<p>I am a rising senior from eastern MA looking for a school no more than 4 hours from home.</p>
<p>About me: male from a top public school
GPA 4.05 weighted 3.01 unweighted
no APs, 8 honors classes
SAT 690 verbal 630 math 670 writing
Literature 700
US History 630
I'm going to retake the US History and SAT in the fall. I think I can do better.
ECs are sports, sports and sports but no captain or league recognition. I have also been a soccer ref for 5 years. I don't want to play varsity sports in college but I do want to play club or intarmural.</p>
<p>My problem is I kind of peaked in 9th grade. My uw gpa has gone from 3.07 to 2.87 to 2.60. My grades are mostly Bs some Cs and a couple of As in 9th grade. Unfortunately there was also a D+ (no excuses) 4th term in Algebra and I'm pretty sure term grades are on the college transcript. I know all this will hurt me I just don't know how much. I also know I have a final shot to turn things around senior year. </p>
<p>I don't know what I want to study. I guess I'll be undeclared. I'm pretty open on the kind of school I want as long as it isn't too big (UMass, BU) or in the middle of nowhere. So far I like UConn and Stonehill and Saint Michaels. Didn't like UVM.</p>
<p>If you like Stonehill, you may like Siena College (Albany area), Providence College (RI) or Quinnipiac (Connecticut). Also, aren't some of the UMass campuses smaller, like UMass-Dartmouth? How about Bridgewater U, Framingham U, Suffolk U. For another private school, how about Roger Williams U, outside Providence?</p>
<p>Thank you everyone. I will check out Fairfield, Siena and Quinnipiac.</p>
<p>I've been to Providence many times for sports and don't really like it there. I hear Roger Williams is a big party school. And I'm not interested in MA state schools.</p>
<p>I saw Hobart, St. Lawrence and Hartwick when my older brother was looking at schools and I think they are in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>How much will improving my grades senior year help - or will it be too little too late?</p>
<p>UConn is the middle o nowhere bro. I think you're overdoing the 'too big' thing. A school like UConn and BU are big, but you have the same and often more opportunities to meet people.</p>
<p>I've checked all of the schools mentioned so far and, in every case, my sat scores put me above the 75th percentile. I guess this must be the price I have to pay for my grades. I'm bummed, really bummed. </p>
<p>jPoD, I guess there's your middle of nowhere and my middle of nowhere. At UConn you can be at the beach in 1 hr. and Boston in 90 min. I'll take that over central PA or NY.</p>
<p>jPoD, I guess there's your middle of nowhere and my middle of nowhere. At UConn you can be at the beach in 1 hr. and Boston in 90 min. I'll take that over central PA or NY.</p>
<p>Whatever bro. Penn State is a college town, not that i'd go there. I prefer UConn over PSU anyway. UConn is indeed the middle of nowhere. That doesnt mean Boston and other cities are far away, but you cant escape to those cities that randomly. Have you even visited Storrs?</p>
<p>Thanks GreenDayFan. I'm definitely applying to St. Mike's as a safety and I'm looking into St Anselm and maybe UNH for safeties too. If those two don't work out, them I check out Roger Williams and Salve Regina. And you're right, you sure can't beat the location.</p>