<p>GPA: 87.2% (~ 3.2)
Math: 760
CR:640
Writing: 590
Math I: 750
EC: Model UN, Baseball Team</p>
<p>I would prefer schools in New England. I also want to be around a moderately large town: 35,000 and up.</p>
<p>Safety: No idea.
Match: No idea.
Reach: No idea.</p>
<p>Consider: Boston College (MA), Boston University (MA), Northeastern University (MA), Brandeis University (MA), University of Conneticut (CT), Clark University (MA), Holy Cross (MA), Connecticut College (CT), Emerson (MA), Fairfield (CT), Lesley University (MA), Quinnipiac (CT), Sacred Heart University (CT), Stonehill College (MA), Suffolk (MA), University of Delaware (DE), University of Hartford (CT), U-Mass-Amherst (MA), Wheaton College (MA)</p>
<p>Holy Cross, BC, and BU, and maybe a few of the other schools, may be a bit of a reach with your GPA. I deliberately omitted women’s colleges, but you may be interested in Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Simmons Colleges if you are a female, although Mount Holyoke and Smith may be juuust a little bit of a stretch. It’s the GPA, not the scores, although the scores and an otherwise solid application can overcome your solid but not astronomical GPA.</p>
<p>Outside of New England but still close: American University (DC), Arcadia University ¶, The College of New Jersey (NJ), CUNY or SUNY schools (NY: For CUNY look at Hunter, Lehman, City, Baruch, Brookyln, Queens, and York Colleges – there are a few good ones I’m forgetting – and for SUNY there are a lot of great campuses, but check out Binghamton, Stony Brook, Geneseo, Buffalo, Fredonia, there’s another one I can’t remember), College of New Rochelle (NY), Dickinson College ¶, Drexel ¶, Duqusne ¶, Fordham (NY), Goucher (MD), Ithaca College (NY), Lehigh University ¶, Marist College (NY), Muhlenberg College ¶, Skidmore College (NY), Syracuse (NY), Susquehanna ¶, Temple ¶, Union College (NY), University of Pittsburgh ¶, University of Rochester (NY), Villanova ¶,</p>
<p>Another women’s college that is not in the New England area, but is close, is Bryn Mawr. It is in PA, in the metro Philadelphia area.</p>
<p>New Paltz! That was the other SUNY I was thinking of. Purchase and Brockport and Oswego are good campuses, too. And Old Westbury.</p>
<p>Swat92: </p>
<p>Do you have a major or career goal in mind? </p>
<p>Would you describe your high school program as the Most Demanding offered at your school? Very Demanding? Demanding?</p>
<p>Is your 87.2 GPA “weighted” or not?</p>
<p>Do you want to continue playing baseball in college? (If yes, how good are you? … remember, it’s a big leap from a high school program to a college program, even at the Div. 3 level, so only strong high school players will make the team at many colleges, including Div. 3 schools.) </p>
<p>Would you feel most at home on a liberal campus or a more conservative one? </p>
<p>Do you need financial aid? If so, about how much do you think your family can afford to pay each year, and do you think you’ll qualify for need-based aid?</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice juliet, you rock!!
I go to a very competitive high school which ranks in the top 25 in America consistently. I would say my program is fairly demanding relative to the students in my school. I would definitely want to go to a more liberal college. I probably won’t play baseball in college, and I am still undecided about which college to attend.
I was thinking about NYU, but I am not sure I can make it. I took the SATs again on 6/6/09. I am not sure if I my average is weighted or unweighted My average for this term will probably hover around the high to mid 80s.</p>
<p>You need to try to bring your GPA up for NYU. The average GPA for admitted students is something like 3.6. Your SAT scores are pretty good though, and being in a competitive school could help. What’s your rank? How many IB/AP/Honours/Community college courses have you taken, if any? Have you had any internships or part time jobs? Any awards or conferences attended?<br>
For baseball, are you on varsity? Have you/your team won major awards? Would you be able to be recruited as an athlete? If not, you should get a bit more ECs.
What state are you from? You should apply to some in-state schools for both academic and financial safety.</p>