hamburgler2

Hey if someone could give me some advice on where I apply for college, that would be awesome.


Male from SoCal
Public high school- sends a lot of students to top tiers schools, so pretty competitive

STATS:

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 3.8
GPA - Weighted: 4.0
Class Rank: 50/520

ACT: 30
SAT 2: 640 USH, 650 Math 2c, 680 Physics

Extracurriculars:

Academic:

National Honor Society
CSF (an academic "honor" thing)


President, Republican Club- pretty active
Captain, Robotics Team- enter competitions etc.
Band Leader, Jazz Band- wins top place at competitions
Indep. jazz band- private group formed by close friends that jam at local events
Vice President, Red Cross Club- very very active

Internship with engineering company over summer.

Have taken pretty hard courses, but not as hard as I could have

Took some college classes in calculus and engineering.


So far I have

NYU- Sterns
USC- Marshall
UChicago
Claremont McKenna
Rice


I realize that my choices so far are reaches, so I need some more good safety schools that offer an econ major. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

hamburgler2

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UCBChemEGrad

Good choices there. Since you're in-state, I'd apply to Berkeley and/or UCLA, as well as UCSD, UCD/UCI/UCSB and a CSU for a safety.

You can submit one app for the UCs, give yourself some potentially good options and add some peace of mind.

GiggitusMaximus

Maybe you can get into Fordham honors.