What is the right college for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am looking for a small college (most likely liberal arts, but open to others), that is in New England and has an excellent science program. It deffinetly has to be in New England and science has to be strong. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Freshman year- no honors courses, all regular courses.</p>

<p>Sophmore year- Honors English, Honors History, Honors French 3, and the rest were regular</p>

<p>Junior year- Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors English, Honors History, Honors Algebra 2, Anatomy& Phisiology, Latin 1, </p>

<p>Plus junior year I'm starting to take college courses at a local college(Dual Enrollment Program). </p>

<p>Senior year- Ap Biology, Ap chemistry, Ap english, Ap anthropology, Honors pre calc,Honors Physics, Biblical studies, </p>

<p>As a junior i have a weighted GPA of 3.8, but all the AP courses should bring that higher.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Action Team
Pink Ribbon Club
Interact Club
Big Brother Big Sister
Philanthropy Group
Chinease Club</p>

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<p>A weighted GPA of 3.8 doesn’t sound very high. What is your UW GPA? What were your scores? What can your family afford for college?</p>

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<p>I know the GPA is a little low, I didn’t take advantage of all the honors classes freshman and sophomore year. Im hoping it will rise with the AP classes senior year. I dont have my unweighted GPA but I have gotten all A’s and the occasional B-B+ here and there. I haven’t taken the SAT’s yet, but I plan on AT LEAST getting 600 on each section. As for affording tuition, i have a sister, and we are going to college at the same time. As it is, we dont have a lot of money, but two of us is definitely going to be difficult. We are hoping on finical aid and scholarships.</p>

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<p>Have you taken the PSAT? If so how did you do on that?</p>

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<p>Clark University?</p>

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<p>Hey dude,
Numerous colleges are there, every college has different prospective that’s why you should you have to find details in every college, for this, you can choose different online educational sites which provides information about colleges and coueses and many more like shiksha.com and many more.</p>

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<p>We looked at LACs that were good in science with my D recently. Depending on how your grades/SATs come out, some suggestions are: Lafayette College, Union College, Franklin and Marshall College, Muhlenberg College, Dickinson College, Muhlenberg College. Many of these schools are SAT optional.</p>

<p>I’d suggest that you try to take on some leadership positions in your activities prior to applying to colleges.</p>

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<p>There are lots of schools that might be a good match. Start by getting (or borrowing from the library) a good college guide book such as the Fiske Guide or Princeton Review and start browsing. They have very descriptive write-ups of the schools they cover.
You can also start compiling a list using the college search tool here on CC or on other sites like College Board or the College Navigator (my favorite because you can download the results into a spreadsheet). [College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics)</p>

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<p>From my own personal school school for small colleges in New England, and an intended major in Biochemistry with a high school courseload similar to yours, I would recommend Union College as happy1 mentioned, and Stonehill College. For research in the sciences but still small and liberal arts, there’s a lot of schools in Boston like Emmanuel. </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>