Please suggest some schools for me... will give yummy cookies to anyone who does! :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm honestly unsure of the range of schools I should be aiming for based on my stats/ECs, so it'd be great if you could suggest some for me, preferably on the east coast/New England area. Please give me some reasonable reaches as well as matches. Thanks!</p>

<p>Here are the schools I'm looking at: Boston College, Boston University, Middlebury College, Northwestern University, WUSTL, Williams College (legacy)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.4 W
Rank: n/a
SAT I: 2310 (CR: 720, M: 790, W: 800)
SAT IIs:
Spanish 720
Math II 740
French TBA</p>

<p>APs:
AP English Language 5
AP Spanish 5
AP Latin Vergil 4</p>

<p>Senior Year Courseload:
AP Lit
AP US Gov
AP Calc AB
AP Physics
AP French
Orchestra</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>– Violin:
• Highest level orchestra in a reputable preparatory music program, tours internationally (9-12), 1st violin - sorry I didn't want to put the name
• chamber ensemble (string quartet) (10-12)
• senior news editor of award-winning school newspaper (9-12)
• music theory classes (5-10), completed 6 levels out of 8
• assistant concertmaster of school orchestra (lol), just joined this year</p>

<p>– Awards
• National Latin Exam – perfect paper (9), gold "summa cum laude" (10, 11)
• National Spanish Exam – bronze (10), silver (11)
• National French Contest – bronze (11)
• World Language Department Award for excellence in Spanish (11)
• Letter of commendation for excellence in French (11)
• National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>– Summer Programs
• Middlebury Monterey Language Academy
• Boston University Tanglewood Institute</p>

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<p>you seem to be looking largely in the north, but other schools you may have a look at that are similar in credentials and feel to the ones you have already listed would be Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and Colgate (maybe even an ivy like cornell or brown), and if you want to look south a little more,Wake Forest, or maybe even a Duke or UVA. </p>

<p>are you looking small or big? liberal arts school or research institution? what kind of culture/diversity? What location? what kind of feel?</p>

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<p>and i would say that of the schools you mentioned, your pretty much a match for all of them —your test scores are very strong, which probably offsets the GPA a bit.</p>

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<p>Size: I’m looking for big schools, preferably not liberal arts (I know I’m applying to 2, but I generally prefer universities), although I’m open to different options.</p>

<p>Diversity: I’m not really too concerned with diversity right now, since most schools have a generally healthy level of diversity; other aspects such as quality of education, location, student body are more important to me.</p>

<p>Location: I’m mostly looking at schools on the east coast, though I’m open to west coast schools as well. Nothing in the midwest or middle-of-the-country area. :)</p>

<p>Feel of student body: laid back but hardworking, intellectually curious, not too preppy or hippie, not academic grinds, stuff like that</p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback so far!</p>