Where should I apply?

<p>Currently a high school senior, white, male. I live in the Hudson Valley in New York. I'd prefer not to look further than an 8 hour car drive away.
I'm looking at applying to a variety of liberal arts schools: Bard, Bates, Colby, and Union.
I'm also looking at Northeastern and Stony Brook.</p>

<p>I need to know if my schools are good matches and if any of them could be considered safeties for me. </p>

<p>Here's me:</p>

<p>Major: Undeclared, but leaning towards dual majoring in History + Organic Chem, also considered poli sci (I will go onto my PhD most likely)
Career: considering law or professorship</p>

<p>UW GPA - 3.24, W GPA - 3.6 (low I know, it'll probably be my downfall, I really only started working hard the second half of my junior year, if I hadn't my AP classes grades would have been horrid)
here's my breakdown:
Freshman year: 88.5
English 9 - 88, Global History I - 91, Algebra I - 84, Biology - 86, french 2 - 82, Design and Draw - 100
Sophomore year: 85.77
Honors English 10 - 81, Global History II - 91, Geometry Honors - 80, Chem Honors - 86, French 3 - 84, Programming I - 89, Programming II - 91, Health 91
Junior year: 86.33
AP Language - 87, AP US History - 91, Alg2Trig - 77 (this is what I'm most worried about), Physics Honors - 87, AP Chemistry - 84, Architectural Drawing - 95
Senior Year: I've started out very strong and I should have close to a 4.0 for the first semester
AP Comp Sci, AP Euro History, AP Biology, Honors English 12, Honors Econ, Honors Government, Pre-Calc</p>

<p>SAT I:
First attempt: 670 CR, 660 M, 610 W - 1940
Second Attempt: 720 CR, 800 M, 700 W - 2220</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chemistry: 780</p>

<p>ACT:
Took it for the first time two weeks ago, we'll see how I did, I'm hoping for ~32 and a high writing grade to make up for my SAT</p>

<p>AP:
Chem: 4
Language: 5
US History: 5
Biology
Comp Sci
Euro History</p>

<p>College classes:
AP Language, Honors Gov, and Honors Econ are all accredited by my local community college, I had to take a test and what not to get them accredited.
I also took BUS101 at Northeastern University over the summer, got an A.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
10-12 Science Olympiad - 1200 hours - 3xState Medalist, 7xRegional Medalist
11 summer - Intern/TA - 160 hours - volunteering at local community college, teaching kids comp sci
9-12 Varsity Cross Country - 480 hours - captain senior year
9-12 Varsity Track - 576 hours
10-12 Coached Ultimate Frisbee team - 80 hours
10-12 Coached intramural Volleyball team - 96 hours
9-10 Indoor Varsity Track - 240 hours - dropped due to conflicts with science olympiad
9 French Club - 120 hours - dropped due to science olympiad
9 Asian Culture Club - 60 hours - club cut because of budget cuts</p>

<p>Frankly you look like one of the laziest students I’ve seen. 77 Trig with an 800 math SAT?? The grades obviously hurt. Stony Brook SHOULD be a safety but they don’t publish their common data set so I don’t know how much they weight different elements. Here is the CDS for Union <a href=“http://www.union.edu/Resources/Campus/institutional_studies/CDS/2011-12/cds-c-first-time,-first-year-admission.pdf[/url]”>http://www.union.edu/Resources/Campus/institutional_studies/CDS/2011-12/cds-c-first-time,-first-year-admission.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. Based on the %age 3.24 or lower it’s probably a high match.</p>

<p>Even if you test scores are in the top quarter of applicants, it’s going to be hard to figure out what is a match because of your gpa. I’m sure there are students with similar gpas at the schools you’ve listed, but not many. With your EC’s and test scores, I think some of the LACs just below the level you’re looking at would be match but you just never know.</p>