No Idea where to apply

College Search & Selection
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<p>ok so im an incoming senior and i have no idea where to apply and what colleges i would be able to get into... so im coming to you guys for help... first off is there anyway to know what colleges to apply to other then looking at their SAT admission stats. I live in california and want to go to a college in state or on the east coast.</p>

<p>so anyway, back to my main question:
what colleges should i apply to?
Here are my stats:
2160 SAT. 760M/710W/690CR (going to retake in OCT)
only 3.41 gpa w :(
4.2 gpa last semester of junior year
3.24 unweighted gpa
in my high school career i would have taken 6 AP classes(2 of them are only 1 sesmester)
the ap classes are: euro history, calc ab, stats, physics, and govt 1 sem and econ 1 sem
and i'm confident in atleast a 4 in all of them
Played tennis 2 years
In philosophy and red cross club
40+ community service hours.</p>

<p>some colleges i was thinking of include:
harvey mudd
USC
UCI
UCLA
harvard
Cal Poly Pamona/SLO
UCB
UCSD
Brown
(i know half of these are out of my reach :()
please reccomend other colleges for me as well as telling me how likely you think i would be about getting into the ones i listed as well as the ones you post.
THANKS in advance! :D</p>

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<p>i also don’t care about atmosphere or location of the school or its size or any of that stuff. and money isnt an issue for the purpose of this question</p>

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<p>Harvey Mudd and Harvard are completely and utterly impossible. Save your money.</p>

<p>USC, UCLA, UCB - ditto, only you’re paying a single application fee</p>

<p>UCI and UCSD are high reaches.</p>

<p>Cal Poly Pomona is a slight reach, but your SAT score may get you in.</p>

<p>What do you want to study? You say you don’t know, but it seems like you’re gravitating toward science and engineering…?</p>

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<p>ya your right(about the science and engineering part)… why is cal poly a slight reach? i agree with the others, but i thought id easily get into cal poly.</p>

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<p>remember im in-state… kids in my class with 1600 sats got into cal poly.</p>

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<p>Hey, can you clear out your inbox?</p>

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<p>(*I don’t know why I lumped USC in with the UCs. It obviously has its own application fee.)</p>

<p>You are right. I forgot to factor in state residence; I was thinking of Cal Poly’s overall admissions statistics. Even so, your GPA hovers around the 45th percentile for incoming freshmen at Cal Poly Pomona, which does not exactly make it a sure bet. See for yourself:</p>

<p>[Academic</a> Tracker - Meet College Admission Requirements - High School Class Selection](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

<p>You seem to be picking schools based on your SAT score and cheerfully ignoring the fact that your GPA is far far far below most of these schools’ averages. Don’t do that. Your transcript is the spine of your application; it’s generally much harder to get into a school where your GPA is below average than to get in with lackluster test scores.</p>

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<p>With a 3.24 GPA Harvard, UCSD, USC, UCB, Brown, and Harvey Mudd are out of reach. Your community service is LOW.UC Irvine and Cal Poly would be a match. Yet when you fill out college application, explain why your gpa is so low.</p>

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<p>For UC and CSU, calculate your GPA based on their specifications: 10th and 11th grade courses only, a-g subject courses only, +1 for up to 8 semesters’ worth of honors courses with a C grade or higher.</p>