@merc81 I think thats what I will do, plus apply to Brown and Emory. Thanks! Also, with my family’s income, I would get full tuition for need based financial aid, so money isn’t a problem for undergrad.
Let us know how your search progresses for you, @GiddyHiddy.
@merc81 Yep, I will!
A 3.8 with a full IB diploma course load will be attractive to a lot of good schools, and your 31 is not going to hurt you at any but the most selective of colleges.
Many here don’t get what a full IB diploma looks like in terms of rigor. Ad coms do. It’s not like strategically placed AP classes. You had a rough go of it each and every semester, with 6 full and heavy academic classes. It’s a fairly unique thing, and ad coms at many schools view it as “the hardest thing you can do” w/o qualification.
You should wind up with several nice choices. Probably not Harvard or Chicago, but shoot high and have a healthy middle.
@MiddleburyDad2 It is a 32 at all the schools I applied to, due to superscoring, so I have a decent chance at all of them, thank you! I applied to Brown and various LAC, so hopefully I will get into at least one of these choices. It all depends on UW Madison accepting me into the First Wave program, or getting a full ride financial aid package at a LAC or Brown, if I am accepted.