please help a snr in need :)

College Search & Selection
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<p>So i posted this thread on the chances board, because it is like half chances and half college selection... I haven't had much luck on the changes board, so i hope that you nice people could provide more insight...</p>

<p>so here is my deal:</p>

<p>First off I have to say... wow very cool site, I wish I would have known about it when I was a jr. in high school... but anyway...</p>

<p>So i'm a snr right now and i need feedback on the schools that I'm applying to... and I think I need an idea of more schools... because a few weeks ago I got my SAT scores back, and I went up 90 points (an 1150 to a 1240): So I think I may want to add more schools to my list I need your help to do so:
This is my situation now:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.3 (around 88)
SAT: 1st try: 1150 (560 v 590 m)
2nd (and final) try: 1240 (600 v 640 m)
ECs: Girl Scouts (13 years and Gold award recipient, that’s a national award due to my very large community service project.. over 75 hrs.. what a great essay that made!)
Intercultural club (since frosh year, VP jr. year Prez snr year)
Soccer 8 years... (not really that good though lol, but varsity snr year)
great letter of rec (the teacher loves me!) </p>

<p>Interests: I like the area of political science, although I'm still kinda not sure, but at the advice of others I'm still applying as a poly sci major. But I also have an interest in health and nutrition. I know that the best place for me w/ a poly sci major is GW, but there is still a lot of things i didn't like about the campus (for example there is no campus, so i didn't feel like there was a real community, and the fact that the caf that we saw was more like a food court and that didn't strike my fancy.)</p>

<p>The schools that I originally was applying to w/ 1150 SATs:
SUNY Binghamton (EA)
Ithaca college
Quinnipiac university
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Albany
U of Del
American University
GW
Muhlenberg college</p>

<p>With a 1240 I'm thinking of dumping SUNY Albany, and in my mind i've dumped U del, Quinnipiac, and SUNY New Paltz. (meaning that I'm applying to these schools even though I don't really want to go there). But with an SAT score of a 1240, does anyone here have any ideas about schools that might be good to add? (I’m looking for some match/ reach schools) or do u think my list is okay as it is?</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>

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<p>try the Counselor-o-matic at <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp&lt;/a> It will give you some ideas. Next get a book like Fiske and find colleges similar to the ones it recommends to expand your basket of choices.</p>

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<p>do u want state schools or private?</p>

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<p>Given your original list of schools, I assume that you would like to stay in the Northeast. As a potential political science major, there are many schools that could fit your interests nicely.</p>

<p>The schools that I would give further consideration include Goucher College in Baltimore, Elmira College in New York, Skidmore (though it may be a bit of a reach), Washington College in Maryland, Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, St. Lawrence, and Sarah Lawrence (though again, it may be a bit of a reach).</p>

<p>If you were willing to expand your search to the Midwest, I would add the College of Wooster, Earlham, Beloit, Knox, Cornell College, and Lawrence University.</p>

<p>As you can tell from my list, I personally like liberal arts colleges. Given your original list, you seem to be open to be open to them as well. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Wheaton in MA, Allegheny in PA. Congrat's on your great SAT improvement, and on acheiving your Gold award.</p>