<p>for example: from what i can gather, USC would fit this description</p>
<p>Every single one of them as long as you don’t expect to graduate.</p>
<p>I think the OP will be complaining that his/her school has severe grade deflation in order to explain his/her 2.1 GPA.</p>
<p>you mean my 3.8 in all honors and 2 AP? I just want schools where I can work as hard as I do in high-school (read: not at all) and maintain good grades at a good school.</p>
<p>Come here and major in ChemE. I’m sure you’ll love it.</p>
<p>^Is that sarcasm </p>
<p>Dont forget Harvard!!!</p>
<p>Hard to get into, and everyone get As. Its like the University equivalent of Santa Claus</p>
<p>“3.8 all honors and 2 AP”</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>look university is NOT like high school. it depends more on your major than your school. it’ll be much harder to maintain a 3.5 in hard sciences or engineering at pretty much any school compared to an english, history, or comm major.</p>
<p>if you’ve got a 3.8uw with just two APs, then you’re a good but not great student. This would match you to colleges ranked around 50-75 in the USNWR. Whether you think they are prestigious is up to you.</p>
<p>You are not likely to get into USC with that GPA and easy-ish course load, unless you’ve got a monster SAT (2250+). You’re on the right track through… it is purported to be easier in rigor than say, Work Forest, or Berkeley, or William and Mary, etc. Just go to Swarthmore, it’s really easy there once you get in … not.</p>
<p>Lastly, assuming you do get a high SAT and get into some top 30 schools, none will be as easy as high school. Think about it… you’ve got a school full of people just as smart as you are, but who actually study 10-20 hours per week outside of class. Your best bet if you really don’t want to study that much is to sacrifice prestige and drop down into a private school in the USNWR 75-125 range and take it easy.</p>
<p>When you get to college, and take Econ 1, you will learn a phrase which is applicable in many areas of life: “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”.</p>
<p>My school doesnt offer IBs and there are only 3 APs you can take junior year. I take 2 of them. Next year, I have AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP English, and an Honors Forensics course thats done in conjunction with Syracuse through my school or something. I don’t mean to sound arrogant and I realize that its not the hardest, but its up there and I wouldn’t consider that an easy courseload.<br>
Anytway, that is a good suggestion DunninLA, so thanks.</p>
<p>that schedule next year looks much better. </p>
<p>by the way, the reason why you haven’t had to study at all up until now is because 2 APs and the rest honors is easy. i guarantee you that almost every single student at any top 30 university pursuing a traditional academic discipline would be able to sleepwalk and get a 3.7+ unweighted GPA in high school with that courseload.</p>
<p>Alexis4, I was referring to your future university GPA of 2.1 if you don’t plan on studying. Right now, i think you lack the maturity to be successful in any college that might be called prestigious.</p>
<p>alexis: though I love dissing USC as much as the next bruin, I’m not sure USC meets your description of prestigious but easy. I remember reading the average GPA there is only slightly above 3.0, which suggests it’s as “hard” as other schools in its arena.</p>
<p>thanks arcadefire. really? my friend goes there and he says all he and his friends do is party and his grades are still good, but maybe he just has easy classes. Since he’s only a freshman, I’ll trust your stats more than his anecdotes.</p>
<p>Really? a 15 year-old lacks maturity? I never would have guessed.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any suggestions of schools for me rather than just personal attacks?</p>
<p>I appreciate the direct nature of your question…
…and hope you appreciate my similarly direct response.</p>
<p>Not me.</p>
<p>Edit: I hear physics at Princeton isn’t bad.</p>
<p>alexis: Well, I was just judging by average GPA. I only know one person that goes there and he claims his classes are hard, haha. I guess my sample size is pretty limited.</p>
<p>ok thanks, i appreciate the bluntness. Another example would be UCSB, it has a top ten physics program and is known as U Can Study Buzzed. Seems like a good combo to me.</p>
<p>Yeah, my sample size is one also, so either of us could be right, but i’ll go with the stats. theyre the most reliable. thanks again</p>
<p>College is not a continuation of high school. In fact, college represents a significant leap in difficulty. You can expect a lot more independent study time in college. You will start feeling the intensity your senior year, when you are enrolled in more AP classes, but college is even more intense than 5 AP high school courses.</p>
<p>Of course, being a Physics major at Caltech or Chicago is going to be more intense and demanding than being a Psychology major at Brown or Vanderbilt. It really depends what you are looking for.</p>
<p>I like that you’re planning to load up on tough courses next year. Look, based on your current stats, and not knowing your SAT, I stick by my 50-75 as your match range and 75-125 if you want to coast in college.</p>
<p>If you decide you want to get into a top 30 college, I suggest getting As in those 7th semester AP courses, and don’t count on positive EA or ED results since you’ll need those AP As in front of the adcom for your best chance. Your hope rests in RD for a top 30./</p>
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that’s a good point.</p>
<p>If OP gets into a prestigious school, and wants to coast, I suggest shadowing a few football running backs or defensive backs and enroll in the same classes/major… something like “undergraduate studies”, or “physical education management”, or something like that.</p>
<p>Alexis - You sound as if you may be underestimating yourself. You’re taking a rigorous HS schedule, and I assume that you’re making grades that allow you to consider applying to schools that may be considered “prestigious.” You write well, both on this and on other threads. Aim high and surround yourself with ambitious, high-achieving people. When you’re part of a group that’s all working hard, the effort doesn’t seem like work - it just seems like the norm of your social group.</p>