Suggest some schools for me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm looking for some match schools, if any of you can help me out.</p>

<p>Tests and Numbers:
SAT: 2170 (680 CR, 760 M, 730 W) - Waiting on October SAT results. I'm fairly confident that my CR score will go up by a lot and my writing score will drop by a lot. My math score could be 800.
SAT II: 750 Math II, 790 US History
AP: Human Geography (5), US History (5), Psych (5), Calc AB (5)
GPA: 4.31/3.94</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
Jazz Ensemble
AP Music Theory
AP Government
AP Macro
English 4
AP Calc BC
Wind Ensemble
AP Physics</p>

<p>ECs
Music:
Jazz Ensemble (selective, 4 years, section leader)
Wind Ensemble (selective, 3 years, section leader)
Diablo Wind Symphony (selective regional band, first chair)
Berkeley Jazzschool Studio Band (highly competitive regional jazz ensemble, first chair)
Civic Arts Jazz Band
Pep Band (3 years, leader/conductor 1 year)
Music Leadership Committee</p>

<p>Sports:
Cross Country (4 years, varsity, state championship competitor)
Swimming (3 years)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Tutoring at local middle school</p>

<p>Clubs:
Human Rights Club
Nerdfighter Club (president)</p>

<p>Awards
Lots, but nothing major, really.</p>

<p>Other
Female, Mixed Race (White/Asian. Yeah, nothing exciting)
Intended major: Applied Math
Location: California
Family income: Not disclosed to me, but comfortably middle-class</p>

<p>I might be missing things, so let me know if I am. Have a nice day :)</p>

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<p>You have a great shot at top-tier UC schools. Since you don’t really have much of a preference, I’d say apply to some of those and you’re pretty much set.</p>

<p>Chance me back!
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<p>Are you looking to stay on the west coast, east coast, or midwest? Do you also want to get scholarships?</p>

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<p>I’m looking at all of those regions! Just not the south, really (no offense to anyone). Scholarships are lovely, of course, but I’m not planning on applying anywhere just to get one.</p>

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<p>What can your family afford? Have you run NPC’s or discussed how much they’re willing to spend on your education? (Some parents may have an EFC they can’t afford. Some parents may have a comfortable lifestyle that doesn’t include saving for college. Some parents may object to spending more than In State Tuition for tuition elsewhere, etc…)</p>

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<p>I have not had an actual long conversation with my parents about the financial aspect of college, but I know from when my brother was at school that my family did not qualify for financial aid. They have no set rules for where they will let me go, and they’ve told me that I could apply for schools of any cost, though I’m not sure what they will end up deciding until I actually get accepted to schools. For this thread, though, I really just want to figure out what types of schools would be considered match schools for me without money being much of a factor.</p>

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<p>@Guitarosaurous Thanks! I’m sure that my trombone playing at least will earn me enough money to buy a really nice cardboard box!</p>

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<p>Seaswallowed: since very few schools are need blind, financial aid IS a factor. If you’re marginal (bottom 5%) at a school, whether you need financial aid, and how much, is a factor. The Ivy League and other wealthy schools don’t care (they just want the best students in the world :p) but most other schools will.</p>

<p>If you’re interested in math and can apply anywhere, look at St Olaf. Their math program is excellent (and you can be challenged right away with their Honors CalcII class :p) and with your stats you’d likely get some merit aid. The state is very cold but it’s fairly liberal overall, it’s in a nice college town (shared with Carleton College), and the atmosphere is supportive rather than cut-throat.
Another school to look into is Beloit. Very good math program, too, a bit quirkier than St Olaf, also very supportive and “fun”.
Grinnell would be a good match too, the applicant pool is self selected so high stats students but relatively high odds of admission to those applying.</p>

<p>If you’re interested in math of course the top schools for you could be HarveyMudd or Northwestern (accelerated math sequence), but they’re reaches for everyone so I doubt that’s what you’re inquiring about. You’re already in at many UCs so if you want large schools your safeties are good. Northwestern for math would be an academic match if it didn’t have such selective admission, which make it unpredictable. Most matches for you will be in that category.</p>

<p>What’s the highest math course you’ve completed? If it’s Calc BC all the schools above are good. If it’s above Calc BC, you may want to focus on schools such as Northwestern that have accelerated sequences for very advanced math students and/or grad schools in math where undergrads are allowed to take classes when they’re juniors/seniors.
(The “norm” for “non math” schools would be Precalculus in 12th grade, or perhaps Calc AB, to start with Calculus 1stsemester freshman year.) So your choices would really depend on 1° how set you are on majoring in math and 2° what math class you’re taking senior year.</p>

<p>Check out UCBAlumnus who’s the resident expert for math curricula.</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross(don’t have to be religious) top25 school 1 hour from Boston. Holy Cross is one of the few schools that meets 100% demonstrated financial aid. HC has a very nice campus and tremendous alumni network-helps for job placement. The HC website is informative and the school recruits students from California.</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who has responded!</p>

<p>MYOS1634, thanks for putting so much information in your reply! I’m currently taking Calc BC (mentioned in my original post), which is the highest level of math offered at my school. Northwestern is my second choice school, but I’m not looking for more reach schools, as you said. As far as financial aid goes, I don’t know my family’s income, but I’m pretty sure it’s high enough that I wouldn’t be ruled out of a school for it.</p>

<p>Also, I got my October SAT scores, and my superscore is now a 2240 (750CR, 760M, 730W), though my single sitting is still 2170.</p>