Building a College List

sportsguy18
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:39:58 +0000

I’m a white, Male, rising senior going to a good public school in Michigan. I haven’t really put a good college list together yet and would like some help creating a list of safeties, matches, and reaches.

I don’t care if you recommend specific colleges or a “group” of colleges within a specific range but any help would be much appreciated.

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.

Thanks again.