What schools should i consider?

Applying to College
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<p>I am currently wondering what schools i should be considering based on my stats.
currently a junior<br>
multi-racial </p>

<p>3.3 unweighted GPA 4.0 weighted
34 ACT (first time)
32/350 class rank
Ap tests- European History (3)
taking this year Biology, US history, Psychology; microeconomics, macroeconomics, environmental science (last 3 self studying)
Taking next year English Literature, statistics, Calculus BC, physics, Government, spanish
wish i could predict the scores i will get on these tests but i am studying for them unlike Euro</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
freshman year
golf
basketball
baseball</p>

<p>soph year
golf
scholastic bowl (jv captain)
baseball
environmental club</p>

<p>junior year
golf (all academic)
scholastic bowl
environmental club
tennis</p>

<p>Courses</p>

<p>8th grade
geometry honors</p>

<p>Freshman year
Algebra 1 honors
English 1 honors
symphonic band
spanish 1
physics first
global studies
health/gym(required)</p>

<p>Soph year
spanish 2 honors
english 2 honors
algebra 2 honors
ap european history
economics
consumer education (required)
gym (required)
chemistry honors</p>

<p>junior year
ap biology
ap US history
ap psychology
pre-calculus honors
spanish 3 honors
english 3 honors
gym (required)</p>

<p>senior year (most likely)
ap physics
ap calculus BC
ap statistics
gym (required)
ap government
ap english literature
ap spanish </p>

<p>(all schedules are full)</p>

<p>I would like to know at my current standings which colleges i would want to consider applying to (which tier/maybe some specific schools)</p>

<p>If i ended up with a 36 on the ACT would there be a difference?</p>

<p>I am worried that my low GPA will hurt my selection of schools, but if i turned it around and happened to get straight A's this last semester of junior year, would it change the selection of schools i could potentially get in to?</p>

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<p>Are you from Illinois? </p>

<p>Anyways yeah picking up your GPA the next two semesters will go a long way. Because yeah you’re a strong applicant in other regards. ECs are a bit ordinary but that fact will really only hurt you at the very top schools. </p>

<p>Anyways if your school has a naviance page I’d check that out. You should definitely consider Big Ten schools unless you want a small college. After that I think top 50 schools would be a good place to start looking. Depending on how strong your HS is, a 3.3 will be looked at differently. At my HS, for instance, a 3.6 was good enough to get into Ivies.</p>

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<p>yes, i am from illinois. Could you tell from the 4 years of required gym designed to prevent me from becoming obese?</p>

<p>thanks for the reply</p>

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<p>yeah and scholastic bowl. Most people call it quiz bowl. I’ve finally weeded myself from calling it scholastic bowl. </p>

<p>No problem! Good luck. And wherever you go, represent Illinois with pride.</p>

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<p>Many other states require four years of PE. What type of multiracial bucket do you fill? URM? Yes, your grades are low for your scores but you are top 10% of your class which is good. With your already high ACT it’s more important to focus on bringing up your grades than trying for a 36 ACT.</p>

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<p>Well I’m neither black nor hispanic so i don’t think that being multi-racial will help me at all</p>