Please help find a college match.

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•I’m going to be starting my senior year of high school this fall and will be applying ED to Gonzaga University and Montana State University. I need some help looking for good colleges OUT of Washington. No California please…

•I have a 3.79 GPA - Unweighted

•1280 on the SAT

•I’m involved in NHS, High school Equestrian team, math club, and yearbook.

•I go to a very small school in eastern Washington, and it doesn’t offer any AP classes, although I am a year ahead in Math.

• I plan to go to medical school and hopefully become a surgeon, although English is really my strong suit.

So PLEASE… any recommendations would be great (even if it’s a slight long shot). Hopefully leaning towards a higher end college, but I obviously can’t get into Ivy.

THANKS!

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How far are you willing to go for college? Would you consider the east coast or do you want to stay fairly close?

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I’m willing to go to the east coast.

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Denison, Dickinson, St. Lawrence, Skidmore, Trinity (Conn), Wheaton (Mass), Connecticut College, maybe Bates. Some of these schools would be reaches, however.

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Northwestern, UNC, BU, Syracuse, Temple, Rutgers

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This analysis can help you statistically compare colleges you are just learning about to colleges with which you might be more familiar:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-610-smartest-colleges-in-america-2015-9

For example, if you think Gonzaga (#214) might be an admission match for you, you can consider other colleges in that range – or explore further up for an admission reach. Schools that might be safeties for you, as well as those that might be out-of-reach, should also be apparent.

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Btw, I think you mean EA, not ED, in your original post.

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Smith college and mount holyoke are both great schools with equestrian programs that are test optional

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Earlham has stables as well.