<p>Thank you so much for your input!</p>
<p>I always thought that the private colleges like Occidental and Claremont Colleges are much more competitive and out of reach for me. I have not yet had time to look at the Princeton Review book, so does anyone have any recommendations? LACs and national universities are both fine. However I was thinking about majoring in biology, so would that make a difference in what colleges I should be looking into?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if GPA includes freshman year? I’ve been looking through stats posted in cc, school websites, naviance, etc for other schools and I wasn’t sure because I know UCs don’t include it. If freshman year is included, my unweighted gpa would be a bit higher.</p>