<p>Alright, I really want to go to an Ivy, or one of the higher level schools atleast (if it doesn't seem like I can get in) - here's my, shall I say, resume.</p>
<p>SAT
Math - 720
English - 690
Writing - 760
Total - 2170</p>
<p>Outstanding classes -
AP History
AP English Composition
AP English Lit
AP Biology
(Taking next year)
AP Calculus
AP Spanish
Advanced Physics
(and a few more little honors courses)</p>
<p>My GPA is a 4.267 (weighted with honors courses). I have an average A in almost if not all my classes (yeah definately all) so probably around a 3.9 unweighted.</p>
<p>I really want to be a lawyer - hopefully a trial lawyer of some sort, looking to be an assistant DA in the future. So yes, I need to think about law school and which colleges will get me in there.</p>
<p>And I'm hoping to be a pilosophy major (i hear its good for law school) but that is still tentative. Oh an I have like 10 extracurricular activities including things like girlstate, national, spanish, and math honor society, and a bunch more things like softball, colorguard, and all sorts of school bands. Plus girlscouts (can't forget that! lol.)</p>
<p>Any ideas on which universities would be best for me? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Oh yeah I forgot, I'm gonna be taking the SAT II's soon so i dont know how that goes, and im taking the SAT's once more in october to try and get one last push.</p>
<p>"And I'm hoping to be a pilosophy major (i hear its good for law school)"</p>
<p>dont pick a major because it's good for law school. You'll be setting yourself up for 4 years of classes that you have no interest in. How boring. Study what you like, you can major in anything for law school. What matters is how well you do in college. Also, when you're a junior in college and you decide law school isnt' for you, you'll be screwed with a major in philosophy. </p>
<p>Also, dont pick an ivy because it's an ivy. You'll just be prestige hunting rather than picking a school because it's fantastic match for you. Each ivy is very different from each other, focus on these differences to what will suit you best.</p>
<p>Why just an Ivy? There are very large differences in the Ivy League, for instance between urban Columbia and remote Cornell or large UPenn and smaller Dartmouth.
If you are looking at Northeastern schools that prepare students well for law careers, I would look at liberal arts schools such as Hamilton, Colgate, Amherst and Holy Cross. Also look at the great public schools like UVM, SUNY-Geneseo, and UConn. Lastly the area has many great private universities that aren't Ivies but can prepare you just as well, such as Syracuse, NYU, MIT, and Boston College.</p>
<p>University of Michigan has the entire collection of Girl Scout magazines on microfilm. I would go there.</p>
<p>After Michigan, You might consider Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Brown. Cornell and Columbia also have very strong philosophy departments AND they are especially strong in Girl Scout philosophy :)</p>