAA
S2 Junior AAAAAA

I have taken many AP and Honors classes. (3 semester worth freshman year 8 semesters worth sophomore and 8 semesters worth junior)
Every year my grades have gotten way better, and my GPA is low pretty much due to the fact that I did so bad in my first year of high school.

I am interested in Business and Econ as a potential major.

Can someone help me develop a good list of Match/Reach/Safety schools? I am applying to the following UCs: UCI, UCSD, UCB, UCLA, and UCSB. But other than that I am unsure. Money isn’t a huge deal for me I just want to have a good list of colleges that will be a good fit for me. My family is by no means rich, my parents have been saving up for 17 years and have enough to pay for any college for all 4 years so I am so grateful.

I have done several things outside of school. I was the Treasurer and now President of one of the best robotics teams in the world, I am the VP on MIT Launch club, I am on 2 significant and strongly competitive leadership boards outside of school. I have created a service project for my community and have earned over 150 hours of community service. I have had 2 jobs as well. I have alot of stuff outside of school work for my resume.

Other colleges I have interest in are UW, USC, and University of Texas.

If you guys could help me create a solid college list in Match/Reach/Safety format that have good business programs and could get into given my stats I would be extremely grateful.

I just need a few suggestions for colleges, and maybe someone to help me create a good list.
Thank you very much :slight_smile:

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So far my favorite schools are University of Washington and Babson College, I have toured both and loved them! I think the only downside is how weird my grades are. They go from extremely bad to extremely good, so I am not sure if that is beneficial, but my counselor told me schools will see this big upward trend and see how my freshman year was more of an outlier, but I don’t know if that is good or bad for me, hopefully this trend is good, as I don’t want my one bad semester of freshman year to ruin my chances. (my first semester was all Bs and a C, second was all As and a B)

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Hello, I need help creating a solid list of colleges to apply for. I live in California so I have a good variety of public schools to apply for however I am willing to look else where as well.
Here are my stats so you can have a good idea of what type of schools I can be a match/reach/safety for.
Asian
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.70UW 4.22W
UC GPA: 4.11

My 10-12GPA is a 3.81 UW and a 4.41W

My Freshman year I did very poorly and had a 3.40UW and a 3.70W but my grades have gone up from there. Sophomore year I had a 3.64UW and a 4.21W and Junior year I had a 4.0UW and a 4.71W. I really hope my performance in Sophomore and Junior year can make up for my poor performance Freshman year.

I have taken many AP and Honors classes.

Every year my grades have gotten way better, and my GPA is low pretty much due to the fact that I did so bad in my first year of high school.

I am interested in Business and Econ as a potential major.

Can someone help me develop a good list of Match/Reach/Safety schools? I am applying to the following UCs: UCI, UCSD, UCB, UCLA, and UCSB. But other than that I am unsure. Money isn’t a huge deal for me I just want to have a good list of colleges that will be a good fit for me. My family is by no means rich, my parents have been saving up for 17 years and have enough to pay for any college for all 4 years so I am so grateful.

Other colleges I have interest in are UW, USC, and University of Texas.

If you guys could help me create a solid college list in Match/Reach/Safety format that have good business programs and could get into given my stats I would be extremely grateful.

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Any suggestions?

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It’s a big country with thousands of colleges…you can probably find some that fit all your preferences. So you need to mention where your preferences lie on characteristics like college size, weather, sports, political leanings, country/suburban/small city/bigger city, etc.

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@moooop I am looking for a college that has a good football team, has cool-ish weather throughout the year in a bigger city however suburban is fine. However I am more concerned with academics, although I would love to have all of these, I would also want to go to a college that has a great Business program. So far one of my favorite schools is UDub, it has almost everything I want however I am unsure if I can get in or not.

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I basically just need help finding some somewhat prestigious schools with good business programs I can reasonably get into. Given the factors I listed above in terms of the city/area those would also be great to have. Almost all the schools I can find that meet all my needs I don’t think I have much of a chance of getting into because of my terrible first semester of freshman year.

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What really irks me is that without that one bad semester my GPA is a 3.81 and a 4.40

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Don’t irk further, most colleges are far far more interested in your last 2 years than in your first.

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@BigDawgzTV
Do you only like big Unis?

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U of Minnesota, Wisconsin-Madison, Ohio State, Boston College, Colorado.

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Defeintly will look at BC :smiley: