This is going to be broad and possibly difficult to answer but I’ve been searching, on my own, for colleges that fit me best and, since our school counselors haven’t started talking to us about after graduation yet, I thought I’d come here for an outside opinion. Based on my interests/values/aspirations/etc.could you guys recommend me some colleges to check out?
I’m a junior btw.
Scores:
3.75 (I think I can manage to bring it up to a 3.8)
my latest SAT practice score:
710 evidence based reading & writing
620 math
=1330 overall
2 rec letters: from my APUSH teacher and Lit teacher (thinking of getting another one from the head Sister at a convent I’ve been involved with my entire life)
I take 4 AP/Honors classes out of the 5 offered to me (Chemistry, History, Java Programming, and English). I also take Horror Literature, Latin, Algebra II, and Theology III.
For ECs I am a part of the Model UN Secretariat (next year I’ll be President but am currently Treasurer), National Junior Classical League, and Latin Club.
Accomplishments: I co-organized a Peacekeeping Awareness week where MUN raised money to donate to the UN Peacekeepers. I’ve won a Distinguished award on my MUN Position Paper as Sweden. I’ve been published in my school’s academic journal. I won the Magna Cum Laude award on the Latin National Exam.
More personal accomplishments that I was told would be beneficial to my app: self published a novella when I was 12, I have composed several musical pieces and can play 4 instruments, I have had a play I wrote performed at my school, and I have officially volunteered for 2 years at the earlier mentioned convent, and, currently, at an animal shelter and elementary school library.
Elements of what kind of college I want:
-preferably a really small community with small classes but medium sized is okay if there’s something else I like about it
-general location isn’t an issue but I’d prefer the college itself to not be surrounded by a huge city
-good STEM program, preferably one that extends from bachelors to doctorate (physics major)
-community focused on school rather than partying. Like honestly I hate parties so much
-cost: nothing outrageous but it isn’t a huge issue since my grandmother is wealthy and has this “program” for her grandchildren that pays for everything but room & board that I qualify for (most likely though she won’t pay for everything because she has a very unstable personality and might change her mind so nothing overly expensive)
-public vs private doesn’t matter although I’ve found private tends to fit my needs more. Public would generally be better financially but most that I’ve seen don’t have the qualities I’m looking for
-minor detail that has no heavy weight in my decision but still would be nice: gothic/european-y architecture
So far from the schools I’ve looked at I really like Bryn Mawr College and Emory University at Oxford, so some place like those.
If you could give me some safety, on level, and reach schools that’d be nice. Thank you for reading.