<p>Hi, this is my first post...so I apologize in advance if I'm not doing anything right for the site.</p>
<p>I feel very lost about what school's I want to go to. But more importantly, I want to know what I can actually, realistically get INTO.</p>
<p>I'm a white female, rising senior, public school.</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Junior Year- AP Lang/Comp and APUSH (5's on both)
Senior Year- Signed up to take: AP Lit, AP Gov, and AP Bio</p>
<p>GPA:
4.0 Unweigted
4.45 Weighted</p>
<p>2110 SAT
760 Reading 570 Math 780 Writing (I feel confident about raising my math score in the fall)</p>
<p>780 US Sat II(Will take at least on more SAT II in the fall)</p>
<p>29 ACT (Hopeful that I can get this up at least two points in the fall)
33 English
27 Math
31 Reading
25 Science</p>
<p>No sports, but a lot of extracurriculars</p>
<p>You are in good shape to be competitive for most schools. 
Your GPA is quite good, assuming that you have a bit of course rigor. </p>
<p>Your math score falls a little below the 25% percentile for many of the highest ranked schools, but you are retaking, so don’t worry about it yet. Your ACT science score is a little worrisome, so you may want to submit the SAT only, rather than both, although a 29 is a very respectable score. </p>
<p>A few questions. </p>
<p>Do you have any parameters for us to give you a list of colleges? Location, size, selectivity, etc. What is your in-state residence? What is your intended major? </p>
<p>Will you be taking APs your senior year? Will you be taking another Subject Test (some top schools require that you submit two)?</p>
<p>You would be competitive pretty much anywhere, but Ivies would be a big reach, as they are for almost everyone. You will have lots of great choices. But please be aware that the plural of “school” is not “school’s.” It’s not possessive, no apostrophe needed. Sorry if I’m being picky, but it’s a pet peeve of mine. Especially when you are reporting such high verbal scores.</p>
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<li><p>Why not just concentrate on the SAT since it looks like you’re stronger in that test than in the ACT? Math is usually the easiest section to improve on with test prep.</p></li>
<li><p>It would help to know your financial situation. Will you need FA/merit aid? Will you qualify for need based FA? </p></li>
<li><p>What types of schools are you interested in? Size, region of the country, urban/suburban/rural, Greek life, etc.?</p></li>
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<p>x-posted w/others</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, everyone!</p>
<p>Location: Preferably Northeast or Mid-Atlantic. I live in VA, and it’s probably likely that I’ll wind up going to a VA school(William and Mary, VA Tech, UVA)…but I still dream about going somewhere Northeast.</p>
<p>Financial situation: fairly comfortable. I doubt I’d qualify for need-based FA aid. </p>
<p>Size of school: No preference. I see advantages to both small and large schools</p>
<p>No plans for Greek life, but I don’t care if the school has them.</p>
<p>Intended Major: No idea, and that’s very scary. I love English and History. But if I care about having a career, it’d be wiser for me to go the math/science route.</p>
<p>Torn between urban and rural. Again, I like both options.</p>
<p>So are Ivy Leagues very unlikely?</p>
<p>@nova2nola Haha my apologies. I’m usually a grammar Nazi myself.</p>
<p>kitkat - glad to hear that ;)!</p>
<p>VA is a good state to be in for publics.</p>
<p>Would you consider LACs?</p>
<p>Based on that criteria (Northeast to Mid-Atlantic, VA residency, flexible major), I would suggest UVa and W&M as your primary match schools. You could add a dream school above them of your choosing, perhaps Johns Hopkins or an Ivy. Virginia Tech could be your safety. </p>
<p>Other schools you might like: Wake Forest, Brandeis, Haverford, Vassar, Washington & Lee, and University of Richmond. </p>
<p>Would you consider religious schools or Seven Sister schools?</p>
<p>Thanks I’ll definitely look into those! Religious schools, no. I’d consider one of the Sister Schools, but they wouldn’t be my preference.</p>
<p>As for LACs, definitely.</p>
<p>Definitely for which category?</p>
<p>Did my edit not show up?</p>
<p>Bowdoin would be a reach, but certainly not impossible and it’s SAT-optional. Located in a very cute town in Maine and it’s not too far from Portland. Colgate is a fairly isolated, yet lovely school, with nice school spirit and a good alumni network. Bucknell is a beautiful school, good in sciences and, although isolated, is relatively large for an LAC. And I agree that you should consider Washington & Lee.</p>
<p>In terms of Ivies, they are generally a reach for everyone, but there’s no reason not to try if you want (especially if you can get your math SAT score up). I would suggest just applying to one or two, not the full range - maybe Cornell and Dartmouth.</p>