What are good colleges for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>The time ive been waiting for.. I have no idea where I want to go.. so need help! I'm not quite sure of my major yet either, but I am leaning towards biomedical engineering or materials science engineering..considering that and my stats.. please recommend me some schools!! </p>

<p>Rank: 1st/2nd out of 650
GPA: ~4.7</p>

<p>Courses taken:</p>

<p>Freshman:
P/AP Geometry - A+
P/AP Biology - A+
P/AP English - A+
P/AP Geography - A+
P/AP Spanish - A </p>

<p>Sophomore:
P/AP Algebra II - A+
P/AP Chemistry - A+
P/AP English - A+
AP World History - A
AP Spanish - B+</p>

<p>Junior:
P/AP Precalc/Trig - A
P/AP Physics - A+
AP English - A+
AP Stats - A+
AP US History - A+
AP Euro History - A </p>

<p>Senior (Projected):
AP Calc AB - A
AP Calc BC - B+
AP Macroec. - A
AP Gov. - A
AP Chem - A
AP English - A+</p>

<p>TEST SCORES:</p>

<p>SAT (First time) - CR: 690 M: 710 WR: 690 = (2090)
SAT (Sec. time) - CR: 690 M: 690 WR: 720 = (2100)</p>

<p>EC:
- NHS Member
- 80 + Hours Community Service
- Founder + Pres. of Interfaith Club
- Started not-for-profit corporation, Teen Tutors, Inc. - tutors middle school kids throughout district
- University Interscholastic League: Accounting contest 1st Place 10th-12th
- Future Business Leaders of America </p>

<p>Please give me some schools that would be the best possible Reaches/Matches/Safety for me. </p>

<p>Thanks alot!</p>

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<p>You have an excellent class rank and good SAT's. Some of the very top schools (MIT/Stanford) will be problematic, but that leaves a lot of top notch schools to look at.</p>

<p>For reasonable reaches, Northwestern University, Cornell University, CMU.
For matches, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, Pennsylvania State U.–University Park
For Likelies, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Florida, Purdue Univ.</p>

<p>There are several UC's on the list of top schools - I never guess chances for those.</p>

<p>For Biomed, add Case and Boston U as likelies, Vanderbilt for a match, Rice as a reasonable reach.</p>

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<p>Where do you live?</p>

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<p>Thanks alot ohio_MOM, makes me feel much better.. ive been thinking about northwestern & U of Ill. alot, but wasn't sure my record was up to it. I'll certainly do more research on the others you suggested...</p>

<p>Slorg - I live in Texas, but dont mind and would prefer to go out of state. (best if in the north or northeast region)</p>

<p>Any more suggestions would be much appreciated :)</p>

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<p>Urban, suburban or rural? How large a school?</p>

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<p>JHU, CMU, Berkeley</p>

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<p>Thanks AA... adding those to my list as well.. </p>

<p>Gellino - I would best prefer suburban.. one thats not in the middle of a city.. but has easy access to a city.... Medium sized school.. 5000-10000.. not too small that you know everyone.. but not too large either that teachers dont get a chance to know you.. </p>

<p>Thanks alot! :)</p>

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<p>That sounds a lot like Northwestern. Although you are not a shoe-in, I'd say you have a pretty decent shot if you apply.</p>