Hey everyone, I’m currently wrapping up my sophomore year of high school. My GPA is sitting around 99.5 weighted and about 97.5 unweighted. I’m starting to search for colleges that I would like to apply to and thought this would be a good place to ask. I am looking to study one of the following: engineering, mathematics, or computer science. I excel in mathematics and science.
So, can you recommend some good schools that would offer good majors in what I mentioned?
I currently have 3 schools in mind: Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Georgia Tech.
I understand Stanford is a long shot, but it’s my #1 as of now.
Thanks in advance for your help.
SAT/ACT scores? How much can you afford?
I’ll be taking SAT/ACT twice my junior year, and I’ve already begun to prepare for them. Disregard costs for now. I’m just looking for a rough list for now.
So you will get your heart set on a particular school and then realize after being accepted that you can’t afford it?
Money is not an issue for me as of now.
Is it an issue for your parents? That is the important question.
It’s just kinda hard to tell without SAT/ACT scores. Even with a good GPA like yours, if you get a 1400 on the SAT or an 18 on the ACT, those schools would pretty much be dreams.
What was your PSAT? I understand you being dodgy about the financial questions but it’s important to consider. We have to read parent lingo. There’s no in between when it comes to this type of stuff. You either have a Swiss bank account collecting interest just waiting for you to splurge inside. OR Mom and Dad actually have no idea what this is all about and are just telling you to look around because they are not ready to confront financials and believe it’ll be okay peasy in the end.
@TheDidactic or maybe finances just aren’t an issue for OP. I understand why people get concerned about kids keeping in mind what their parents can afford, but some people on here will never trust a kid who says money is just isn’t an issue for them.
@jjlundy Those are pretty standard majors. Most schools will have them, and most good schools will have good programs in them. So you need to figure out what type of school you’re looking for. Don’t you have any preferences in terms of size, location, and general culture?
Location is not a real issue. I don’t really have any preference as far as size. I wouldn’t however want to go to school up north. (East or West Coast is ideal)
Georgia, I go to a competitive private school of ~1000 people and my class size is 254.
I don’t know class rankings at this time but I’d imagine I’m somewhere around 3-7.
Then GT is an excellent option and I would certainly recommend it being on your list. Do you have any PSAT scores to give us an idea of SATs? If your family is well off as you indicate then you can look at other flagship Us for engineering like VTech, Ohio State, UMich.
Ok, those are definitely some starting points, thanks for the feedback.
There are Caltec and Harvey Mudd are excellent schools too in the West Coast. Here is article regarding SAT scores from Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-with-the-highest-sat-scores-2014-8
I’d consider Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins.
What do you define as up north? When you say East, so you mean Southeast? Just want to clarify!