<p>In the right forum this time!
Hi, I'm new to all of this and if you have seen this thread a thousand times or it is in the wrong forum, I apologize. I'm a rising senior and basically I need some help for what colleges I should be looking into. Here are my credentials.</p>
<p>White Male
GPA-4.166. .5 extra for honors classes and 1 point extra for APs
Attends Top 50 Catholic High School
In top 10% of class
All honors or AP classes</p>
<p>Rounded grades for each class for last 3 years
A/A+ History
A-/B+ Math
B/B- Sciences
A/A- English
B+/B Foreign Languages
A Fine Arts (Band)
Future Classes
AP Physics C
AP Psych
AP Lit
AP Calc BC</p>
<p>ACT with Writing-29, but it I'm taking it again. It was a bad day and I'm confident I can raise it to a 31 or a 32, at least.</p>
<p>AP Grades
AP Lang/Comp-4
AP Chem-2 (I know, I'm ashamed)
AP US History- Dunno yet. But I'm very confident my score will be a 5, possibly a 4.</p>
<p>ECs-Section Leader of a top 10 nationally ranked Marching Band
Member of State Champ Symphonic Band
Math Team (State Finalist)
Frisbee Club
Bowling Club</p>
<p>Recommendation Letters- 1 from US history AP and 1 from Pre-Cal teacher</p>
<p>Now, my top choice is U of Chicago, but I know that is a stretch. But I am also willing to go to my state school, Indiana University. My question for you is what are some colleges I should look at that are not shoo-ins, but are not Harvard/Yale material? I am interested in a social sciences major (Pol Sci, History, possibly Psych) Thanks a lot for your help.</p>
<p>Bumpity bump bump bump. Really, any and all suggestions are welcome. Even if they are to tell me I fail at life and should apply to an online college.</p>
<p>Based on your preference for U Chicago, the logical recommendation would be Reed and/or Swarthmore, but really some more information would be required to make a better match. Do you want a big university or a small LAC-type school? Urban or rural? Geographical parameters? Student body? Campus culture?</p>
<p>I'm looking for a medium sized school between 2,000 and 10,000. i don't want a teeny tiny liberal arts college but if i can help it not a huge state school. i really don't care where in the world it is, no offense. Anything around the Midwest is cool, private or public. I really don't want a U of C duplicate either. I'm broadening my horizons, if you will.</p>
<p>bump. any help is good help. as a reminder, not extremely interested in a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>SeniorSlacker did me a huge favor by posting a thread I worked through about Chicago's "peer" and "similar" schools.</p>
<p>I'm going to list off a bunch of colleges that are somewhere in between IU and UChicago US News rank-wise that I think might be worth your looking into. I assume that either financial aid is not a significant issue for you or that you're happy enough with the deal you have going at Indiana that all your other apps are just for kicks.</p>
<p>Anyway, here goes. I'm going to try to keep this list urban-ish:</p>
<p>University of Rochester (midrange 27-31)
Boston University (midrange 25-30)
Boston College (midrange 28-32)
University of Michigan (midrange 27-31)
George Washington University (midrange 26-29)
Brandeis University (midrange 28-32)
USC (28-32)
NYU (28-31)</p>
<p>Thanks that helps a lot.</p>
<p>Sorry! I haven't done much research on many colleges. But at least here is a free bump :) Good luck with University of Chicago!</p>
<p>A little farther afield, but in the same vein as those unalove mentions you might add:</p>
<p>University of Miami (27-31)
Tulane University (27-31)</p>
<p>Some of the bigger LAC's (2400+) might also fit:</p>
<p>U of Puget Sound (in Tacoma, 25-30)
Trinity University (in San Antonio, 27-31)</p>
<p>You might also take a look at the Claremont schools. While each, taken individually, is a "teeny tiny" school, they add up to a bit over 4000 undergrads. They are all right next to each other and cross-registration is pretty easy, and they're handy to LA for the urban feel. With your credentials and interests, I can see arguments for Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and/or Pomona. (You're chromosomally ineligible for Scripps and Harvey Mudd has more of a tech focus.)</p>