<p>I am a sophomore in high school at one of the top 100 schools in Texas. I am number 14 out of 400 (top 3.5%) in my class with a 4.0unweighted and 3.87weighted GPA. I am an active member of ITS (international thespian society/ plan on becoming an officer my junior and/or senior year), have been a lead in 5 plays and 1 musical, I am also part of my high school's varsity theatre program as a sophomore, I am becoming a member of NHS, have at least 100 hours of community service (plan to do a lot more), and take part in my school's science academic competition team. My classes for junior year: AP chem, AP physics 1, PreAP precalculus, PreAP computer science 1, AP US History, AP english III, and two theatre classes. My classes this year were AP biology (90), PreAP chem (93- teacher recruited me for AP chem), AP world history (90), PreAP algebra II (93), PreAP english (90), Spanish III (98- not taking 4), Principals of business (98), theatre production I/varsity theatre (100). And just had a senior friend who got into Stanford and Northwestern. And I went through Duke TIP talent search program and got a 1300 in 7th grade but other than that I have not done any major tests yet. I plan on at least trying to get a 2100-2200 on the SAT and a 30-33 on my ACT. I have shown, I feel, a strong interest in science and math. What are some top schools that I could get into? And since I am in Texas my parents said if it is not better than UT-Austin then I am NOT going? My career path I want to take is biomedical engineering. I was thinking JHU, MIT,etc. I do not have any geographical preferences. </p>
<p>Hey fellow sophomore. </p>
<p>I just want to make sure you do a lot more research. I’m interested in business and I merely looked a range of business undergraduate schools, but the past few days, other CCers helped me discover a lot more. </p>
<p>Would you prefer a large or small school?</p>
<p>If large, the ones you mentioned are obviously the good ones, plus Stanford.
If small, I suggest Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Those are on the reach side of the range. Honestly, if you have time, you should browse around your favorite schools, a lot more than you have. Get a sense of why it might NOT be good for you as well as why it is good. I loved UPenn, but it’s just too big, too business focused (I need to study CS a lot more), and just not a great fit for me for undergrad. I look forward to going for grad though. </p>
<p>If you’re completely sure you want to do bioengineering, go for the big ones. Stanford, MIT etc. That way you get to learn a load more about the subject, do research, and make friends with those in the same field. </p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Georgie Tech, etc.</p>