sportsguy18

Hey everybody, this is my first post on CC so please bear with me. I'm a white, male, rising senior at an above-average public school in Michigan and don't know what colleges I should shoot for.


Stats:

GPA:
3.45 unweighted, 4.05 weighted

ACT:
33 composite (34 math, 34 English, 33 reading, 29 science, 31 E/W combined, 8 writing)

Class rank:
I'm not sure if my school ranks but so far no information on class rank has been given to us. If I had to guess I'd say Top 15% but I'm really not sure.

Course load:
I've only take one AP class (Computer Science) but didn't take the exam. However, by the time I graduate I'll have taken 10+ IB classes. The majority of my classes have been .4 with a few .3s and one or two .2s (required credits).

ECs:
This is probably the weakest part of my transcript. I have played on 3 freshman sports teams, 4 JV teams ( I played JV baseball twice), 1 varsity, and will most likely play 2 varsity sports next year. I am lacking any major non-athletic leadership positions. I'm looking to join a well-ranked BPA club next year and possibly DECA if I can do both. This year I participated in a competition for JA Titan, a business simulation for Junior Achievement, after taking 1st in my class. I'm also looking to join a new Ski/Board club as well as some other clubs, possibly Key Club or Programming Club. Service-wise I'm a little better but will probably put many more hours in (probably through Key Club).


I don't have any colleges to ask you to chance me for because I frankly don't know where I should look. I want to try and get into the best school possible with my stats but I'm not sure what range of schools my transcript is suitable for. Right now my top school is Michigan State, but that's kind of just a fallback school for me right now; I'd really like to apply to higher ranked schools as well. I'm thinking about majoring in business, possibly something logistics-related, but I still haven't decided on a major.

I know my request is really broad but all I really want is advice on what types of schools would be "matches" for me and what types of schools would be "reaches". Again, this is my first post so if I'm doing something wrong please forgive me. Thanks to all of you in advance.