<p>Yeah, the lower unweighted GPA is due to my problems with English (I learned German and Italian first but all-around disinterest in language) and History (disinterest). UMinnesota was suggested to me by ucbalumnus. </p>
<p>jshain, do you recommend any good financial safety schools currently? My school only ranks the valedictorian, but not class rank. I estimate being in the top 25 students of 120. You recommend looking into Northwestern, Rice, and Duke, but what about UChicago, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon?</p>