What schools are feasible for me?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi everyone, I'm applying to colleges right now (obviously), and I seriously am not sure which schools I can be a strong contender for. I want universities within the top 30 according to US News, but I'm not sure if I'm good enough. My stats are as follows: </p>

<p>ACT - 35E 36R 36M 35S</p>

<p>SAT - 730R 800M 670W</p>

<p>SATII - 800 MathII, 730 Bio (planning for 800 physics and 750+ Bio retake)</p>

<p>GPA - 3.75/5.06 U/W (Our school takes it out of 6.0)</p>

<p>Rank - 64/586</p>

<p>My extracurriculars are lame though.
PR rep for astronomy club
NHS member
Piano 10 years
Tennis 5 years
Camp volunteer for disabled children 2 years
SkillsUSA 3rd place at state advertising design technical skills test (sounds much more impressivethan it actually is)</p>

<p>I have some pretty interesting college essays so I think im ok there. Can I get some suggestions on suitable universities? I'm favoring Northwestern and UC Berkeley/LA atm, but idk my chances. Sorry for typos, I'm using an itouch.</p>

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<p>I think you’d have a good shot at Northwestern, but what are you looking for in a school? Any certain major? Size?</p>

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<p>Mainly somewhere in a big city. Preferably west or east coast. I just wanna get out of Texas as fast I can. I also don’t want a student body that’s shut in and “nerdy” I guess. I’m interested in engineering, but with options to go into medical related fields</p>

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<p>Case Western Reserve in Cleveland has strong pre-med and engineering programs and would probably be a safety (or at worst a low match) for someone with your stats.</p>

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<p>UChicago/Northwestern as reaches, NYU, CMU, USC, UMich, UNC, UMDCP?</p>

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<p>which defines nerdy and does not offer engineering</p>

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<p>Sorry, didn’t know we were talking in mass-blanket terms.</p>