<p>here are my stats:</p>
<p>HS graduation year: 2011
UW GPA: 3.5
Weighted: 3.8
SAT Composite: 1940
(should i take SAT II subject tests?)
Took 3 AP classes-- AP Biology, AP English, AP Calculus (i'll take these during my senior year, since my school didn't offer any before then)</p>
<p>EC's/awards:
Played JV tennis for 2 years, varsity tennis my senior year
Academic Spell Bowl team -- state finalists all 4 years, regional champions 3 years
Math team
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a neuroscience competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a public speaking competition
National Finalist for 2 years in a row in a essay writing competition
Marching Band State Runner up -- freshman year
Speech team for 2 years
National Society of High School Scholars
National Honors Society
FIRST Robotics team for 3 years -- won a regional championship in 2009 (had leadership position)
VEX Robotics team for 2 years -- won a regional championship in 2009
Rocket Club
Vice President of Chess Club
Played violin for 6 years, performed at various concerts</p>
<p>Volunteer Activities: (total = slightly over 100 hrs)
Assisted my tennis coach in coaching small children
Assisted my tennis coach in his adult tennis classes
Volunteered at a local hospital
Assisted the Salvation Army </p>
<p>i live in indiana but money's not an issue.<br>
i want to major in biology with an emphasis on neuroscience or just a neuroscience major itself if the college has one. i'll also do a minor in economics and pre-med electives.<br>
anybody have any suggestions of safety colleges, match colleges, or reach colleges that would be good for my departments (mainly science)?</p>
<p>You may get some responses if you tell us a bit about what you’re looking for in a college.</p>
<p>Size? Large? Medium? Small?</p>
<p>Kind? Public? Private? A research university? A small LAC? Something in-between with characteristics of both?</p>
<p>Money? You say money is no problem. Does that mean your parents are happy and willing to spend $50K plus to send you to a pricey private or an OOS public? Or do you mean you expect to get enough in FA and merit to make any university affordable? [That may not work, you know.]</p>
<p>Campus culture? Greek vs. non-greek? Preppy? Laid-back? Arty? Intellectual? Lots going on in music? Big time athletics?</p>
<p>Location? Strong preference for staying close to home? Great desire to get far away and see a different part of the country? Snow? Sun?</p>
<p>And we are not doing your homework for you. You need to do that yourself. Buy a Barrons or Petersen’s Guidebook and do the research.</p>
<p>We are not you.</p>
<p>actually i do have a good list of colleges in mind, i was just asking to get other people’s opinion and whether their opinions matched up with mine. </p>
<p>size isn’t a big concern at all & i’m open to both public and private schools. a university specializing in research would be nice since i’m planning on hopefully doing some undergrad research.<br>
my parents are willing to support me financially whatever it takes. financial aid would be great, but i won’t go too far out of my way to try for that. i’ll definitely apply for scholarships though.<br>
i have no preference at all on location or campus culture. </p>
<p>i had places like indiana university, penn state, univ of pittsburgh, u of rochester, u of wisconsin, univ of illinois @ urbana, and villanova on my list. i just wanted some third party insight on colleges</p>