please help me!

College Search & Lists
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<p>Including senior year, I have taken 8 ap classes and 6 other honor classes.
Class rank: top 20 percent
GPA: 3.7(unweighted)
Activities: marching band, indoor drumline, 4-5 clubs, played in the school musical junior year, full orchestra, performing arts academy, volunteered a little for band and volunteered at church for 2+ years
SAT: critical reading-740, writing-660, math-710
(haven’t taken sat IIs yet)
ACT: 31
Honors: Socal Honor Band, principal’s honor roll every semester(so far), section leader for marching band and drumline</p>

<p>(thinking about dropping an ap science class senior year…so 3 years science, 3 years foreign language, 4 years math…)</p>

<p>Regretfully, I haven’t been very active in the community, and I’ve slacked off a lot in academics…but I’d like to know the best colleges I can get into with a profile like this, considering that this year is one of the hardest years for college admission because of the cutbacks. and also is USC is a good possibility? (sibling goes there)</p>

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<p>What is your home state? What can your family afford?</p>

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<p>home state is california, hopefully financial aid (calgrant) will be as generous as it was to my sibling, so anything in the usc range and below</p>

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<p>Keep that AP Science class :-)</p>

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<p>Oh and also, in addition to USC, how are my chances with Carnegie Mellon, University of Virginia, Boston College, Notre Dame, and Georgetown? I know these are far reaches, but do I have a chance with any? Other reachable college suggestions based on senior profile (above) needed please!</p>

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<p>You seem to be fairly above average for Mellon…can’t say abt others</p>

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<p>^ Huh? At CMU 75% are in the top 10% of their HS, and all the rest of OP’s stats fall right on the 50 %ile (GPA and scores). CMU is a pretty solid match.</p>

<p>USC should be pretty good chance (scores and rigor are most important and your scores are high for them). UVA is a little bit of a reach.</p>

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<p>CMU probably won’t meet need though. USC is a reach for a Californian not on top 10% these days.</p>

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<p>When did we start calling colleges matches for students at the fiftieth percentile statwise?</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-near Boston.</p>

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<p>The OP is a ■■■■■…lists birthdate/age as being 21 elsewhere</p>

<p>Date of Birth
December 29, 1988 (21)
Join Date
09-08-2010
Total Posts
5</p>

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<p>■■■■■? I didn’t use my real birthday because I don’t trust the internet these days, but my questions are authentic seeing as I’m currently a high school senior. I’m just asking for advice from people who seem to know what they are talking about, not looking to establish myself on the website or anything…</p>

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<p>Pitzer, Occidental, UCSB, UCdavis, UCSC</p>