<p>i've looked over my (long) college list and realized that most of my schools are reaches or high matches, so i'm looking to you, CC, for some safety recommendations.</p>
<p>i'm probably going to apply to UCSB, UCSC, and maybe UCI and UCD as well, but i'm wondering if there are any good safeties/more realistic matches for me outside of california? not many preferences except not too small of a student body/not too secluded a location</p>
<p>copy-pasted stats from previous thread:</p>
<p>asian female, california, decent school (API is around 870, i believe). looking to major in history (which my ECs are mostly focused around)</p>
<p>SATs: 730 CR/700 M/780 W, superscored its 730 CR/700 M/800 W. planning to take the ACT. </p>
<p>SAT IIs: 720 english lit, 800 AP US history</p>
<p>overall GPA is around a 3.6 UW, 3.9 W (i know, i know.) </p>
<p>AP/honors classes taken: chemistry honors, physics honors, spanish 4 honors, AP calculus AB (a mistake of a class TBH), AP US history, and this year, AP literature, AP government, AP environmental science. i'm only taking four classes senior year, but i'm also getting elective credit for being an AVID tutor and an AP US history TA. </p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>1 year of JV co-ed golf, three years of varsity golf (captain, MVP, qualified for regionals twice)
history bowl (qualified for nationals, captain)
history bee (individual competition, 3rd at regionals)
historical documentation club (president)
various volunteering things, but nothing really long-term. </p>
<p>i also run a blog on tumblr (again, i know). i'm not sure how serious admissions people will take it, but it has over 16,500 followers and counting (gained like 200 followers today/yesterday heh), it's history-centric and sort of research-oriented, and it's actually kind of time-consuming (updated mostly every day). i'm also a tag editor, but i don't know if it would be wise to mention that on my app.</p>