Senior Year Advice

Applying to College
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<p>Hello all!</p>

<p>I will be a senior this coming year living in Minnesota and am in desperate need of advice on where I have a chance of getting in and what I should be doing.</p>

<p>Right now I have a uw GPA of 3.71 and a 29 act first try so I plan to be somewhere in the 30s.</p>

<p>I have only taken 2 AP and 2 honors courses but plan to take 2 more AP this year but my school is smaller and has a limited supply of APs offered. </p>

<p>My schedule this year is---
1. Anthropology
2. AP Language
3. Journalism 2
4. AP Psychology
5. Calculus </p>

<p>Do you think not taking a science will hurt me admittance wise? If so I could drop Anthro and take Physics, but I plan on majoring in something related to communications, business, or film so i just dont see why science would be necessary! </p>

<p>Right now I am having a hard time choosing schools, so any advice on where I would have a decent chance of getting in that has a good program in something I may major in would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>The schools I have thought of/looked into are Depaul University, Loyola Chicago University, UW-Madison, U of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Boston University, USC, NYU, Columbia (a huge reach but my dream school), University of San Francisco, University of Washington, University of Denver, New Hampshire University, University of Vermont. Obviously some of these are more safety schools and some are huge reaches. </p>

<p>If you know anything about my chances at these schools, or like I said, other school possibilities, please let me know! Obviously Im all over the place location wise so I am really struggling to narrow it down!</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Hi again Maddy, I know that I just replied to your other thread but here is my advice regarding science: take one! I don’t see how anthropology will benefit you any more than physics would. I understand your reasoning that it may be useless in your field of study, but schools like to see another science. Yes I was rejected from 7/8 schools I applied to, but I’m almost sure that that was because of so much financial need and lack of class rank, not because my application wasn’t competitive. (Additionally, all the schools I applied to were reach and high match.) Every interviewer I met with asked me my senior schedule, and commented that it was “good that I was taking a fourth math and science.” So don’t short yourself, there will be plenty of time to explore areas of interest in college. Take science now and wow colleges with your strong schedule!</p>

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<p>Why do you only have 5 classes your senior year? Is that normal at your school? you should have 5 AP/honors classes and an elective :slight_smile: Your schedule indicates interest in the social sciences : is that what you intend to major in ?
As for your choices : drop all the public out of state schools - except Madison since they have reciprocity.
What criteria have you used to select your schools? They seen all over the place.
Have you run the met price calculators?</p>

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<p>Thanks again HHamilton! I can only seem to fit one semester of physics in my schedule rather than 2, but do you think that would still benefit me?</p>

<p>MYO–I forgot to mention this but I only have 5 classes this year because I am doing an honors mentor program, so I will meet with a mentor in the field i want to go into (which right now is film/communications) those last 2 hours every day! Will this hurt me?</p>

<p>My school does not offer alot of honors courses!</p>

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<p>I think that adding a semester of physics would benefit your application. Also, the internship will look great.</p>