What colleges should I apply to?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey y'all! Well, right now I'm supposed to be studying for finals... but I'm really worried about my future (although I know I should be worrying about the right here and right now!)
As you can see I'm a very worrisome person and it sometimes distracts me in learning, but loooooong story short here are my stats:</p>

<p>-Chinese American
-Public HS in Missouri
-Sophomore
-3.91 GPA Freshman year
-speculated 1st sem GPA sophomore year: 3.91
-goal: (which I will achieve!!!) 4.0 for the rest of my HS career
-PSAT 157 (yeah, I bawled my eyes out, but my goal is 211 which is the cut off for National Merit in my state)
-VP of International Culture Org. at my school
-Researcher for a soon to be published science paper on plant gene mutation at University of Missouri
(What are some leadership roles I should/can take?!)</p>

<p>Overall, what colleges should I apply to? What SAT/ACT scores should I get to get into colleges that I want, since I have a disadvantage being Asian with a low GPA and low PSAT. </p>

<p>My dream colleges:
-UCLA
-Berkeley
-USC
-University of Michigan
-Baylor</p>

<p>Yeah I'm in love with Cali schools, although I have no chance....</p>

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<p>How much can your family afford? Have you run the Net Price Calculators and discussed the results with your parents?</p>

<p>Also, the odd one out is Baylor. Can you explain your rationale in selecting these schools?</p>

<p>You’re lucky to have two very good in-state schools: Truman state and Missouri School of Science and Technology (not to mention Mizzou but… this you already know.)</p>

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So you’re a sophomore… You have plenty of time to consider colleges. MYOS is right about checking the school NPCs. You would be full pay at UCLA, UCB, UMich. That’s $50K/year.</p>