Atmosphere Over Ranking?

<p>What made my top choice was that it had a high number of graduates attending top graduate schools in their field of study. when I went to this school I felt so out of place and pretty much felt like I would be thought of as a “conformist” if I got accepted and decided to attend. </p>

<p>My stats are:
SAT- CR 650, M 510, W 650 (I hope to get in the 700s in CR and W this December and bump my M to at least a 550)
GPA: 3.95, all IB classes
Abroad experience (lived with family in Germany for two years)
Columnist and political/pop culture commentator in school’s newspaper, VP of Model UN, Director of Drama Club Productions, starting on varsity girls’ soccer team, Ad Manager for school’s yearbook, main member of teen justice panel, work experience through my mother’s business and refereeing soccer for U14. I have played violin for 10 years but I’ve honestly lost interest in it so I’m not sure if I should take it out of my college apps.</p>

<p>I want to study Philosophy, with Education or Linguistics (yeah that requires math but maybe I can work around that!) as a Minor. </p>

<p>I’m not picky at all about location. </p>