Which college to go to?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well, I live in Washington so I'm definitely looking at UW (University of Washington). Anyways, I like big schools in a metropolitan city or at least, near one. East coast or west coast, it really doesn't matter. I want to become a foreign service officer. I'd like to major in Political Science and minor in International Affairs. Plus, I'm class of 2012, so I am an upcoming junior. I'm on JV soccer and tennis. I do it because I love it, not because I'm actually good...haha. I have over 400 hours of community service since freshmen year. I'm in Key Club, National Honor Society, and Ignite Mentoring (leadership/mentoring program to help incoming freshmen do good in school).</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA up to Sophomore year: 3.934
PSAT scores freshman year: 2050</p>

<p>Freshmen year: Language arts honors and Geometry, the only honors class offered and then the rest were regular classes. I took choir, P.E., ASL, earth/physical science, and computer class/health.</p>

<p>Sophomore year: Language arts honors, and Biology honors. I doubled up and took Chemistry, too. I took choir, half a year of drama, world history, and Algebra 3-4.</p>

<p>Planned junior year classes: AP Econ, APUSH, French 1-2 (classes filled up for sophomore year and freshman year, I took ASL (American Sign Language) because they didn't offer French), AP Biology, Language Arts Honors, and Math Analysis (I'm a year ahead in math).</p>

<p>Planned senior year classes: French 3-4 or 5-6 (if I decide to take a summer course), AP Government (needed for my career), AP Calculus (because I have no other math class to go to), AP Chemistry (I like chemistry, kind of..), AP Language Arts, and Humanities.</p>

<p>I plan on keeping a 3.9 GPA but it will never get below a 3.8. </p>

<p>My best classes are language arts and math.</p>

<p>So, recommend me colleges? Plus, is applying to an Ivy League college (maybe Brown or Yale) a good idea? Do I even have a shot?</p>

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<p>With a 2200 SAT you might have a shot at Ivies, but they are all still reaches. What can your family afford for school? Try Lewis and Clark.</p>

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<p>Wisconsin, Michigan, American, Syracuse, George Washington (expensive), Rochester (good with merit money) and NYU (expensive). Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Consider doing your undergraduate degree in math and double majoring in a foreign language. You will have more doors open to you for jobs. You can always get a graduate degree in political science. With a statistics or math major you can get $18/hour internships instead of unpaid internships in the summer. Makes a huge difference in spending money in college. Go to a liberal arts college where you will have a lot of options to broaden your curriculum to prepare you for grad school. Math majors don’t usually have that many required courses.</p>