<p>Hi based on my scores alone, what schools would you recommend I look at (preferably east coast schools) thanks. </p>
<p>Sat: 2140
Math: 800
Cr: 660
Writing 680
Math 2 subject test: 770</p>
<p>Act composite: 33
Math: 34
Science: 35
English: 32
reading: 32
Writing/English: 29 </p>
<p>Are you interested in STEM (ie. Science, Technology,Engineering,Math) programs? If so, your gender is an advantage, because a lot of them would love to recruit more women. MIT is still a reach (depending on other qualifications), but I would certainly recommend that you apply to schools like Carnegie-Mellon, Georgia Tech, RPI, Worcester Polytechnic,et al, if you are interested in those fields. If not, your scores are probably just sub-Ivy (although a girl with an 800 in Math is still going to get a very fair look, if all her other stats are good,I reckon). Will you need financial aid? Are you more interested in liberal arts? Do you want a large university or a small college? Urban, suburban, or rural? If you’re not interested in Engineering, then Barnard might be an option. They do not award merit aid, though. Swarthmore, for a small college . . . When you say “East Coast,” do you mean Northeast, or would you also be interested in Vanderbilt, William & Mary, and other southern colleges? </p>
<p>Also, all of woogzmama’s excellent advice assumes that your GPA is comparable to your test scores. If it’s significantly lower than one would expect from someone with your scores, many of the schools she mentioned become reaches.</p>
<p>“CollegeGirlxoxo” - let us know if your GPA isn’t as competitive as your scores, and I will put up a separate list of suggestions. </p>
<p>My school is all ap/honors classes and my gpa is a 91.44/100. Thank you so much for all your input! </p>
<p>Then, give us more of a clue regarding your interests and preferences. Do you want a math/science focus, pre-professional, or liberal arts?</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure…I like math, so I am slightly interested in engineering and business but I also want to take the required classes for if I decided to apply to med school. Thank again</p>
<p>Tufts, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell, Syracuse, Brandeis, Drexel, Honors programs at some state universities, Temple as a safety where you could probably get a very generous scholarship, MIT or another Ivy as a big reach, Lehigh, Pitt, Bucknell, Fordham (also shot at good scholarship), Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, GWU, McGill (if you feel like crossing the border - financial aid is tough, but it’s less expensive than elite private colleges in US) . . . </p>
<p>Okay thanks so much. do you think I would have a decent shot at the following schools (from nj) or are some of then completely out of range? Thanks again
-Georgetown
-William and Mary
-UVA
-lehigh
-boston college
-Johns Hopkins
-duke </p>
<p>Duke is a reach, but you have the stats to make it worth shooting for. I think that Georgetown, UVA, and JHU are low reaches for you. I’d be surprised if you didn’t get into at least one if you applied to all three. I’d say that Lehigh, W & M, and BC are matches. I might have been tougher in chancing you if it weren’t for that Math score - I think every college perks up at an 800, especially from a young woman interested in STEM. </p>
<p>Also, I am definitely going to walk on as an athlete, and I am being recruited at some of these schools, so I’m assuming that will help </p>
<p>I wouldn’t count on it, OP. I could promise to walk on, but if the coach knows nothing about my plans why would the AO think very much of them?</p>
<p>The gpa matters. And what classes were less than A grades. OP, at your school is that gpa unweighted and an A- or a B+? You can research average gpa for freshman at many schools. </p>
<p>UVA is an unpredictable reach for all.</p>
<p>You’re right, sorry i didn’t word it right. I am being recruited by most of these schools and have contacted the coaches. I most likely will apply through the athletic office, not sure how it works exactly </p>