<p>Of course, I've only taken the SATs once, but as far as critical reading and writing goes, I think I'll take those scores. </p>
<p>In school, it's much the same way. I took all honors classes freshman year, but last year I took only honors English and history, and now I'm in AP English (where I have a 95), AP Euro (92), and Honors US II (96).</p>
<p>I'm in regular everything else, however, and saying I'm getting 90s in all of them is pretty generous. I'm sure all the honors I've taken freshman year will help, but how much? Especially with an unweighted GPA.</p>
<p>I'm on no sports teams (but what English person is?) but I am a likely contender for Editor in chief on my school's newspaper, I started my school's chapter of S.T.A.N.D., and I'm secretary for my school's GSA. I've also volunteered at a ursing home twice a week for over two years.</p>
<p>I don't even know what would begin to be a target for me-- please help!</p>
<p>I'm also new to CC so if this is in the wrong place or anything , please let me know!</p>
<p>I’m guessing you have plenty of options. What’s your overall GPA and class rank? In general, what type of schools do you prefer - large, small, private? Give us some clues. Any particular geographic area where you want to go to school? Are you strictly interested in English, or are you considering Journalism or some other possibilities?</p>
<p>I don’t even have a rough idea of what my GPA might be. Unweighted, I have a feeling it’s probably somewhere around 3.3ish? That’s a very, very rough estimate. Our school has been ridiculously bad at giving out GPAs or class ranks or anything and it’s kind of stressing me out.</p>
<p>I don’t really care about class size, or location except that if it’s not in a city, I hope that it has a very, very nice campus. I’d also prefer being on some sort of coast, maybe?</p>
<p>I’m definitely not interested in only English, and would be probably looking for a school with a journalism program. Failing that, maybe some sort of humanities or sociology type thing. </p>
<p>The Princeton Review books detail good schools by major. Some that come to mind are University of Missouri, Ohio University, University of Southern California, University of Colorado-Boulder. But it you are planning on have a career as a journalist, I would recommend getting an undergrad in something else, like history or political science, and then get your grad degree in journalism. If you like creative writing, the Ruggs books outline best creative writing schools. I don’t know the coasts, but in the midwest, U of Iowa and Knox come to mind.</p>
<p>My dream college since I knew colleges existed is probably NYU. Of course, I don’t know if I could even get in, let alone afford it, or if it would have anything to offer me. I looked into Pepperdine (another expensive school) but it seemed like I probably wouldn’t like it for social reasons (religious, not a big campus life) and again, I don’t know if I could get in. </p>
<p>I’m fully aware journalism isn’t an undergrad type of thing. Political science was a definite interest.</p>
<p>I think you’re a competitive candidate for NYU. There’s always that stigma of having a 5 in front of any SAT score, but you’re sooo close. Make a real effort to just get it over 6 and you’re looking fine for NYU. Also look at Sarah Lawrence and Bard in NY. Kenyon and Oberlin, Occidental, Scripps, Smith, Wellesley all seem to make sense.</p>
<p>NYU will definitely be a possibility for you, especially if you highly emphasize your passion for lit. I would suggest maybe looking into Hamilton, Oberlin, etc. and Mount Holyoke and Smith if you are a girl. </p>
<p>Lawyer friend of mine had scores like that. She went to Bryn Mawr for her undergrad. degree. Sorry to say I don’t know where she went to law school.</p>
<p>Lots of people have “unbalanced” scores. The colleges know this. You are going to be fine.</p>