<p>well I’m a junior at a competitive private California school, and yeah im basically really confused about early decision and where to apply and what my priorities are. so it would be awesome if i could get some feedback as to where i stand.
so my conflict is basically that I don’t have the eyeball bulging excellent scores and GPA that obviously is the norm on these forums, but i still want go to a good school, ie in state UCB,UCLA, and USC. OOS: Johns Hopkins, Gtown, Brown, NYU, Cornell, UofC
however, i honestly dont think i stand a chance to get into schools like cal or la with my gpa and scores, so i want to apply ED somewhere like johns hopkins or EA at gtown. now another twist, i love policy debate, im def not like by far a silver bullet, ive done decent at natl competitions but nothing amazing. but i know i really reallly want to debate in college, my school isnt like a big name school that travels all over the country, so i want that experience in college. so there are teams with good debate programs that aren’t prestigous but still decent ie case western, gonzaga, whitman, u of virginia, etc. so another question i have besides chances is, whats better? 160K+ at a prestigous private school? or somewhere like zag or case western, OR UCB which is basically like my dream school. but will even get into cal…
sigh
so many questionssss</p>
<p>GPA UW: 3.83
GPA W: 4.12</p>
<p>APs: Ap Euro (5), AP calc AB, AP english Language (projected 4-5s on both)
senior year classes: ap calc, ap bio, ap physics, ap english, ap gov, religion</p>
<p>rank: 22/400 (just for fyi, school doesnt release ranks)</p>
<p>SATs
Math: 650
English: 700
Writing: 770
Overall: 2120</p>
<p>satiis: bio: 730, lit: 760, math 2c: 780</p>
<p>extra currics: maniac speech and debate nerd
speech captain for 3 years
went to state for debate, got to double octos
other debate awards that i don’t feel like posting because it would be super boring.
100+ hours at maternity ward
multicultural club
literary magazine staff
nhs, csf
academic honors 3 years
volunteered at the only government approved group home for girls in bangladesh for 2 weeks…i go there nearly every summer.
not much else…i like doing things i actually enjoy =)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>