Hey all,
My junior year just started about a month ago and I am doing well so far. Since the end of last year, I have been trying to come up with high reach-reach schools that I would really like to attend. Here’s what I came up with for the high reach-reach schools: USMA, USAFA, Columbia, Brown, and USC. These are all really great institutions and it would be an honor to attend to any of them. But in case I don’t get accepted to any of these colleges, I need to come up with a list of match and safety schools. And I need your guys’ help! With that all said, the following is a little description of myself.
School: Public high school (not that competitive)
Location: CA
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 40-50k (a huge financial aid would be nice.)
Desired Major: Biology (or some other major that leads to becoming a doctor)
GPA: 4.0 uw/4.6w
Class Rank: 1 of 567
Class Schedule:
- FRESHMAN YEAR: H Biology, H Geometry/Trig, H English 9, Spanish 2, Geography/Health, Varsity Tennis (All A’s)
- SOPHOMORE YEAR: H Chemistry, H Algebra 2, H English 10, H World History, Spanish 3, Varsity Tennis (All A’s)
- JUNIOR YEAR: AP Physics B, H Trig/Pre-Calc, AP English Comp, Spanish 4, AP US History, AP Comp. Sci., Varsity Tennis
- SENIOR YEAR (projected): H Physiology, AP Calculus BC, AP English, AP Gov/Econ, (some visual art), Varsity Tennis
SAT I: none
ACT: just took the Sept 2015 one. not too sure how I did (hopefully 30+)
SAT II: none, not sure if I need to as I heard that ACT w/ writing takes place of SAT II’s
AP Exams: none so far, will take 4 this coming May
ECs (Here is where I don’t stand out at all):
- really close to becoming an Eagle Scout
- Debate Club (2nd year)
- Interact Club (1st year)
- Varsity Tennis (will be team captain either this year and/or next year)
- am searching for summer internships/programs (any suggestions, perhaps? haha)
Until more recently, I have been considering UCs but lately I have been hearing that instate tuitions for those schools are off the charts. So to summarize my wants: a good college that has an awesome biology major program (?) that can offer me most of the tuition or full ride. If my ACT score becomes a problem, I’m 100% willing to try harder to achieve an ACT score that will get me that full ride. So please, fellow CCers, help me come up with a rough list of match and safety schools.
P.S. I know that some may think that drafting a rough list of colleges at the beginning of your junior year may seem too early, I think otherwise. I just want to get an early start to lessen my anxiety when the time actually comes to actually start thinking about colleges. Hope I’m making sense, hahaha. Thanks again!