Low GPA [3.55-3.59] High SAT/ACT Score [1600/36] at T5 high school in the US(Niche)

I’d say that is a pretty long list. The holistic residential college tradition in the United States is fundamentally about balancing academic and non-academic life on the theory that both are really important to the development of the whole person. And then in terms of things to do outside of school itself, it really depends on what you like to do do. Some people want to have lots of outdoor activities close at hand, other people want a thriving urban environment, or so on.

So if you do a full Match Me sort of thread, and explain a bit about what you would ideally be getting out of college in terms of academics, non-academic school activities/community, and outside of school things, people can generate suggestions for you to consider. They will also want to understand your budget and whether you need to seek out merit and such.

Kid, we don’t know anything about you outside of the fact that you got great test scores at a HADES-type. A 3.5 at Exeter if you’re on the swim team, orchestra, take Calc BC and have a leading role in the Spring Play are a lot different than if you didn’t do any of those things and took the easiest courses (I know Exeter has a different grading system, but you get the point). Or are we to assume you don’t do anything interesting?

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