Suggest me some 'matches'?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've got plenty of reach colleges, but I'm finding it a bit difficult to identify some good match schools.</p>

<p>Stats:
Female
Asian (Chinese)
Home State is CA
2280 SAT (single sitting- 790 CR 690 M 800 W), 2290 superscored, *retaking in October
33 ACT (most likely not sending)
800 Chem 790 USH 750 Lit (retook, waiting for scores), Math II, Latin
4.0/4.0 9th
3.67/4.0 10th (Bs in EngH and PhysicsH)
3.83/3.83 11th (Bs in PreCal H)
No weighted for 9th, 4.5 W for 10th, 4.7 W for 11th
APs: 5s (Human Geo, Euro); projected 5s on USH, Lit, Psych, and Chem (from this year)</p>

<p>Classes:
English:
9th - 1sem Reg/1 sem H 10th - 2sem H 11th - 2sem AP (Lang)</p>

<p>Math:
9th - Geometry 10th - Alg2 11th - Precal H</p>

<p>History:
9th - Modern World + self-study AP HumanGeo 10th - AP Euro 11th - AP Psych + APUSH</p>

<p>Science:
9th - Bio 10th - ChemH/PhysicsH 11th- AP Chem</p>

<p>Foreign Language: Latin, 3 years and counting</p>

<p>Senior Schedule (aka, AP everything):
Physics C, Lit, Latin, Calc BC, World, Gov, Econ</p>

<p>ECs are nothing too special. My real passion is volunteering at a small nonprofit, where I've spent well over 700 hours over the course of nearly 5 years.</p>

<p>Intended majors are History and Political Science.</p>

<p>I'm counting on you, CC! I can go virtually anywhere that will take me and puts me in good standing when I have to apply to law school.</p>

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<p>undergrad schools with graduate law schools maybe of benefit to getting into that schools law school.(not sure, schools never admit it)
vanderbilt as a reach
drake university as a match both have law schools
muhlenberg college (would prepare you nicely for law school) and maybe a match…they are undergrad only no law school
and maybe wake forest it also has a law school</p>

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<p>Class rank?</p>

<p>Budget? (Can your family afford the full cost of selective private schools? If not, are you likely to qualify for need-based aid? Can you afford the Expected Family Contribution?)</p>

<p>Personal preferences? (Size? Weather? Location/setting/distance from home? Social/intellectual atmosphere? Greek & sports scene? etc.)</p>

<p>The first place to look for safety and match schools probably is your in-state public universities.</p>

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<p>@tk21769:
We don’t rank in our school but I am easily within the top 5% of a class of 650.</p>

<p>I am fairly middle class, and based on my income (I haven’t done a full FAFSA runthrough yet), EFC maxes out at around 25-30k. We can mostly pay for it, but I am actively looking schools that offer substantial merit aid as well.</p>

<p>I’d prefer a medium-sized to a large college, with at least 2k students, but no upper limit. I have no real preference for weather, but would like to try out different climates than my foggy Bay Area. Preferably an intellectually stimulating environment, with a fairly liberal classes. I have quite a few reaches for that reason - I like hanging out with intellectuals. I have no preference for Greek/sports, since I don’t play sports or plan on joining a sorority. I don’t mind if they are on campus, but I would prefer if the school had a moderate party scene at best.</p>

<p>I’m qualified to at least attend a UC through the EAP program, which allows the top 15% of high schoolers in CA to have guaranteed admission to the lowest UC. So I guess that’s my safety. I match for both UCLA and UCB in terms of stats, but I’m checking out other options for matches.</p>

<p>@zobroward: Thanks for the suggestions, I will check out each of those schools!</p>