Overextending my options?

<p>-Ethnicity: White
-Sex: Male
-State: GA
-Grade: just finished 11th
-Major: business management
-School: Public</p>

<p>-GPA: 4.0
-Rank: about 7% out of 500+ students (the school is number 2 among publics in the state for academics)
-Classes: All AP’s and Honors classes (I haven’t taken any on level in high school)</p>

<p>SAT: 1990
-Math: 720
-Critical Reading:630
-Writing: 640 (8 essay)</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (35 in math)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Cross Country for 3 years
Student Council rep for 3 years, officer for 1
Beta Club Treasurer
Honor Society
FCA
Men’s Chorus
4 years of Orchestra
Umpiring at local baseball park (part-time job, but also some volunteering involved)
Local Tennis Team</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Local Charity organization (15 hours per year)
-Cure for Cancer (Raised a few hundred dollars for the past 2 years)
-Lead a small group for middle school students through my church (35 hours per year)
-Environmental cleanup (10 hours per year)
-Various activities through beta and National Honors Society (25 hours per year)</p>

<p>Schools I will probably apply to: Stanford (I realize this is unrealistic, but I have wanted to go since I was about 5 years old, so I am applying just to say I tried)
USC
UGA (honors Program)
UCLA
Pepperdine University
UNC
University of Illinois</p>

<p>My main concern is that I am overextending my credentials (I have a slight ego problem). You may notice that my list has quite a few California schools and this is because I grew up there and desperately wish to attend school there. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations for schools; however, my one limitation is that they must be in a warm climate (I don’t handle the cold very well). Also, I obviously have a fairly low SAT (by my standards), but was wondering how schools would view my ACT. Thank you all for your time (this website has been a godsend for me).</p>

<p>BUMP :smiley: and I meant University of Illinois Urbana</p>

<p>What school did you apply to at USC? Marshall, I’m assuming because of the FBLA. I would say you have a really good chance, if not an excellent chance at USC. Depends also on your essays and your recommendations, too. But, nonetheless you’re still at or above almost all of the qualifications. </p>

<p>Random: I got into UGA, too. And I’m visiting over my spring break! :)</p>

<p>You’re in @ pepperdine.</p>

<p>Some others to possibly consider are Richmond, Wake Forest and Tulane. Best of luck!</p>