What are good safety, matches, and reaches for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm sorry to bug you with another thread like this, but I'm really not sure about college choices and I feel that I don't have enough match/safety schools.</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 UW, 4.4 W GPA at one of the best schools in Northern California.</p>

<p>1450/1600 SAT w/ 740 CR, 710 Math
SAT II: Math-690, Physics 670</p>

<p>EC includes 4 yr JV/Varsity Basketball, 2 yr JV Football, 1 yr JV baseball, 1 yr Varsity Track, ~100 hr. community service.</p>

<p>The schools that I am currently interested in include:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley
UCSD
Rice
UChicago
Duke
UCLA</p>

<p>I'm interested in either Civil Engineering or Biomedical Engineering and maybe Economics/Math. I'm wondering which schools I listed would be a reach/match/safety. I know that I probably need more choices, so can you also suggest some similar schools that would be a good fit? Location, price, and anything besides the academic quality of a school aren't really factors as far as I'm concerned.</p>

<p>Thanks in advanced.</p>

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<p>I also forgot to mention that I'm taking a summer class at Stanford, Into to Physiology, and I'm doing really well in it. I'll probably get an A, so that should help in Admissions.</p>

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<p>Chicago, unfortunately, does not offer any engineering. It does, however, have fantastic chem, bio, biochem, physics, and biohysicssomething fields. You might feel relieved to know that Chicago didn't offer the major I initially wanted either (American Studies), but I felt that my inclinations for the major were not necessarily stable (I was right, they weren't), and that if I still wanted American Studies, I could either take courses in American history/ American lit/ sociology/ anthropolgy, or I could design my own major. Or I could design my own classes.</p>

<p>If the engineering option is still superimportant to you, consider replacing Chicago with NU.</p>

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<p>Safety: Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD</p>

<p>Matches: Rice, Chicago, Duke</p>