Please help me find 'match' schools!

College Search & Selection
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<p>UW GPA: 3.6 [9th: 3.4, 10th: 3.5, 11th: 4.0, 12th: 4.0!]
*Note that I attended a poorly-ranked public school for my first 2 years of high school. In addition, I was dealing with serious familial and social problems which negatively affected my health and in turn, my academics.</p>

<p>My school does not weight or rank, but I am in the first quintile of my class. The highest UW cumulative GPA at my school on a 100-point scale is a 94.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2310 M:710 CR:800 W:800
Subjects: Bio:800, Literature:800, Spanish:760
APs: Enviro:5, Psych:5, USHist:5 English Lang:5 </p>

<p>EC's:
-Leadership at an environmental NGO (11, 12)
-Apart of a young delegate program [I was the youngest] connected to NGO, in which I spoke at the U.N and climate change delegations around the nation as well as at Earth Summits in foreign countries (11, 12)
-Founder & Chair of Environmental Youth Corps (11, 12)
-Unpaid intern with city's waste/recycling department (10, 11, 12)
-I developed a composting program utilized by all city public schools, aided recycling campaign, did lab research & made public aware about a water issue which was causing cancer, etc..
-Environmental Club/Green Team (9, 10, 11, 12) President (12)
-Literary Magazine (10, 11, 12) [there are no staff positions]
-Photography Club (11, 12) President (12)</p>

<p>Volunteerism:
Work with autistic child for 3 years (10, 11, 12)
Loads of local environmental volunteer work (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Work:
Photojournalist
Freelance writer [published in numerous magazines]
Waitress
Babysitter</p>

<p>Awards:
I have won/placed in state, regional, national & international science/environmental competitions and have won local, state, regional and national writing and photography competitions.</p>

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<p>You have very good stats and have a very good shot at getting into Duke or Cornell. For a match school you might consider UC Santa Cruz.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot! I’ll take a look at all of those. Anyone else? By the way, my intended major is environmental studies/science or journalism.</p>

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<p>bump, please!!</p>

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<p>sophieann - here is a link showing the admission stats for Villanova.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=185[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=185&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Take a look at Dickinson in Carlisle PA</p>

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<p>Ookayy, thank you, I will take a look. Hahah, my brother goes to Dickinson! I want to do my own thing, but thanks :]</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>First, many school will discount your grades in 9th grade since you have a consistently upward trend and some school (like Stanford, for example) don’t include your grades from grade 9 in the GPA calculation. </p>

<p>Second, we need information on the kind of educational environment you excel in/are drawn to:

  1. school size: LACs, large publics, mid-sized private, etc…
  2. geographic preferences: urban/rural/suburban, what part of the country, driving distance from?, weather?
  3. predominant culture: jock, prep, quirky, intellectual, granola, artsy, activist, single-sex, religious, etc…
  4. deal-breakers?<br>
  5. Financial aid requirements?</p>

<p>There are many, many schools that would be delighted to have someone with your academics and ECs, so the real question is what kind of experience do you want for 4 years?</p>

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<p>1) I’m pretty open, but I guess that I’d prefer smaller schools (maybe student body of 10,000 & under)
2) Living within an hour or so of a city would be nice, but I’m open to this as well as weather, although I LOVE the beach and sun.
3) I’m open to all except for single-sex and religious…not so much into jock and prep culture. I’d love to be surrounded by quirky, intellectual, artistic, activists.
4) I’m not so sure what would constitute as a deal-breaker… I suppose that the most important aspect of the school would be that it has a wonderful environmental studies/science and literature or journalism/communications departments.
5) It’d be great to have some financial aid. My dad is upper-middle class but I know that it’s tough for him to pay for 3 private educations.</p>

<p>Thanks so much :]</p>

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<p>You said elsewhere that Yale is your dream - I think you should shoot for it!</p>

<p><em>hugs</em></p>

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<p>Aww, thank you! <em>hugs back</em> I might just do that… but I can’t be unrealistic, which is why I’d love some help finding some awesome matches!</p>

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<p>Anyone…? 10char</p>

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<p>Check out New College in FL. It is the FL honors college on the beach in Sarasota. Student body is in general quirky, intellectual, and artistic.</p>

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<p>Thanks, GTalum… I will check it outt.</p>

<p>It seems more like a safety than a match school… no?</p>

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<p>Pulled this off the web site:</p>

<p>Average high school GPA of incoming freshmen: 3.91
Average SAT scores of incoming first-time freshmen: 1321; verbal - 678, math-632</p>

<p>Probably more of a safety but you’ll find like-minded students and you won’t be the only one with a greater than 2300 SAT.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing that the 3.91 is weighted. Maybe I’m missing something, but why do you say that I won’t be the only one with a greater than 2300 SAT?</p>

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<p>They give a generous NMF scholarship. One of the few LACs to do so.</p>

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<p>Oh, okay. I actually wasn’t a NMF though :]</p>

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<p>occidental college in los angeles? whitman college in washington? pitzer? reed? </p>

<p>i think you have a great shot at many schools. good luck with your applications! </p>

<p>i also second new college of florida for a safety. great honors college in florida with a quirky student body.</p>

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<p>Thanks, lasercat. I will take a look at those.</p>