<p>I'm my parent's first child and I really could use some advice as to where I should apply in the fall.</p>
<p>I am Jewish and therefore, it is important to me to go somewhere with a good Jewish population. I DO NOT want to be the only one there.
I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA I'm taken AP Euro, AP US, AP Comp, AP Biology, and next year AP Spanish and AP government.
Never been a strong test taker but I got an 1880 on the SAT and hopefully will make it to 1910 in October.
610: Math
630: CR
640: Writing
I live on the east coast and want to stay on the east coast. Money is not really a problem and I would rather a private college (although I'm open to public).
I want to go to law school so somewhere with a prelaw or political science program. I do not want to be in the middle of nowhere but places like NYU without a campus is not my thing.</p>
<p>Thank you! Any help would be appreciated!</p>
<p>You’re off to a good start in identifying characteristics of the college that you want. Some more things to think about are total student enrollment, where students live (dorms, university owned apts, private housing) the advising system, class-size, etc. You can find more about it and most college admissions books. One book I like is called “admission matters”.</p>
<p>Just about any college is going to offer a political science degree. There is not really any such thing as a prelaw major; you can call yourself prelaw if you plan on applying to law school. Some colleges may have better advising than others. You should know that law school admissions is heavily driven by college GPA and by LSAT scores. Since you say testing is not a strong point for you that is an area that you may wish to work on.</p>
<p>One other thing you might want to do is read through a book about law school admissions. This will give you an idea of the whole process and the things you should be doing in college to prepare yourself. And understanding where you need to be four years now can give you some help in picking the right college for you. From what I’ve heard major isn’t so important; the key is to take classes that involve lots of reading and writing. So if Poli Sci interests you that’s great, but there are lots of other majors that fit this bill.</p>
<p>Have you checked out Hillel’s College Guide: [College</a> Guide Search - Hillels Guide to Jewish Life at Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.hillel.org/college-guide/search]College”>Find a Hillel - Hillel International)</p>
<p>One of search options is to search for the “Top 60” based on Jewish student population.</p>
<p>^^^that website is very useful.
Brandeis. If your SATs were better, Tufts.</p>
<p>Check the very long thread in the Parent’s forum: Colleges for Jewish B students. While you aren’t a B student, you should get some ideas and there are certainly many A students are some of those colleges too. The point is there are reasonable sized Jewish populations or active Jewish organizations on campus. Very informative thread.</p>