<p>I just don't know which school to choose, so advise me something please.
I am a white Russian male from the Midwest. Junior. I'm not your typical over achiever.</p>
<p>Academics:
3.6 GPA
29 ACT
30th percentile class rank</p>
<p>EC's:
State champion in tennis
Tennis captain
Work with underprivileged kids for volunteering
Volunteer frequently in other places</p>
<p>Other:
Nationally ranked tennis player
Fluent in several languages</p>
<p>So my question to you, where would you accept me if you were dean of a school?</p>
<p>Just a slight correction: I would guess that you’d be more of 70th percentile rank, which is upper 1/3. 30th would be lower 1/3. I otherwise don’t have a recommendation, other than try to pull up your ACT some, and you’ll be able to increase your college pool.</p>
<p>What kind of school are you looking for? Your stats and tennis ability appear to be a good match for a tennis scholarship at a D2 school if you’re interested in a smaller university.</p>
<p>If a 3.6 gpa is ~ bottom 1/3, then you’re at a very good school, RushingRussian. Unless you’re talking about a 5-pt scale, which would be like a 2.6 on a 4-pt scale. I could see this…</p>
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<p>There are thousands of colleges and universities in the USA. Your stats would be acceptable to the vast majority, and possibly shut you out of only a relative few. So what kind of college interests you? Big/small, east/west, urban/rural, public/private, etc.? What’s your budget?</p>
<p>OP, look into the NESCAC schools if you want to play tennis. If you’re a 2 star on TRN you can play there. If you tell me how many stars you are I can suggest some colleges that you would be able to play at.</p>
<p>For clarification: I am in the top 30% of the class, not bottom. We are a very competitive white school, nevertheless. and the 3.6 is unweighted. </p>
<p>Also, I am currently a 1 star recruit but I have not played any tournaments lately and I will be able to bump that back up to two stars this summer. Also, I prefer colleges that are good education/big/no tennis for me, or liberal arts/medium sized/tennis for me. My budget is simple, if it is a top ~50 school in the US, my parents are willing to pay for it. If it is outside top ~50, I will need some scholarships to pay for the school. Location of school is not too important unless it is in Hawaii, Alaska, or Zimbabwe. I also want to major in biology, medicine, or physics.</p>
<p>Reaches<br>
University of Southern California
Boston College
University of Rochester</p>
<p>High Matches
Case Western
Lehigh
U. Miami
RPI
Tulane</p>
<p>Safeties
Alabama
(& probably your state flagship, or else a directional state university)</p>
<p>The reaches and matches listed above are expensive private schools (> $50K/year). All are in the US News top 50. To get into more comfortable “match” territory, you’d need to consider lower-ranked schools (or perhaps test-optional top-50 LACs such as Holy Cross or Union College).</p>
<p>Schools you might be able to play at that kind of fit your criteria:
Tufts, CMU, Rochester, RPI, Lafayette, BU, NYU, Colgate, Lehigh, Bucknell.</p>
<p>I might be missing some, but these ones seem reasonable given past recruits. I’m not saying you could or could not play at these schools, but you should give them a try. I suggest you contact their coaches as soon as possible.</p>