I'm a HS Junior and I need to compile a big list of colleges for my next college meeting. I'm justing coming here for some outside opinions because I obviously can't research every college.
Competitive prep school with 2 APs and 2 honors through HS
9th: 86 avg
10th: 84 avg
11th: 87 avg
12th: ?
A few awards, 5 years varsity tennis, Mentor program
SATs: 1450 old scale (2150 new scale)
I'm COMPLETELY open minded but my optimal school would look like this:
5,000 undergrads
60% female
fair amount of partying but has a great academic reputation
I'm from the Northeast US but I'm open to pretty much anything
I really appreciate any suggestions. If you suggest a college could you please tell me if you think it would be a safety, target, or reach?
A brief sample of my list right now...
Safety:
Ithaca
Marist
U Vermont
Match:
Skidmore
Boston U
Syracuse
George Washington
Reach:
McGill (in Montreal if you haven't heard of it)
USC
NYU
UPenn
Are any of these too ambitious or in the wrong section
2007-03-25 05:33:14 · 4 answers · asked by CobainCurtisFrancisStaley 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
In response to stuff below me: totally agree about the UPenn comments... haha my counselor laughed at that one. But on the old scale I've got the BU avg SAT beat by about 200 points. Thats on the lower end of my matches, plus ive got two good connections ; )
2007-03-25 05:48:56 · update #1
If you're in NY, seriously consider a SUNY...Geneseo has right about 5K students, at least 60% female, and a good party atmosphere (but there's plenty of room for the studious, too).
Grades might present a problem, but there's potential with those SAT scores.
2007-03-25 10:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Narrow your school considerations down to at least 4 schools because you're looking at a lot of considerations:
Cost
Program and graduate turnout
Likelyhood of acceptance
Most of the ivy league schools accept students with AP standing or high GPAs, but I would also apply early as well to guarantee a chance at getting scholarships partial or full and applying for outside money as well so you can have a backup in case you get less money from the school you got money to back you up. FAFSA will not pay for McGill University since that's a foreign school.
2007-03-25 12:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by nabdullah2001 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can't say for the others, but I'm at UPenn right now.
1. It's bigger than 5000 students
2. I don't think the ratio is 60% female
3. I don't think you've got the grades for it, to be completely 100% honest.
2007-03-25 12:37:08 · answer #3 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
with your qualifacations I would think that Syracuse would be perfect for you becasue it is an ok school and has a partying reputation, U Penn and Boston U I think are a little to ambitious for (no offence)
2007-03-25 12:38:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋