School suggestions for a new member

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everybody,
I was just looking for some suggestions as to where I should consider college-wise.</p>

<p>Here's my stats, </p>

<p>06 Junior white male,
midsize public high school in PA
GPA: u/w 94.55%, w ~115%
SAT's - taking in December, (1080 as a 7th grader if that helps), expecting upper 1300's or low 1400's
rank: 16th of 292</p>

<p>Grades:
AP English: 83%, bad marking period, had all As in English in the past, should end up with a mid B average (87-88% hopefully)
American Gov't level 1: 98
Amercan Law: 95
AP Calc 1: 85%, bad marking period, early indication is that this marking pd is looking more like a 93 or so
Latin 3: 100
Academic Physics (Honors): 100</p>

<p>EC's/awards
JV baseball (10th), varsity (11-12)
JV golf (9-10), varsity (11-12)
debate team (9-12) distinguished member of national forensics league
National Honor Society (10-12)
National Latin Honor Society (10-12)
Junior Classical League (9-12)
National Latin Exam - maxima cum laude (9-10)
student council executive committee (7-12)
Student council president (12) - I will run uncontested so this is a sure bet.
Class president (10, 11, and 12 if my school lets me do this and stuco prez)
There may be more, but these are the main ones.</p>

<p>So far, I have been looking at Penn, UNC - Chapel Hill, Bucknell, Pitt, Maryland, Syracuse, Duke. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. And, if anyone has an opinion on my chances at these schools, let me know also.<br>
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Sorry, I should also mention that i am interested in Physics, Math, or Business.</p>

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<p>hi wats up</p>

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<p>Same old, same old. sitting here thinking about starting my homework.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Penn- Reach
UNC - Chapel Hill- match
Bucknell- safety
Pitt- major safety
Maryland- major safety
Syracuse- major safety
Duke- reach</p>

<p>You have too many safeties and a couple reaches, but only one match. Why? I think you would do alot better to only apply to one or two of the safeties and focus on getting some matches or matchy reaches. My advice is to apply to Duke, Penn, Bucknell then add four or five schools. I would add Northwestern, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, Emory, Vassar, and similar. As a reach maybe add Dartmouth, its similar to Duke and PEnn.</p>

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<p>I would consider Rice, especially since you are looking at Duke, and they are widely considered to be the best schools in the South. Unfortunately Rice does not have an undergrad business program, but it is great in math and physics.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input!
Yea I didn't realize that so many of those schools were safeties. I knew Pitt and Cuse were, but i didn't realize that bucknell and UMD were safeties. I will definitely consider your suggestions!
Thanks again!</p>

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<p>bump...anyone else with any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Lehigh would be good, also Colgate, Michigan, Washington & Lee, BC and Williams.</p>

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<p>...bump...</p>